Week 13 Learning Guide - Muscles (Cont.)
Week 13 Learning Guide - Muscles (Cont.)
Week 13 Learning Guide - Muscles (Cont.)
Muscle Contraction:
o Steps of Contraction:
Relaxation:
o Endomysium:
o Perimysium:
o Epimysium:
o Tendons:
1
Aponeurosis:
Category Function
Fixator
Muscle Tissue
Muscle Characteristics:
o Responsiveness (excitability):
2
o Conductivity:
o Contractility:
o Extensibility:
o Elasticity:
Types of Muscle:
o Skeletal
o Smooth
o Cardiac
o Nuclei:
o Sarcolemma:
3
o Sarcoplasm:
Composition:
o Sarcoplasmic Reticulum:
Terminal Cisternae:
T-Tubules:
o Myofibrils:
a. F Actin:
b. G Actin:
c. Tropomyosin:
d. Troponin C:
4
o Muscle Striations
Sarcomere:
A Band:
H Band:
I Band:
Z Disc:
Motor Unit:
-
Neuromuscular Junction:
-
5
o Components:
Synaptic Knob:
Synaptic Cleft:
Neurotransmitter:
Signal Transmission
6
o Membrane Potential: