Muscular System Flashcards
(43 cards)
provides force for movement in animals
muscle
prime mover or protagonist
flexor
will act opposite to the flexor or antagonist
extensor
helps the flexor
synergist
three types of muscles
- skeletal
- cardiac muscle
- smooth muscle
muscle cell =
muscle fiber
striated types of muscles
skeletal and cardiac
non-striated type of muscle
smooth or visceral
voluntary muscles
skeletal muscles
involuntary muscles
cardiac and visceral muscle
reason why muscles can aid for movement
presence of myofilaments
characteristics of muscles
- excitability / irritability
- contractability
- extensibility
- elastic
characteristics of skeletal muscle
- voluntary
- striated
- multinucleated
- attached by tendons to the bones
how to distinguish one muscle to another muscle
different muscle orientations
covers the entire skeletal muscle
epimysium
covers muscle bundles
perimysium
covers muscle fibers / cells
endomysium
attachments of skeletal muscle
- tendons
- aponeuroses
cord-like attachment
tendons
sheet-like attachment
aponeuroses
cause of striation
light and dark bands
functional unit of muscle fiber
sarcolemma
what causes the movement of muscle
sliding filament mechanism
[thin filament structure]
composed of _____ protein
actin