Skeletal Muscle System Period2 Daniela

Major functions of the
muscular system

Names of the muscles

types of muscle tissues

Smooth muscle

Skeletal muscle

Cardiac muscle

Quadriceps

Harmstring

Triceps

Gastrocnemius

Biceps

Soleus

Erector spinae

Gluteus

Rectas abdominis

Latissimus dorsi

Biceps branchii

Trapezius

Triceps branchii

Deltoid

Gluteus Maximus

Pectoral

Sartorius

Abdominal

Tensor fascia

Body movement terminology

structure and organizational levels of the skeletal muscle

physiology of muscle contraction

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It is an involuntary, striated muscle that constitutes the main tissue of the walls of the heart

It is a form of striated muscle tissue, which is under the voluntary control of the somatic nervous system

Is a muscle tissue in which the contractile fibrils are not highly ordered, occurring in the gut and other internal organs and not under voluntary controits

Tissue

blood vessels

Nerves

A bundle of fibers that uses electrical and chemical signals to transmit sensory and motor information from one body part to another

Tissues are groups of cells that have a similar structure and act together to perform a specific function

a vessel in the human or animal body in which blood circulates

Extension

Abduction

Flexion

a movement that decreases the angle between two body parts

a movement that increases the angle between two body parts

a movement away from the midline just as abducting someone is to take them away

Adduction

Medial Rotation

a movement towards the midline Adduction of the hip squeezes the legs together

Medial rotation is a rotational movement towards the midline. It is sometimes referred to as internal rotation.

Lateral rotation

Elevation and depression

a rotating movement away from the midline. This is in the opposite direction to the movements described above

Elevation refers to movement in a superior direction and depression refers to movement in an inferior direction.

Protraction

the movement of ‘reaching out’ to something

Retraction

posteromedial movement of the scapula on the thoracic wall, which causes the shoulder region to move posteriorly picking something up

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The brain or spinal cord sends an impulse to
the muscle.

The binding Ach causes depolarization of the sarcolemma by opening ion channels and allowing Na+ions into the muscle

Na+ ions diffuse into the muscle fiber and depolarization
continues

Depolarization creates a wave of action potential across the sarcolemma

Ach is released from the axon to receptors located on the
sarcolemma

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Action potential travels across the sarcolemma and down
the T-tubules s which triggers the sarcoplasmic reticulum
SR to release Ca+

Myosin is now ready to bind with the actin and form cross bridges which begins the contraction process

As Ca+ levels rise, Ca+ ions bind with Troponin which
removes the blocking action of Tropomyosin from the Actin
binding sites

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. Actin and myosin bind together to form a cross bridge

ATP is then hydrolyzed to ADP and Pi, which
gives the myosin the energy to “cock” its head to the highenergy position

The myosin heads then pull the actin filaments inward and
release the ADP and Pi and return to a low energy position.:

. In order to contract, ATP binds to the Myosin

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mobility

Stability

Posture

Circulation

Respiration

Digestion

Urination

Childbirth

within a joint is the degree to which the area where two bones meet

the ability to maintain control of joint movement or position by coordinating actions of surrounding tissues and the neuromuscular system

The carriage of the body as a whole, the attitude of the body, or the position of the limbs

the movement of blood through the vessels of the body that is induced by the pumping action of the heart and serves to distribute nutrients and oxygen to and remove waste products from all parts of the body

the movement of respiratory gases into and out of the lungs

is the ejection of urine from the urinary bladder through the urethra to the outside of the body

the process of delivering a baby and the placenta, membranes, and umbilical cord from the uterus to the vagina to the outside world

the process in the alimentary canal by which food is broken up physically