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Contractility
Extensibility
Elasticity
Skeletal
Cardiac
Smooth (Visceral)
Epimysium
Surrounds
Perimysium
Surrounds
entire muscle
bundles of muscle fibers
Fascicles
Endomysium
Surrounds
epimysium
tendon
perimysium
Muscle
Fascicle
Surrounded by
perimysium
Skeletal
muscle
Surrounded by
epimysium
endomysium
Skeletal
muscle
fiber (cell)
Surrounded by
endomysium
Gross Anatomy
sarcoplasmic
reticulum
sarcolemma
terminal
cisternae
myoglobin
mitochondria
thick myofilament
thin
myofilament
myofibril
nuclei
triad
Muscle fiber
sarcomere
Z-line
myofibril
Thin filaments
Thick filaments
Thin myofilament
Myosin molecule of
thick myofilament
Thin Myofilament
Thick myofilament
(has ATP
& actin
binding
site)
Sarcomere
A band
Z line
Z line
H zone
I band
Thin
myofilaments
Zone of
overlap
Thick
myofilaments
M line
Zone of
overlap
Cross-Bridge Formation in
Muscle Contraction
Myosin head
Active-site exposure
ADP
+ P
Sarcoplasm
Troponin
Actin
ADP
+
Ca2+
Tropomyosin
Cross-bridge formation
Ca2+
Active site
ADP
P +
Myosin reactivation
Ca2+
ADP Ca2+
P +
ADP
P +
ATP
ADP
+ P
ADP + P
Ca2+
Ca2+
Ca2+
ADP
P +
Ca2+
Ca2+
ATP
Ca2+
ADP + P
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Action
Origin & / or insertion
Specific features
Use muscle name to help identify its
location, appearance and function!
Parallel Muscels
Majority
Examples: ?
Convergent muscels
Broad origin,
pointed
insertion
Direction of
pull can be
varied:
versatility!
Pennate Muscles:
Bipennate &
Multipennate
Circular Muscles
= Sphincters
Concentric fibers
adjust opening
Examples:
orbicularis occuli
and oris
Muscle Terminology
Origin
Insertion
stationary
moves
Types of Actions
flexion, extension
adduction,
abduction
elevation,
depression
rotation,
circumduction
pronation,
supination
etc. . . . .
Origin
Muscle attachment that remains
fixed
Insertion
Muscle attachment that moves
Action
What joint movement a muscle
produces
i.e. flexion, extension, abduction,
etc.
Refer:
http://www.jroscoe.co.uk/downlo
ad/tryouts/AQAAS_ch3.pdf
An Overview
of the Major
Skeletal
Muscles
Figure 7-11(a)
An
Overview
of the Major
Skeletal
Muscles
Figure 7-11(b)
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Figure 7-22(a)
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Figure 7-22(c)
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