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Overview of the Muscular System

The muscular system consists of three types of muscles - cardiac, smooth, and skeletal. Skeletal muscles form around 40-45% of total body weight and there are over 430 pairs in the human body. Muscles work with joints to enable movement and maintain posture. Skeletal muscles are composed of fibers containing myofibrils made up of actin and myosin filaments. Nerve signals trigger calcium release and the sliding of actin and myosin filaments, causing muscle contraction. Muscle fibers are arranged to allow for both fine and gross motor control. The document then describes the anatomy and functions of specific muscle groups throughout the body.
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Overview of the Muscular System

The muscular system consists of three types of muscles - cardiac, smooth, and skeletal. Skeletal muscles form around 40-45% of total body weight and there are over 430 pairs in the human body. Muscles work with joints to enable movement and maintain posture. Skeletal muscles are composed of fibers containing myofibrils made up of actin and myosin filaments. Nerve signals trigger calcium release and the sliding of actin and myosin filaments, causing muscle contraction. Muscle fibers are arranged to allow for both fine and gross motor control. The document then describes the anatomy and functions of specific muscle groups throughout the body.
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MUSCULAR

SYSTEM
Reporters:
Butad,Rhena Christine M.
Yabana Maria Fe
Definition:
The muscular system is an
organ system consisting of
skeletal, smooth and
cardiac muscles. It permits
movement of the body, maintains
posture, and circulates blood
throughout the body.
INTRODUCTION
Muscular system consist of three muscle types:
Cardiac, Smooth and Skeletal.

Skeletal Muscles form (40-45%of total body weight

Human body has more than430 pairs of skeletal


muscle; most vigorous movement produced by 80
pairs.
Without muscles and joints we wouldn't be able to
do much, if anything. Face muscles help us eat, smile
and laugh. Hand muscles, arm muscles and shoulder
muscles, along with the elbow joint, help use throw a
ball. Hip muscles, leg muscles and foot muscles,
along with the knee joint and ankle joint, help us to
walk. Our thoracic muscles help us breathe.
Our back muscles,abdominal muscles and vertebral
muscles help us maintain good posture and stand
upright.
Characteristics of Skeletal Muscle:s

Skeletal muscle has contractility, excitability,


extensibility, and elasticity.

Structure:

Each skeletal muscle fiber is a single cell


containing numerous myofibrils.

Myofibrils are composed of actin and myosin


myofilaments.

Sarcomeres are joined end to end to form


myofibrils.

Muscle fibers are organized into fasciculi, and


fasciculi are organized into muscles by associated
connective tissue.
Membrane Potentials:

Cell membranes have a relative positive charge on the outside


and a relative negative charge inside.

Action potentials are a brief reversal of the membrane


charge.

Nerve Supply:

Motor neurons carry action potentials to skeletal


muscles, where the neuron and muscle fibers form
neuromuscular junctions.

Neurons release acetylcholine, which binds to receptors


on muscle cell membranes, stimulates an action
potential in the muscle cell, and causes the muscle to
contract.
Muscle
Contraction:

4. The myosin
1. Action 2. Calcium
molecules
potentials ions, released
bend, causing
travel along T from the 3. Myosin
the actin
tubules to the sarcoplasmic forms cross-
molecules to
sarcoplasmic reticulum, bridges with
slide past; this
reticulum, bind to the the exposed
is the sliding
where they actin actin
filament
cause the myofilaments, attachment
mechanism.
release of exposing sites.
This process
calcium ions. attachment
requires ATP
sites.
breakdown.
7. Small contraction
5. A muscle twitch forces are
is an all-or-none generated when
response to an 6. Tetanus occurs small numbers of
action potential when stimuli occur motor units are
that exceeds the so rapidly that a recruited, and
threshold; it muscle does not greater contraction
consists of a lag relax between forces are
phase, contraction twitches. generated when
phase, and large numbers of
relaxation phase. motor units are
recruited.
10. Muscles
9. After contract either
8. Energy is
intense isometrically
produced by
exercise, the (tension
anaerobic increases, but
rate of aerobic
(without muscle length
metabolism
oxygen) and stays the same) or
remains isotonically
aerobic (with
elevated to (tension remains
oxygen)
repay the the same, but
respiration. muscle length
oxygen debt.
decreases).
14.
13. Slow- Sprinters
11. Muscle 12. twitch fibers have more
tone consists
Muscles are better
of a small
suited for fast-twitch
percentage of contain a
aerobic fibers,
muscle fibers combinatio metabolism, whereas
contracting n of slow- and fast-
isometrically distance
twitch and twitch fibers
and is runners
fast-twitch are adapted
responsible
for anaerobic have more
for posture. fibers.
metabolism. slow-twitch
fibers.
Skeletal Muscle Anatomy:

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Most muscles have an origin on one
bone and an insertion onto another
and cross at least one joint.
Muscles working together are
synergists; muscles working in
opposition are antagonists.
A prime mover is the one muscle of
a synergistic group that is primarily
responsible for the movement.
2. Nomenclature

Muscles are named according to location, origin and insertion,


number of heads, or function.
3. Muscles of the Head and Neck

Muscles of facial expression are associated primarily with the


mouth and eyes.
Four pairs of muscles are involved in mastication.

Tongue movements involve intrinsic and extrinsic muscles

Swallowing involves suprahyoid and infrahyoid muscles, plus


muscles of the soft palate, pharynx, and larynx.
Neck muscles move the head.
Intercostal muscles and the
diaphragm are involved in Muscles form the floor of the Pelvis
breathing.

4. Trunk Muscles:

Muscles of the abdominal wall


flex and rotate the vertebral
Erector spinae muscles hold the
column, compress the abdominal
body erect.
cavity, and hold in and protect
the abdominal organs
5. Upper Limb
Muscles:

The upper limb is attached to the


body primarily by muscles.

Arm movements are accomplished by


pectoral, rotator cuff, and deltoid muscles.

The forearm is flexed and extended by


anterior and posterior arm muscles,
respectively.

Movements of the wrist and fingers are


accomplished by most of the 20 forearm
muscles and 19 intrinsic muscles in the hand.
Thigh
muscles Muscles of
Hip flex, the leg and
muscles extend, foot are
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flex, and adduct similar to
Limb
extend, the thigh. those of
Muscles:
and abduct They also the
the thigh. flex and forearm
extend the and hand.
leg.
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