Muscular System Flashcards
(44 cards)
Skeletal Muscle (voluntary)
Skeletal muscle fibers are multinucleated structures that compose the skeletal muscle.
Cardiac Muscle (involuntary)
Cardiac muscle are only found in the heart
Smooth Muscle (involuntary)
Smooth muscles are called so because they do not have striations. These can be found in hollow organs such as bladder, stomach, uterus, intestines, and passageways of circulatory system.
Exicability
Able to send electrical waves (action potential) along the entire length
Elasticity
Having the ability to recoil back to its original length
Extensibility
Extensibility
Allows muscles to stretch or extend
Contractility
Allows muscles to pull on its attachment and shorten
Fascicle
The muscle fibers that are arranged in bundles
Epimysium
Outermost layer, surrounds entire muscle
Perimysium
Separates and surrounds fascicles
Endomysium
Surrounds each individual muscle fiber
Sarcolemma
Muscle fiber membrane
Myofibril
Individual parallel muscle fibers (made up of actin and myosin)
Sarcoplasm
Inner material surrounding the myofibril (equivalent to the cell’s cytoplasm)
Actin
Thin filaments
Myosin
Thick filaments
Pronator teres
Pronation;
Turns hand palm down
Supinator
Supination;
Turns hand palm-up
Biceps Brachii
Flexion: Supination
Performs a bicep curl; also allows palm of hand toward body while flexing.
Triceps Brachii
Extension
Extends Forearm, as during a punch.
Pectoralis Major
Flexion; Adduction, Medial Rotation
Brings elbows together, moves elbow up (as during an uppercut punch)
Latissimus Dorsi
Humerus: Extension, Adduction, and Medial Rotation
Scapula: Depression
Moves elbow back (as in elbowing someone standing behind you); spreads elbows apart.
Deltoid
Abduction: Flexion, Extension, Medial and lateral rotation
Lift arms at shoulder
Subclavius
Depression
Stabilizes clavicle during movement by depressing it