Muscular Flashcards
(56 cards)
Types of Muscle:
Skeletal, cardiac, smooth
Attached to bones, striated, voluntarily controlled
Skeletal
Located in the heart, striated, involuntarily controlled
Cardiac
Located in blood vessels, hollow organs, Non-striated, Involuntary controlled
Smooth
Functions of Muscular system:
(6)
- Movement
- Maintain posture
- Respiration
- Production of body heat
- Constriction of organs and vessels
- Contraction of heart
Contract slowly, fatigue slowly, use aerobic respiration, dark color, used by long distance runners,have considerable amount of myoglobin
Slow twitch fibers
Contract quickly, fatigue quickly, use anaerobic respiration,energy from glycogen, light color, used by sprinters
Fast twitch fibers
Fatigue is a temporary state, without fatigue, muscle fibers would worked to the point of structural damage
Muscle fatigue
Mechanisms of fatigue:
(3)
- Acidosis and ATP depletion (due to increased ATP consumption/decreased ATP production)
- Oxidative stress (excess reactive oxygen species)
- Local inflammatory response
Cause by vigorous exercise, people experience muscle pain (effects of inflammatory chemicals on the muscle fibers)
Muscle soreness
Cells that are non-striated, small, spindle-shaped muscle cells, one nucleus
Smooth muscle cells
The smooth muscle cells comprises of organs controlled involuntary except the
Heart
Other factors that can stimulate the smooth muscle
Neurotrasmitter substances, Hormones
Cells that are long, striated, and branching, one nucleus
Cardiac muscle cells
Cardiac muscle is striated because of
Sarcomere arrangement
Cardiac muscle contraction is
Autorhythmic
Cardiac muscle cells are connected to one another, includes desmosomes and gap junctions called
Intercalated disks
Cardiac muscle cells function as a
single unit
One cardiac muscle cell can stimulate action potentials in
adjacent cells
Skeletal muscle anatomy:
- Connects skeletal muscle to bone
tendon
Skeletal muscle anatomy:
Broad, sheet-like tendons
Aponeuroses
Skeletal muscle anatomy:
Band of connective tissue, holds down the tendon at wrist and ankle
retinaculum
Skeletal muscle anatomy:
Attachment of skeletal muscle
origin at least mobile location
Skeletal muscle anatomy:
End of the muscle attached to the bone w/greatest movement
insertion