KIN 2500 : Test 4
15 Mar 2019
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Introduction: myology: the study of muscles, muscular tissue accounts for 40 to 50% of total body mass, depends on age and endocrine system and how good of shape you"re in. Overview of muscular tissue: there are three types of muscular tissue, skeletal- voluntary and striated, cardiac- involuntary and striated, smooth- involuntary and nonstriated. Structure of a skeletal muscle: a skeletal muscle bundle consists of a body (belly) connected by tendons to the skeleton, tendons, aponeuroses. Clinical connection: tenosynovitis an inflammation of tendons usually in wrist, shoulders, and ankles, build up o fluid. Connective tissue coverings: endomysium- separates the muscle cells, perimysium- surrounds the fascicles, epimysium surrounds the whole muscle filiament make of myofibril that make up myofibers. Organization of skeletal muscle and connective tissue coverings (slide 10: picture on test. Clinical connection: fibromyalgia rheumatoid disorder that affects fibrous tissue, can be caused by stress. Nerve and blood supply: neurovascular bundle nerve, artery, vein, somatic motor neurons touches the muscle itself.
