SKELETAL MUSCLE

SKELETAL MUSCLE IS A ____.

TISSUE!!!!

WHAT ARE THE UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS 

OF SKELETAL MUSCLE???

IT IS VOLUNTARY AND MULTINUCLEATED

DENSE REGULAR CONNECTIVE TISSUE

WHERE IS DENSE REGULAR CONNECTIVE TISSUE 

LOCATED?

TENDONS AND LIGAMENTS

NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION

AXON TERMINAL

1. MOTOR NEURON

2. SYNAPTIC VESICLES W/ ACH

3. SARCOLEMMA MEMBRANE

1. SARCOPLASTIC RETICULUM W/ Ca²⁺

2. TRANSVERSE TUBULES

1. MYOSIN (DARK RED)

2. ACTIN (LIGHT RED)

1. ENDOMYSIUM

2. SARCOLEMMA (MEMBRANE)

1. MOTOR AXON

2. AXON TERMINAL 

3. RECEPTOR SITE ON SARCOLEMMA

1. MYOSIN (THICK FILAMENTS)

2. ACTIN (THIN FILAMENTS)

1. TRANSVERSE TUBULES

2. SARCOPLASTIC RETICULUM

1. OBICULARIS OCULI

2. OBICULARIS ORIS

3. STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID

1. TEMPORALIS

2. MASSETER

3. ZYGOMATICUS

1. DIGASTRIC

2. MYLOHYLOID

SERRATUS ANTERIOR

1. SPLENIUS

2. LEVATOR SCAPULAE

3. RHOMBOIDS

1. TRAPEZIUS

2. LATTISIMUS DORSI

1. PECTORALIS MAJOR

2. PECTORALIS MINOR

3. RECTUS ABDOMINUS

1. EXTERNAL OBLIQUES

2. INERNAL OBLIQUES

1. EPIMYSIUM

2. PERIMYSIUM

3. ENDOMYSIUM