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Human Anatomy by Saladin 1stEd
Chapter 10:The Muscular System-Intro
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
10/06/2006

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muscular system
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refers only to skeletal muscle
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myology
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the study of the muscular system
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skeletal muscle
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voluntary striated muscle that is usually attached to one or more bones
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muscle fibers or myofibers
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skeletal muscle cells composed of protein microfilaments
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striations
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alternating light and dark bands on a myofibers composed of overlapping protein microfilaments
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voluntary muscle
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skeletal muscle because it is usually subject to conscious control
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cardiac muscle
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muscle around the heart, also striated, but involuntary and composed of non fibrous cells called myocytes or cardiocytes
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myocytes
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cells of cardiac muscle also called cardiocytes
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smooth muscle
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no striations and usually involuntary
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functions of muscle
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movement, stability, communication, control of body openings and passages
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properties of muscle
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excitability (reponsiveness), conductivity, contractility, extensibility, elasticity
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connective tissues of the muscles
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endomysium, perimysium, epimysium, deep fascia, superficial fascia
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endomysium
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endo=within+ mys=muscle
a thin sleeve of areolar connective tissue that surrounds each muscle fiber
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perimysium
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peri=around
a thicker connective tissue sheath that wraps muscle fibers together in bundles called fascicles (parallel strands)
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epimysium
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epi=upon, above
a fibrous sheath that surrounds the entire muscle and extends beyond to form tendon
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deep fascia
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sheets of connective tissue that separate neighboring muscles from each other
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superficial fascia
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=hypodermis
a layer of connective tissue that separates the muscles from the overlying skin
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series-elastic components of muscle
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the connective tissue elements from endomysium to tendon, linking muscle fibers to bones - endomysium- perimysium- epimysium- tendon- periosteum- bone matrix
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five types of muscle
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fusiform, parallel, convergent, pennate, circular
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fusiform muscles
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thick in the middle and tapered at each end
ex: biceps brachii of the arm and gatrocnemius of the calf
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parallel muscles
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long, straplike muscles of a uniform width and parallel fascicles
ex: abdominis of the abdomen, sartorius of the thigh, and zygomaticus major of the face
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convergent muscles
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fan-shaped-broad at the origin and convergin toward a narrower insertion
ex: pectoralis major in the chest
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pennate muscles
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fether-shaped- their fascicles insert obliqhely of a endon that run the lenglth of the muscle, 3 types: unipennate, bipennate, and multipennate
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unipennate muscles
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all the fascicles approach the tendon from one side ex: palmar interosseous muscles of the hand and semimembranosus of the thigh
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bipennate muscles
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fascicles approach the tendom from both sides ex: rectus femoris of the thigh
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multipennate muscles
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shaped like a bunch of feathers with their quills converging on a single point ex: deltoid of the shoulder
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circular muscles (sphincters)
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form rings around body openings these include: the orbicularis oris of the lips and orbicularis oculi of the eyelids
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direct (fleshy) attachment of muscle
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collagen fibers of the epimysium are continuous with the periosteum- appears that muscle emerges directly from bone
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indirect attachment of muscle
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a tendon emerges fromt he connective tissue of the muscle and meges into the periosteum of the bone
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aponeurosis
Definition
apo=upon,above+ neuro=nerve
a broad flat tendon that attaches a muscle to a bone or to other soft tissues in such locations as the abdominal wall and deep to the scalp
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myoblasts
Definition
myo=muscle+ blast=precursor
during embryonic development, several unspecialized cells called myoblasts fuse to produce each muscle fiber, so myocytes are multinucleated
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satellite cells
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unspecialized myoblasts located between the muscle fiber and endomysium, can multiply and produce new muscle fibers to some degree
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sarcolemma
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sarco=flesh,muscle+ lemma=husk
plasma membrane of muscle fibers
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transverse (T) tubules
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tunnel-like infoldings in the sarcolemma that penetrate through the fiber and emege of the other side
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sarcoplasm
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cytoplasm of a muscle fiber
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myofibrils
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long protein bundles that make up most of the interior of muscle fibers
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myoglobin
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located in muscle fiber, binds oxygen until it is needed for muscular activity
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sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR)
Definition
the smooth ER of muscle cells
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types of myofilaments
Definition
thick filaments- made of myosin

thin filaments- made of actin

elastic filaments- made of titin (connectin)
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