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Muscles

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

What are 4 functions of muscles?

Back (Answer)

• Movement • Maintain posture • Stabilise joints • Generate heat

#2
Front (Question)

What are the 3 muscle types/

Back (Answer)

• Skeletal • Cardiac • Smooth

#3
Front (Question)

What is hypertrophy?

Back (Answer)

Enlargement

#4
Front (Question)

What are 3 main histological features of skeletal muscle?

Back (Answer)

• Myofibres have cross striations • Myofibres are long, unbranched and multinucleated • Nuclei occur at periphery of fibre

#5
Front (Question)

What is the hierarchy of skeletal muscle in descending order?

Back (Answer)

• Muscle • Muscle fascicle • Muscle fibre • Myofibril • Myofilaments

#6
Front (Question)

Name 2 myofilaments

Back (Answer)

• Actin 2. Myosin

#7
Front (Question)

Name 3 types of CT of skeletal muscles

Back (Answer)

• Epimysium • Perimysium • Endomysium

#8
Front (Question)

What is epimysium?

Back (Answer)

Connective tissue which surrounds the outside of an entire muscle

#9
Front (Question)

What is perimysium?

Back (Answer)

Connective tissue which surrounds the outside of a muscle fascicle

#10
Front (Question)

What is endomysium?

Back (Answer)

Connective tissue which surrounds the outside of a muscle fibre

#11
Front (Question)

What is the I band?

Back (Answer)

Composed of actin myofilaments anchored to the Z-line

#12
Front (Question)

What is the A band?

Back (Answer)

Overlap of actin anchored to the Z-line and myosin anchored to the M-line

#13
Front (Question)

What is a sarcomere?

Back (Answer)

Distance between two Z-lines

#14
Front (Question)

What is the only band that remains the same length when a muscle contracts?

Back (Answer)

A band

#15
Front (Question)

What is the sarcolemma?

Back (Answer)

Plasma membrane of a muscle fibre

#16
Front (Question)

What are transverse tubules?

Back (Answer)

Tubular invaginations of the sarcolemma

#17
Front (Question)

What is the function of transverse tubules?

Back (Answer)

Carry a wave of depolarisation into the muscle fibre

#18
Front (Question)

What is the sarcoplasm?

Back (Answer)

Cytoplasm of muscle fibre

#19
Front (Question)

Name 4 structures found in the sarcoplasm

Back (Answer)

• Myofibrils • Mitochondria • Sarcoplasmic reticulum • Myoglobin

#20
Front (Question)

Where is cardiac muscle found?

Back (Answer)

The heart

#21
Front (Question)

Name 3 histological features of cardiac muscle

Back (Answer)

• Striated • Branched cells joined by intercalated discs • Nucleus positioned centrally in the fibre

#22
Front (Question)

What are intercalated discs?

Back (Answer)

Adhesion specialisations comprising fascia adherens and nexus

#23
Front (Question)

Where is smooth muscle found?

Back (Answer)

Tubular organs

#24
Front (Question)

Name 3 histological features of smooth muscle

Back (Answer)

• Non-striated • Spindle shaped cells • Corkscrew shaped nucleus