Name that muscle
This muscle is located on the front of the arm.
What is a bicep?
plasma membrane
What is the sarcolemma?
These two groups are striated.
What is cardiac and skeletal?
The ___________ of a muscle is on the stationary bone.
origin
symptoms include chronic pain in the muscles and ligaments, chronic fatigue, sensitive to pain
affects mostly women; cause unknown, it may be due to low levels of serotonin
no specific treatments
What is fibromyalgia?
This muscle is located on the back of the arm.
What is a tricep?
cytoplasm
What is sarcoplasm?
connected to the bones
What are skeletal muscles?
The _____________ muscle is on the bone that moves.
insertion
a group of genetic disorders that affect muscles
most common type is Duchenne
x-linked recessive disorder; mostly affect boys
main symptom: muscle weakness
What is Muscular dystrophy?
This muscle makes up the top back of the leg. Hint! Hint! You sit on this!
What is the gluteus maximus?
smooth ER of a muscle fiber
What is sarcoplasmic reticulum?
This group lines the organs and aides in digestion and breathing.
What is the smooth muscle?
A small gap that separates the axon terminal from the sarcolemma
neuromuscular junction
Approximately how many muscles do you have?
What is 600?
This muscle wrinkles forehead and lifts eyebrows
What is the frontalis?
thick filament
What is myosin?
This is the term for the heart muscle?
What is cardiac?
smallest unit that can produce a muscle contraction
sarcomere
energy for muscle contraction
ATP
This muscle looks good "flat" or as a "six pack".
rectus abdominis muscles
thin filament
What is actin?
Voluntary muscle
What is the skeletal muscle?
A bundle of myofilaments (actin & myosin) that contracts
myofibrils
This is the connected tissue that attaches muscles to the bone.
What is a tendon?