Test Two Flashcards
Muscular tissue counts for how much of the total body mass
40 to 50%
What are the three types of muscular tissue
Skeletal, cardiac and smooth
Function of muscular tissue
Producing body movements, stabilizing body positions, control of body openings and passages, producing heat
What are the properties of muscular tissue
Electrical excitability, conductivity, contractility, extensibility, elasticity
What is autorhythmic electrical signals
Pacemaker
What is a neurotransmitter
Chemical stimuli
What is electrical excitability
Respond to certain stimuli by producing action potentials
What is conductivity
The ability of muscular tissue to conduct or transmit impulses
What is contractility
The ability of muscular tissue to contract forcefully
What is extensibility
The ability of muscular tissue to stretch, within limits, without being damaged
What is elasticity
The ability of muscular tissue to return to its original length and shape after contraction or extension
A skeletal muscle consists of
Body connected by tendons to the skeleton
Functions of tendons
Attaches a muscle to the periosteum of a bone
What is an aponeurosis
Muscular connective tissue extend as broad, flat sheet, such as epicranial aponeurosis
Endomysium wraps around
Each myofiber
Perimysium wraps around
Multiple myofibers creating fascicle
Epimysium wraps around
Entire muscle
What part of the muscle helps form the tendon
Epimysium
Fascia wraps around
Muscle group separating it from neighboring groups
What is a skeletal muscle cell
Myofiber
Hyperplasia is
Myofibers do not undergo mitosis
The muscles receives how much of blood supply at rest
1/4
During exercise, the muscular system receives how much of hearts output of blood
3/4
What is the plasma membrane of the cell
Sarcolemma
What are T tubules
Tiny invaginations of the sarcolemma
Function of T tubules
Muscle action potentials travel along the sarcolemma and through the T tubules
What is located in the sarcoplasma of the muscle
Nuclei and mitochondria
What is the contractile organelle of skeletal muscle
Myofibrils
What is the sarcoplasmic reticulum
A fluid filled system of membranous sacs
What is the function of sarcoplasmic reticulum
Storage of Ca2+
Myofibrils are made up of
Thick and thin filaments
Thick and thin filaments are made up of
Proteins
The thick and thin filaments are arranged in compartments called
Sarcomere
What causes the striated appearance of skeletal muscle
Pattern of overlap of thick and thin filaments consists of zones and bands
What separates one sarcomere from the next
Z discs
What is the dark, middle part of the sarcomere that extends entire length of thick filaments and includes those parts of thin filaments that overlap thick filaments
A band
What is the lighter, less dense area in the sarcomere that contains remainder of thing filaments but no thick filaments
I band
Narrow region in center of each A band that contains thick filaments but no thin filaments
H zone
Region in center of H zone that contains proteins that hold thick filaments together at center of sarcomere
M line
Myofibrils are built from three kinds of proteins
Contractile, regulatory, structural
What are the contractile proteins
Myosin and actin
What are the structural proteins in muscle
Titin, myomesin, nebulae, and dystrophin
Function of myosin
Pull various cellular structures to achieve movement in all three types of muscles
What are the steps of nerve impulse
Release of Ach, activation of Ach receptors, production of muscle action potential, termination of Ach activity
What is myasthenia Travis
Autoimmune disease in which Ach receptors are attacked by own immune system
Neurons that stimulate skeletal muscle fibers to contract are called
Somatic motor neurons
What is the neuromuscular junction
The synapse between a somatic motor neuron and a skeletal muscle fiber in which the axon terminal coming into close proximity of the muscle fiber
What is synapse
A region where communication occurs between two neurons or between a neuron and a target cell
What is a synaptic cleft
A small gap separates two cells
How do two cells communicate with each other
Neurotransmitter
Axon terminal divides into groups of
Synaptic end bulbs
What are synaptic vesicles
Membrane enclosed sacs consist of thousands of molecules of Ach
Brief explanation of the contraction cycle
ATP hydrolysis, attachment of myosin to actin to form cross bridges, power stroke, detachment of myosin from actin
Even while at rest, a skeletal muscle exhibits muscle tone through
Isotonic contraction and isometric contraction
What is an isotonic contraction
Tension developed in the muscle remains almost constant while the muscle changes its length (concentric or eccentric)
What is isometric contraction
The tension generated is not enough to exceed the resistance of the object to be moved and the muscle does not change in length
What are three main classifications of skeletal muscle fiber
Slow oxidative, fast oxidative-glycolytic, fast glycolytic
Characteristics of cardiac muscle tissue
Striated, involuntary, uninucleated, branched, autorhythmicity, intercalated discs, desmosomes, gap junctions
Characteristics of smooth muscle tissue
Involuntary, non striated, uninucleated, tapered cells
What are the two types of smooth muscle tissue
Visceral (single unit) smooth muscle tissue and multi unit smooth muscle tissue
The origin is
The less mobile attachment
The insertion is the
More mobile end of attachment
Origin is usually
Proximal
Insertion is usually
Distal
Levers add
Speed, distance or force of motion
Lever is usually the
Bone
The fulcrum is the
Joint
Effort is from
The muscle
Resistance load is usually
Object moved
Motion occurs when in levers
The effort applied to the bone at the insertion exceeds the load
What is mechanical advantage
If the load is closer to the fulcrum and the effort farther from the fulcrum, so only small effort is needed to move the load
What is mechanical disadvantage
If the load is farther from the fulcrum and the effort is applied closer to the fulcrum, then a large effort is required to move a small load
How to determine mechanical advantage
Length of effort arm divided by length of resistance arm
What are the three types of lever systems
First class, second class and third class
Describe first class lever
Fulcrum is between the effort and the load
Describe second class levers
Load is between the fulcrum and the effort
Describe the third class levers
Effort is between the load and fulcrum
What is the most common levers in the musculoskeletal system
Third class
How are the muscle fibers arranged in a single fascicle
Parallel
Fascicular arrangement affects a muscles what
Power and range of motion
The longer the fibers in a muscle, the greater what
Range of motion it can produce
The power of a muscle depends on
A total cross sectional area
Describe parallel muscles
Fascicles parallel to longitudinal axis of muscle
Describe fusiform muscle
Parallel to longitudinal axis of muscle
Describe circular muscle
Form sphincter muscles that enclose an orifice
Describe triangular muscle
Formed of broad fibers that converge toward the central tendon
What are the three types of pennate muscle
Unipennate, bipennate, multipennate
Describe unipennate muscle
Fascicles arranged on only one side of tendon
Describe bipennate muscle
Fascicles arranged on both sides of centrally positioned tendons
Describe multipennate muscles
Fascicles attach obliquely from many directions to the tendon
For movement to occur what type of muscles must act as a group
Agonist, antagonist, synergistic, fixator
Agonist is
The main muscles that contracts to cause an action
Antagonist is
Muscle that opposes the action of the prime mover
Synergist is
The muscles that contract and stabilize the intermediate joints to prevent unwanted movements
Fixator is
The muscles that stabilize the origin of the prime mover so that the prim mover can move more efficiently
How are skeletal muscles are named
Orientation of fascicles, relative size of muscle, relative shape of muscle, main action of the muscle, number of origins
Muscles of the head that produce facial expressions control
The eyelids, mouth and skin of face
The muscles of the head that produce facial expressions does not include
Muscles of mastication
Muscles of the head that produce facial expressions lie where
Subcutaneous layer
Where do the muscles of the head that produce facial expressions originate from
Fascia or bones of the skull and insert into the skin
Muscles of mastication purpose
Move the jaw for chewing
Function of the neck muscles
Head flexion, extension, lateral flexion, and rotation . Controls movement of hyoid, and larynx and elevates the upper ribs
What are the two organ systems that controls and regulates the body
Nervous system and endocrine system
What is a neuron
Functional unit of the nervous sytem
What is a neuroglia
Supporting cells that protect and support the neurons
What are the two subdivisions of the nervous system
Central nervous system and peripheral
The CNS contains
The brain and spinal cord
The PNS contains
Cranial nerves and spinal nerves
What are ganglia
Small masses of nervous tissue consisting of cell bodies of the neurons that are located outside the CNS
What are enteric plexus
Networks of neurons located in the walls of the digestive system
What are sensory receptors
A structure of nervous tissue monitors changes in the external or internal environment such as touch receptors in the skin
What are the three parts of the peripheral nervous system
Somatic nervous system, autonomic nervous system and enteric nervous system
The somatic nervous system consists of what
Sensory and motor neurons
What are sensory neurons in SNS
Convey info to the CNS from somatic receptors in the head, body, wall and limbs and from receptors for the special senses of vision, hearing, taste and smell
What are motor neurons in SNS
Conduct impulses from the CNS to skeletal muscles only
Function of sensory neurons in ANS
Convey info to the CNS from autonomic receptors, located primarily in visceral organs such as the stomach and lungs
Function of motor neurons in the ANS
Conduct nerve impulses from the CNS to smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and glands.
What are the two branches in the ANS
Sympathetic and parasympathetic
Origin of orbicularis oculi
Medial wall of orbit
Insertion of orbicularis oculi
Orbital margin
Action of orbicularis oculi
Closes the eye
Innervation of orbicularis oculi
Facial nerve
Origin of frontal belly occipitofrontalis
Epicranial aponeurosis
Insertion of frontal belly of occipitofrontalis
Skin superior in supraorbital margin
Action of frontal belly of occipitofrontalis
Draws scalp anteriorly and raises eyebrows
Innervation of frontal belly of occipitofrontalis
Facial nerve
Origin of occipital belly of occipitofrontalis
Occipital bone
Insertion of occipital belly of occipitofrontalis
Epicranial aponeurosis
Action of occipital belly of occipitofrontalis
Draws scalp posteriorly
Origin of buccinator
Alveolar processes of maxilla and mandible
Insertion of buccinator
Orbicular oris