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Muscles
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Human Anatomy and Physiology Mind Map on Muscles, created by jennifer.hyland on 05/11/2013.
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human anatomy and physiology
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Muscles
Skeletal
Striated
Voluntary
Reflexive
Connective tissue covering skeletal muscle fibers
Attachments may be direct or indirect
Fibers are long, striated and multinucleate
Myofibrils: Banded chains of sarcomeres
Sarcomere contains thick myosin and thin actin myofilaments
T tubules: invaginations of sarcolemma between terminal cisterns of SR. Allow delivery of electrical stimululus
Sarcoplasmic reticulum surrounds each myofibril
System of membranous tubules
Release and sequester calcium ions
Physiology
Contraction
Cardiac
Striated
Involuntary
Smooth
Spindle Shaped
Uninucleate
Usually arranged in sheets
No elaborate connective tissue covering
Contraction
Involuntary
Poor SR
no T tubules
Types
Overview
Excitable
Contractile
Extensible
Elastic
Movement
Posture
Stability
Heat
Some Organ Protection
Metabolism
Deevelopment
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