BSC 1083 chapter objectives

The Muscular System: Skeletal Muscle Tissue

Textbook chapter: 10.


1. List the physical characteristics, locations and functions of the three muscle tissues. Give a function and location of each type.
2. Describe the gross anatomy of a skeletal muscle, including connective structures connecting the muscle to a bone/body part.
3. Describe microscopic muscle anatomy of skeletal muscle cells.Identify the contractile unit of skeletal muscle cells.
4. Describe the conditions that allow muscle cells to contract.
5. Name and explain the functional categories of muscles.
6. Use the names of muscles to determine their location and/or function.

Be able to locate and recognize the tissues and structures.

smooth muscle tissue sarcomere
cardiac muscle tissue myofibril, striations
skeletal muscle tissue muscle cell
muscle attachment site, tendon, epimysium sarcolemma
fascicle, perimysium nervous impulse
endomysium ATP
  calcium ions


Professor Thomas M. Lancraft

Human Anatomy Course 
at St. Petersburg College
St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus

04/2007