Introduction to
Muscle Tissue
Muscle Contraction
Muscle Physiology
- A band
- actin
- aponeurosis
- endomysium
- epimysium
- I band
- myofibril
- myofilament
- myoglobin
- myosin
- perimysium
- sarcolemma
- sarcoplasm
- sarcoplasmic reticulum
- T tubule
- tendon
- terminal cisterna
- thick filament
- thin filament
- tropomyosin
- troponin
- Z disc
Muscle Contraction
Muscle Physiology
- complete (fused) tetanus
- creatine phosphate
- fatigue
- graded contraction
- incomplete (unfused) tetanus
- insertion
- isometric contraction
- isotonic contraction
- latent period
- load
- motor unit
- muscle tension
- muscle tone
- origin
- oxygen debt
- period of contraction
- period of relaxation
- peristalsis
- recruitment (multiple motor unit summation)
- threshold stimulus
- treppe
- twitch
- varicosity
- wave summation