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Chapter 13
Muscular System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Types of muscle; | skeletal, cardiac, smooth |
| Skeletal muscle; | voluntary control, striated, multinucleated; attached to skeleton so function in posture, movement |
| Cardiac muscle; | involuntary, striated, one nucleus; found in heart |
| Smooth muscle; | involuntary, non-striated, one nucleus; found in the interior of hollow organs |
| Antagonistic muscles; | when one contracts, the other relaxes; biceps and triceps brachii |
| Sarcomere; | contractile unit of muscle |
| Actin; | thin filaments |
| Myosin; | thick filaments |
| Neuromuscular junction; | where motor neuron meets muscle cell |
| Motor neuron; | neuron that stimulates muscle cells |
| Neurotransmitter; | chemical released to stimulate muscle cells; acetylcholine |
| Sarcomeres shorten when; | motor neuron stimulates the muscle; calcium allows binding of actin and myosin |