VAN 121: Veterinary Gross Anatomy-II (2+2)

Introduction

MYOLOGY

• Myology deals with the study of muscles (musculi) and their accessory structures such as the fasciae and synovial membranes
• The muscles are highly specialized organs, which have the property of contracting under the influence of a stimulus

• This is termed as contractibility and this phenomenon helps them to move those parts of the body to which they are attached
• They are the active part of the locomotion. Sylvius is the anthropotomist, who first named the muscles
• There are three different types of muscles that make up the muscular system viz.,
  • Skeletal muscle
  • Smooth muscle
  • Cardiac muscle
• The accessory strucutres of the muscle are
  • Fascia
    • Superficial fascia
    • Deep fascia
  • Synovial membranes
    • Synovial bursa
    • Tendon sheath