Flashcards: Skeletal Movement and Connective Tissues — 16 cards

Connective tissues — in skeleton?

Support, protect, and connect bones.

Cartilage types — main?

Hyaline, fibrocartilage, elastic.

Tendons — role?

Connect muscle to bone.

Ligaments — function?

Connect bone to bone at joints.

Fixed joint — movement?

No movement.

Synovial joint — example?

Knee, elbow, shoulder.

Skeletal muscle — structure?

Muscle fibers, myofibrils, sarcomeres.

Muscle contraction — mechanism?

Sliding of actin and myosin filaments.

Antagonistic pairs — example?

Biceps and triceps.

Biceps — action?

Flexes the arm.

Triceps — action?

Extends the arm.

Muscle roles — in locomotion?

Produce movement via contraction.

Connective tissue — characteristic?

Cells in a matrix.

Hyaline cartilage — location?

Ends of long bones, nose tip.

Tendon — composition?

Collagen fibers.

Ligament — property?

Elastic, stabilizes joints.