Muscles Flashcards
(52 cards)
Muscles
-600 muscles, half of body weight
- convert chemical energy into ATP
Myology
study of muscular system
functions
-movement (body parts and contents)
- stability (posture/ joint stabilization)
- control passageways
- heat production
- glycemic control (regulate blood glucose levels as muscles metabolize and store glucose)
endomysium
- around each muscle fiber
- provide room for capillaries and nerve fibers
- chem environment for muscle fiber
perimysium
- wraps fasicles
- carries nerves, blood vessels, and stretch receptors
epimysium
- surround entire muscle
- outer layer that extends deep into muscle to form perimysium
fascia
- connective tissue sheet
- separate muscles/muscle groups and subcutaneous tissue
Fascicles
bundles of muscle fibers
fusiform
thick middle w/ tapered ends
Parallel
uniform width, parallel fasicles
triangular
broad at one end, narrow at the other
circular
rings around body openings
pennate
feather shaped
unipennate
fasicles approach tendon from one side
bipennate
fasicles approach tendon from both sides
multipennate
bunches feathers converge to a single point
muscle compartments
- functinonally related
- enclosed by fascia
- nerves and blood vessels to supply muscle group
- intermuscular septa separate compartments
tendons
- muscle to bone
collagen fiber
endo, peri, epi, tendon, periosteum, matrix of bone
retinaculum
fascia bands over and under tendons to keep in place
intrinsic
within region
extrinsic
- acts on region when attachment elsewhere
action
effect produced by muscle to produce or prevent movement
agonist or prime mover
produce most force during an action