The Muscular System

Muscle Action

 Voluntary Muscle

 Involuntary Muscle
 Voluntary Muscle

 Under our control

 Examples: smiling, jumping, lifting

 Skeletal Muscle
 Involuntary Muscle

 Not under our conscious control

 Examples: heart beating, breathing, digesting

food

 Smooth Muscle and Cardiac Muscle

Types of Muscle
 Skeletal Muscle

 Voluntary
 Striated or “banded”
 Muscle are attached to
bones by tendons
 React very quickly
 Tire quickly
Skeletal Muscle Striations
 Muscles at Work

Skeletal Muscle Facts:

 Muscle cells can only contract
 They must work in pairs
 While one muscle contracts, the other returns
to its original length
Skeletal Muscle Structure
Muscle Fibers
 Skeletal Muscle Cells/Tissue

 Cells are multi-nucleated (several cells that have

fused together)

 Muscle cells contain mitochondria (produce ATP

for energy)

 Contain protein filaments responsible for

contraction: Actin and Myosin
Inside a Muscle Fiber
 Smooth Muscle

 Involuntary
 Work automatically to
control movements
inside your body
 Not striated
 React slowly
 Tire more slowly
 Smooth Muscle Characteristics

 Spindle-shaped

 Have a single, centrally located nucleus

 Contain contractile proteins

Smooth Muscle Cells
 Where do you find Smooth
Muscle?

 Lining blood vessels

 Digestive tract
 Bladder
 Airways
 Cardiac Muscle

 Involuntary
 Muscle cells are
striated
 Does not get tired
 Located only in the
heart
Cardiac Muscle Tissue Images
 Cardiac Muscle

 Not as long as skeletal muscles

 Branched appearance

 Mono-nucleated or Bi-nucleated (central)

 Intercalated discs
Cardiac Muscle Fibers
Cardiac structure
 The Muscular System

 Skeletal
 Smooth
 Cardiac
 Sources:

The Muscular System http://www.thefitnessfirm.freehosting.net/ muscbo~1.gif

Types of Muscle http://www. mcdb.colorado.edu/.../ lectures/class06-1.html
Skeletal Muscle http://www.gen.umn.edu/.../ histoimages/mus_skl_16.jpg
Triceps Muscle http://www.sportsinjuryclinic.net/gallery/elbow/triceps_muscle.jpg
Smooth Muscle Images http://www.gen.umn.edu/.../ histoimages/mus_sm_10.jpg

Cardiac Muscle http://www.gen.umn.edu/.../ histoimages/mus_car_20.jpg

http://www. cellbio.utmb.edu/microanatomy/ muscle/muscle12.jpg
http://www. wappingersschools.org/.../ Cardiac%20Muscle.jpg
http://www.irishhealth.com/ content/image/62/Image1.gif
Striated Muscle www.ucl.ac.uk/~sjjgsca/MuscleStriated.html
Blood Vessels http://www.pennhealth.com/ency/images/ency/fullsize/19194.jpg
Smooth Muscle www.etsu.edu/.../Histologyofmuscleforweb.htm
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