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Third Test
Muscular System
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
07/02/2007

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Term
what is skeletal muscle?
voluntary or involuntary?
attaches to what?
Definition
a voluntary straited muscle that usually attaches to one or more bones
composed not only of muscular tissue but also of fibrous connective tissue
Term
endomysium surrounds?
Definition
fibers
Term
describe the "hierarchy of muscle tissues"
Definition
belly surrounded by epimysium
made of fascicles which are wrapped in perimysium
made up of muscle fibers
muscle fibers ARE the muscle cells
ALSO they are wrapped with fascia called endomysium
these are made up of myofibrils which are also made up of microfilaments
Term
muscle fibers are made up of___________
and surrounded by _____________
Definition
myofibrils endomysium
Term
myofibrils are made up of ___________
Definition
microfilaments
Term
what does fascia do?
Definition
bind muscle
Term
myosin
Definition
proteins that myofilaments are made of
Term
what is the arcolemma?
Definition
plasma membrane
Term
most muscle repair occurs through what process?
Definition
fibrosis
Term
smooth ER of a muscle fiber?
Definition
sacroplasmic reticulum
Term
cytoplasm?
Definition
sarcoplasm
Term
anisotropic
Definition
dark bands on a muscle
Term
isotropic
Definition
lighter than A ba ds
lIght
Term
in the middle of the A band, the ighter region
Definition
H band
helle-bright
Term
z disk
Definition
bisects the I band
dark narro Z disk composex of protein connectin
Term
each segment of myofibril from one Z disc to the next
Definition
sarcomere-functional contractile unit of muscle fiber
Term
dark band formed by paralle thick filaments tha tpartly overlap the thin
Definition
A band
anisotropic
Term
a lighter region in th emiddle of an A band that contains thick filaments only
Definition
H band
Term
light band composed of thin filaments only
Definition
Isotropic
I band
Term
smooth muscles are of the ____
Definition
viscera
Term
cardiac msucles are of the ______ and have junctions called _________ ________
Definition
heart; intercalcated discs
Term
muscles are named by:
Definition
size, shape, direction of fibers
location, origin and insertion
action
Term
where does a conscious wish to move a body part originate
Definition
cerebral cortex
Term
meeting of the neuron with the muscle fibers is called the _______________
Definition
neuromuscular junction
Term
there are vesicles in the axon terminal that contain neurotransmiter
Definition
acetylcholine
Term
occcipitofrontalis
Definition
composed of the occipitalis and the frontalis
Term
occipitalis
Definition
retracts scalp; fixes galea aponeurotica
Term
frontalis
Definition
raies eyebrows and creates wrinkgles in forehead when occipitalis is contracted; draws scalp forward when occipitalis is relaxed
Term
orbicularis oculi
Definition
closes eye: compresses lacrimal gland to promote flow of tears
Term
levator palpebrae superioris
Definition
opens eye; raises upper eyelid
Term
orbicularis oris
Definition
closes lips; protrudes lips as in kissing; aids in speech
Term
zygomaticus major and minor
Definition
draw corners of mouth laterlalya nd upwards as in smiling and laughing
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