ch. 10 11 Flashcards
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produce skeletal movement maintain posture and body position support soft tissues guard entrance and exits maintain body temp store nutrients reserves
6 functions of the skeletal muscular system
how is skeletal muscle an organ
composition: skeletal muscle tissue, connective tissues, nerves, and blood vessels
skeletal muscle cells
muscle fiber
made of a bundle of muscle fibers (cells)
fascicles
surrounds entire muscle
epimysium
surrounds fascicles
perimysium
surrounds individual muscle fibers
endomysium
separates muscle from other tissues and organs
epimysium
also contains blood vessels and nerves
perimysium
contains capillaries and nerve fibers; both of which are in direct contact with each cell
endomysium
what is the epimysium also known as
fascia
continuation of collagen fibers of connective tissue coverings beyond end of muscle; cordlike
tendon
similar to tendon but is a broad sheet of CT that attaches a broad, flat muscle to another muscle or to several bones
aponeurosis
quite different than typical cells
enormous
cylindrical and is within endomysin
multinucleated
characteristics of skeletal muscle fibers
cell membrane
sarcolemma
cytoplasm
sarcoplasm
tubes- continuous w sarcolemma
transverse tubules
open to outside of muscle fiber
transverse tubules
tubular network that cover each myofibril
sarcoplasmic reticulum
lie between 2 portions of sarcoplasmic reticulum
transverse tubules
are enlarged portions near T tubules that store calcium
sarcoplasmic reticulum
contain extracelluar fluid and form passageways through the muscle fiber
transverse tubules
what ion does sarcoplasmic reticulum store
calcium
cylindrical structures inside muscle fibers; actively shorten and are responsible for muscle fiber contractions
myofibrils