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6.1 Overview of Muscle Tissues Flashcards

1
Q

What contract or shorten?

A

Muscles

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2
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What are responsible for all types of body movement?

A

Muscles

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3
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What are the (3) three basic muscle types?

A
  • Skeletal muscle
  • Cardiac muscle
  • Smooth muscle
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4
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What are elongated i.e. skeletal & smooth muscle?

A

Muscle Cells (muscle fiber)

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5
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Why is there a contraction of muscles?

A

It’s due to the movement of microfilaments.

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6
Q

In the terminology, Prefix myo refers to?

A

Muscle

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7
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In the terminology, Prefix mys refers to?

A

Muscle

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8
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In the terminology, Prefix sarco refers to?

A

Flesh

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9
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In the connective tissue wrappings of skeletal muscle, what is the outermost covering; covers the entire muscle?

A

Epimysium

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10
Q

In the connective tissue wrappings of skeletal muscle, what is around a fascicle (bundle) of fibers?

A

Perimysium

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11
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In the connective tissue wrappings of skeletal muscle, what is around single muscle fiber?

A

Endomysium

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12
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What blends into a connective tissue attachment?

A

Epimysium

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13
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What is a cord-like structure?

A

Tendons

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14
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What is a sheet-like structure?

A

Aponeuroses

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15
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What are the sites of muscle attachment?

A
  • Bones
  • Cartilages
  • Connective tissue coverings
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16
Q

What muscle has no striations and is uninucleated?

A

Smooth Muscle

17
Q

What muscle has a spindle-shaped cells?

A

Smooth Muscle

18
Q

What muscle is involuntary or no conscious control?

A

Smooth Muscle

19
Q

Where is the smooth muscles located?

A

Location: walls of hollow organs (viscera): stomach, urinary bladder, respiratory passages

20
Q

What is the contraction of the smooth muscle?

A

Contraction: is slow, sustained and tireless

21
Q

What muscle has striations?

A

Cardiac Muscle

22
Q

What muscle usually has a single nucleus and involuntary?

A

Cardiac Muscle

23
Q

Where is the Cardiac Muscle located?

A

Location: heart

24
Q

What is the contraction of the cardiac muscle?

A

Contraction: Steady pace!

25
Q

What muscle is joined to another muscle cell at an intercalated disc?

A

Cardiac Muscle

26
Q

What are the functions of muscles?

A

• Produce movement
• Maintain posture
• Stabilize joints
• Generate heat
• Additional fxn:
- smooth: valves, dilation/constriction of pupils, arrector pili
- skeletal: valves (conscious control)

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