Muscles

Front 1

Skeletal Muscle
A. action
B. appearance
C. type of movement

Back 1

(a) move bones
(b) striated, alternating light and dark bands
(c) Voluntary movement, but most are also controlled subconsciously to some extent

Front 2

Cardiac Muscle
A. location
B. type of movement
C. cause of contraction

Back 2

a) heart
b) Straited
c)Involuntary movement
d) Heart beats because of a pacemaker that initiates each contraction. called autorythmicity

Front 3

Smooth Muscle
A. location
B. Appearance
C. type of movement

Back 3

a)in walls of hollow internal structures, such as blood vessels, airways, and most organs in the abdominopelvic cavity, skin, and attached to hair follicles
(b)No striations
(c)Involuntary movement

Front 4

Four functions of muscles

Back 4

-Producing body movement
-Stabilizing body positions
-Storing and moving substances in body
-Generating heat

Front 5

Four properties of muscular tissue

Back 5

-Electrical Excitability
-Contractility
-Extensibility
-Elasticity

Front 6

Electrical Excitability
A. definition
B. two types of stimuli

Back 6

a. Ability to respond to certain stimuli by producing electrical signals called action potentials
b. -Autorythmic electrical signals, such as the heart’s pacemaker
-Chemical stimuli such as neurotransmitters

Front 7

Fascia

Back 7

a sheet of fibrous connective tissue that supports and surrounds muscles

Front 8

Superficial fascia
a. location
b. function
c. composed of

Back 8

a. subcutaneous layer or hypodermis
b. separates muscle from skin
c. composed of areolar connective tissue and adipose tissue