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Muscles and structures
Cards in this deck (11)
- 13 Types of muscleSkeletal- S + V
Cardiac- S+ IV
Smooth- NS-IV - 2Muscles are... Extensible, Elastic and ContractableExtensible- Stretch and extend
Elastic- resume resting length after extending
Contractable- Ability to shorten =movement - 3Muscle Structure.
- 4EpimysiumDense
irregular tissue
surrounding entire muscle - 5EndomysiumWispy sheath of connective tissue
surrounding individual fibres - 6PerimysiumConnective tissue
Surrounding fasicles - 7FasciclesBUNDLES
long cylindrical fibres - 8Muscle Fibres.
- 9MyofobrilsContractile proteins
(give striated appearance) - 10SarcomereContractile proteins
(Smallest unit)
Contains actin and myosin - 11Cytoplasm (Sarcoplasm)Contains glycogen and myoglobin
jelly surrounding fibres
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- BSC Biomechanics Flashcards on Muscles and structures, created by lghicks on 16/11/2013.
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