Muscles LMSS Flashcards
(60 cards)
perimysium is the outside covering of ______
fascicle
epimysium is the outside covering of the ___
whole muscle
_____ is wrapped by perimysium
Fascicle
_____ is inside a fascicle
muscle fiber
______ covers a muscle fiber
endomysium
Name the characteristics of muscle cell
long and thin
going to run the length of the muscle
multinucleated
True or false. One nucleus is not enough in a muscle fiber becuase they are so long
True.
Is skeletal muscle voluntary or involuntary
Voluntary
What is the longest muscle in the body?
sartorius
True of False. Outer plasma membrane of a muscle cell is excitable and can pass an electrical current
True
A muscle will either _____ or not . they are a all or _____
contract , nothing
What is muscle tone?
readiness to fire
You want to keep your muscle just below the ________ of firing
threshold
True or false. you randomly alternate firing your muscle fibers
True. because you want to keep them right beloww the threshold
True or False. Muscle tone is Involuntary
False. it is voluntary and involuntary
What is a twicht?
when your threshold is to low and your muscle tone is too high
When is your tone too low?
deep REM
What should happend to your muscle when you stretch it?
it fires, which is tone
What is a cramp
your tone is high
What is also related to epileptic seizures?
high tone
True or False. each cell muscle will not have a nerve ending for each muscle fiber
False. Each cell muscle will have a nerve ending for each muscle fiber.
What does all or nothing mean?
once you fire a nerve fiber it will contract to completion
Myofibrils are made up of _____ which are made of ____ and ____
myofilaments, actin and myosin
What are you increasing when you light weights?
myofribrils