FINAL 02 - Muscular System Flashcards
(76 cards)
Are responsible for all types of body movement
Muscles
2 prefixes that refer to “muscle”
myo-, mys-
Prefix that refers to “flesh”
Sarco-
Individual muscle cells that make up the skeletal muscles
Muscle fiber
Specialized plasma membrane
Sarcolemma
Long organelles inside muscle cell
Myofibrils
Light band; contains only thin filaments
I band
Dark band; contains the entire length of the thick filaments
A band
Center of each sarcomere which consists only of myosin myofilaments
H zone
The myosin myofilaments are anchored in the center of the sarcomere
M line
Contractile unit of a muscle fiber
Sarcomere
Specialized smooth endoplasmic reticulum
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
7 ways to name muscles
Location, Size, Shape, Orientation, Origin and insertion, Number of heads, Function
Attachment to an immovable bone
Origin
Attachment to a movable bone
Insertion
2 types of body movements
Flexion, Extension
Decreases the angle of the joint
Flexion
Increases angle between two bones
Extension
Extension between 180°
Hyperextension
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
Rotation
Movement of a limb away from the midline
Abduction
Movement of a limb toward the midline
Adduction
Combination of flexion, extension, abduction, and adduction
Circumduction
Lifting the foot so that the superior surface approaches the shin
Dorsiflexion