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Muscular System

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    Muscular system revision
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  • What the the 3 different types of muscle tissue?
    Cardiac, skeletal, smooth
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  • Cardiac muscle is under what control?
    involuntary
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  • Skeletal muscle is attached to bones by.....
    tendons
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  • Skeletal muscle has what type of appearance?
    Striated
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  • Smooth muscle is controlled by what nervous system?
    Autonomic nervous system
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  • Endomysium surrounds what?
    muscle fibres
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  • What surrounds bundles of muscle fibres?
    perimysium
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  • What is the smallest functional unit in a myofibril?
    sarcomere
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  • What are the two contractile protein filaments?
    actin and myosin
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  • Which contractile protein filment is darker and thicker?
    Myosin
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  • Name the two muscles in the calf
    Gastrocnemius and soleus
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  • What are the 4 functions of a skeleton?
    movement, stabilise the body, storing and moving substances, generate heat
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  • Levator ani is.....
    a superficial muscle layer in the pelvic girdle
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  • Isotonic contractions include what two contractions?
    Concentric and eccentric
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  • What happens to the muscle during concentric contraction?
    Shortens
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  • What is the antagonistic muscle during a bicep curl?
    Triceps
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