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Which type of muscle is characterized as involuntary and non-striated?
Where in the body can smooth muscles typically be found?
Which muscle type is responsible for the pumping action of the heart?
Which characteristic is NOT associated with skeletal muscles?
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What is the primary function of smooth muscles in the body?
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What is a tendon primarily composed of?
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How does an aponeurosis differ from a tendon?
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What can occur when muscles on both sides meet in the middle line?
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Which of the following statements about tendons is true?
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What is a notable characteristic of aponeurosis?
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Study Notes
Skeletal System (Locomotor System)
- The skeletal system and its associated neuroanatomy, embryology, anatomy, and imaging are covered.
Muscles
- Muscles are categorized into skeletal, cardiac, and smooth types.
Intended Learning Objectives (ILO)
- Students will be able to classify muscles based on type, shape, fiber arrangement, and function.
- Students will be able to identify different modes of muscle attachment.
Types of Muscles
- Skeletal muscles are responsible for body movement, voluntary, striated, and attached to the skeleton.
- Cardiac muscles are responsible for heart function, involuntary, striated, and interconnected.
- Smooth muscles are responsible for internal organ functioning, involuntary, unstriated, and found within internal organs.
Comparison of Muscle Types
- Smooth Muscles: Found in internal viscera (organs) and blood vessels, involuntary, lack striations, autonomic nervous system control, spindle-shaped cells with a single nucleus.
- Cardiac Muscles: Located in the myocardium (heart wall), involuntary, striated, controlled by the autonomic nervous system, branched cells with intercalated discs.
- Skeletal Muscles: Found throughout the body, attached to the skeleton, voluntary, striated, controlled by the somatic nervous system, multinucleated.
Types of Muscles (Detailed)
- Smooth muscles, visceral, work in internal organs involved in respiratory, alimentary and vascular systems.
- Cardiac muscles are involuntary but striated, in the heart, capable of inherent rhythmic contractions, autonomic nervous system control.
- Skeletal muscles, striated and voluntary, main bulk of the body, attached to the skeleton, controlled by the somatic nervous system.
Muscle Attachment
- Muscles may attach via tendons (fibrous cords), aponeuroses (sheets of fibrous tissue), or directly (fleshy connection).
- Tendons connect muscles to bones.
- Aponeuroses are sheets of tissue that connect muscles to other muscles or bones.
- Muscles of both sides (e.g one side of the body's muscle) may meet in the middle line to form a thin fibrous line called raphe.
Muscle Attachment - Details
- Muscles attach by tendons (e.g., tendocalcaneus, popliteus), fleshy fibers (e.g., popliteus), raphe (fibrous band separating muscles), or aponeuroses (e.g., external oblique aponeurosis).
Arrangement of Muscle Fibers in Skeletal Muscles
- Parallel (fusiform), where fibers run parallel & examples include the sartorius and rectus abdominis muscles.
- Triangular, where fibers converge towards a narrow tendon, like the temporalis muscle.
- Pennate (feather-like), with fibers obliquely attached to the tendon. This category includes unipennate, bipennate, multipennate, and circumpennate arrangements. Examples are the deltoid and tibialis anterior muscles.
- Circular, where fibers form a circle, like the orbicularis oris and oculi.
Muscle Contraction
- The length of the muscle fibers affects the range of contraction (longer fibers mean greater range).
- The number of muscle fibers affects the power of contraction (more fibers mean greater power).
Muscle Actions
- Prime mover (agonist): the muscle that initiates a movement.
- Antagonist: the opposing muscle that relaxes during the agonist's contraction.
- Synergist: muscles that assist the prime mover.
- Fixator: muscles that stabilize bones during movement.
Nerve Supply & Blood Supply of Skeletal Muscles
- Nerve supply to skeletal muscles is mixed (sensory, motor, and sympathetic).
- Blood supply is via a chief artery, veins, and lymph vessels.
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Description
This quiz covers the skeletal and muscular systems, detailing their anatomy, types, and functions. Students will explore the classification of muscles and their specific characteristics, including differences between skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscles. Understanding the neuroanatomy and embryology related to these systems will also be emphasized.
