Introduction to The Muscular System
Skeletal muscles: movement in environment•Smooth muscles: intestines, ureters, veins and arteries•Cardiac muscle: pumps blood through heart and blood vessels•40–50% of body weight
The Types of Muscle
Skeletal
Skeletal: voluntary, striated, and multinucleated
Smooth
Smooth: involuntary, nonstriated, and uninucleated
Cardiac
Cardiac: involuntary, striated, and uninucleated
The Anatomy of Skeletal or Striated Muscle
Introduction to The Physiology of Muscle Contraction
The Physiology of Muscle Contraction: Neuroelectrical Factors
•Na+ higher concentration outside muscle cell
•K+ higher concentration inside muscle cell
•Resting potential: charge outside positive and inside negative
•Electrical potential: rush of Na+ inside cell
•K+ moves outside cell attempting to balance
•Action potential
–Calcium released
–Troponin and tropomyosin action inhibited
–Activated myosin links to actin filaments
The Physiology of Muscle Contraction: Chemical Interactions
The Physiology of Muscle Contraction: Energy Sources
•ATP: energy source for muscle contraction
•ATP production
–Glycolysis
–Krebs citric acid cycle
–Electron transport
•Alternate sources: fatty acids and phosphocreatine
The Muscle Twitch
•Stimulus > latent period > contraction > relaxation
•Contraction strength depends on
–Strength, speed, and duration of stimulus
–Weight of load
–Temperature
•All-or-none law
Muscle Tone
•State of partial contraction throughout whole muscle
•Maintains pressure on abdominal contents
•Helps maintain blood pressure
•Aids digestion
•Types
–Isotonic, isometric
The Anatomy of Smooth Muscle
•Found in hollow structures •Involuntary, uninucleated, nonstriated •Arrangement (two layers) –Longitudinal (outer) –Circular (inner)
The Anatomy of Cardiac Muscle
The Naming and Actions of Skeletal Muscles
Origin
Origin: more fixed attachment of muscle
Insertion
Insertion: movable attachment of muscle
Tendons
Tendons: attach muscle to bone
Aponeurosis:
Aponeurosis: wide flat tendon
Flexors
Flexors: bend limb at a joint
Extensor
Extensor: straighten limb at a joint
Abductors
Abductors: move limb away from midline
Adductors
Adductors: bring limb toward midline
Rotators
Rotators: revolve limb around axis