Movement and Muscle control Flashcards
(42 cards)
____is composed of differentiated cells containing ___, which have the special ability to shorten or contract to move the body parts.
Muscle tissue; contractile proteins
Muscle tissues are derived from the
mesodermal layer of embryonic germ cells.
Muscle cells contain protein filaments of ____that slide past one another, producing a contraction that changes both the length and the shape of the cells.
actin and myosin
Characteristics of a Muscle (5)
-Specialized cells:
-Excitability/irritability:
-Contractility:
-Extensibility:
-Elasticity:
elongated, high density of myofilaments or cytoplasmic filaments of actin and myosin.
Specialized cells:
ability to respond to stimuli.
Excitability/irritability:
ability to contract.
Contractility:
ability of a muscle to be stretched.
Extensibility:
ability to recoil and return to its normal shape after stretch
Elasticity:
Muscle Function (5)
• Produce Movement
• Maintain Posture and Body Position
• Stabilize Joints
• Generate Heat
• Additional Functions
Skeletal muscle fibers are packaged into organs called ___that attach to the skeleton.
skeletal muscles
cover our bone and cartilage framework; help form the smooth contours of the body.
Skeletal Muscle
are large, cigarshaped, multinucleate cells.
Skeletal muscle fibers
is also known as striated muscle and as voluntary muscle
Skeletal muscle
Connective Tissues wrapping:
Wraps entire muscle- __
Wraps muscle fibers-___
Wraps fascicle-__
Wraps entire muscle- epimysium
Wraps muscle fibers- endomysium
Wraps fascicle- perimysium
muscles that have no striations and is involuntary,
Smooth Muscle
muscles found mainly in the walls of hollow(tubelike) organs
Smooth Muscle
spindle-shaped, uninucleate, and surrounded by scant endomysium
and are arranged in two layers (___ and ___)
Smooth muscle fibers; circular and longitudinal
muscle is striated, uninucleated and under involuntary control.
Cardiac Muscle
are cushioned by small amountsof endomysiumand are arranged in spiral or figure 8–shaped bundles
cardiac cells
___are branching cells joined by special gap junctions called __
Cardiac muscle fibers; intercalated discs
Microscopic Anatomy of Muscle (3)
Sarcomeres
Myofilaments
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
are the structural and functional units of skeletal muscle.
Sarcomeres
___ are the precise arrangement of even smaller structures within sarcomeres– _____
Myofilaments ; Thick and Thin Myofibrils