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Luke Hansford

Muscles and structures

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BSC Biomechanics Flashcards on Muscles and structures, created by lghicks on 16/11/2013.

Flashcards by lghicks, updated more than 1 year ago

	Created by lghicks over 11 years ago

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Question	Answer
3 Types of muscle	Skeletal- S + V Cardiac- S+ IV Smooth- NS-IV
Muscles are... Extensible, Elastic and Contractable	Extensible- Stretch and extend Elastic- resume resting length after extending Contractable- Ability to shorten =movement
Muscle Structure	.
Epimysium	Dense irregular tissue surrounding entire muscle
Endomysium	Wispy sheath of connective tissue surrounding individual fibres
Perimysium	Connective tissue Surrounding fasicles
Fascicles	BUNDLES long cylindrical fibres
Muscle Fibres	.
Myofobrils	Contractile proteins (give striated appearance)
Sarcomere	Contractile proteins (Smallest unit) Contains actin and myosin
Cytoplasm (Sarcoplasm)	Contains glycogen and myoglobin jelly surrounding fibres

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