Muscle Anatomy Physiology. The gross anatomy of a muscle. Muscles and Muscle Fibers Muscles are composed of many fibers that are arranged in bundles called FASCICLES Individual muscles are separated by FASCIA which also forms tendons and aponeuroses.
Locomotor muscles in the horse are strategically located proximally on the skeleton creating a pendulum-like effect that decreases the energy necessary to swing the limb. The three types of muscle cells are skeletal cardiac and smooth. Absent in smooth muscle.
The cells are striated and multinucleated appearing as long unbranched cylinders.
8 Physiology of smooth muscles. That is our muscles provide stability and postural tone to help us stand or hold position for instance. With the smooth muscles digestion of food is made possible even without conscious thought. Cardiac muscle is involuntary and found only in the heart.