Muscles Flashcards
(39 cards)
Bring action potential to interior of the cell (muscle)
T-Tubule
Contains sarcoplasmic reticulum and T-Tubule
Triad
Stores Ca+ ions
Sarcoplasmic recticulum
Contains bundles of fascicles, biggest unit
Whole muscle
CT membrane covering whole muscle
Epimysium
Bundle of muscle cell
Fascicle
CT membrane covering fascicle
Perimysium
Third largest structure (cells)
Muscle fibers
Outer covering of each muscle cell (fiber)
Endomysium
A myofiber is formed from several
Myofibrils
Whole muscle, fascicle, muscle cell, myofibrils, sarcomeres
Largest to smallest
Myofilaments, sarcomere, myofibril, myofiber, fascicle, whole muscle
Smallest to largest
Contains several sarcomeres
Myofibrils
Contractile unit on muscle floor
Sarcomere
Sarcomere shortens
Contracted myofiber
Initial state of myofiber
Rest
Sarcomere lengthens
Relaxed myofiber
In the H-zone (bare zone)
Myosin
Secretes Ca+ ions
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
Binds to a regulatory molecule (troponin)
Ca+
Voluntary, excitable, multinucleated, striated, associated with skeleton, motor unit (one motor neuron and the number of skeletal muscle fibers it supplies)
Skeletal muscle
Non-striated, involuntary, excitable, associated with internal organs and viscera (glands), single nucleus
Smooth muscle
In heart
Cardiac muscle
Cell membrane of a myofiber
Sarcolemma