click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
MUSC: Structure
Muscle structures and tissue types
Question | Answer |
---|---|
Epimysium | a sheath of fibrous elastic tissue surrounding the entire muscle. |
Perimysium | The connective tissue that surrounds fascicles (group of muscle fibers). |
Muscle Fiber | muscle cell |
Endomysium | Connective tissue surrounding a muscle fiber |
Fascicle | bundle of muscle fibers |
fascia | a band or sheet of fibrous connective tissue that covers, supports, and separates muscle |
skeletal muscle cells | striated and multinucleated |
smooth muscle cells | single, uninucleate; no striations |
cardiac muscle cell | uninucleated, branched, striated |
cardiac muscle function | as it contracts, it propels blood into the circulation; involuntary control |
skeletal muscle function | voluntary movement; locomotion; manipulation of the environment; facial expression; voluntary control |
smooth muscle function | involuntary movements of internal organs |