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11.2 Movement Flashcards

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The ability to move is controlled by which body systems?

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Skeletal, muscular and nervous system

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What is the skeletal system?

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Consists of bones that act as levers and provide a structure for the muscles to pull

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What is the muscular system?

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Muscles deliver the force required to move one bone in relation to another

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What is the nervous system?

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Delivers signals to the muscles which cause them to contract and create movement

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What are skeletons?

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A rigid framework that provide support and protection for organs

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What are the two types of skeleton?

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Internal and external

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What is an internal skeleton called?

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Endoskeleton

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What is an external skeleton called?

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Exoskeleton

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What is the difference between endo and exoskeletons?

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Endoskeletons consist of numerous bones whereas exoskeletons are comprised of connected segments

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How do skeletons facilitate the movement of an organism?

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They provide a surface for muscle attachment

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How are bones connected to other bones?

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By ligaments

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What do bones and exoskeleton move in response to?

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Muscular contraction

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How are bones connected to muscles?

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Tendons

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What are synovial joints?

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Capsules that surround the articulating surfaces of two bones

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What do joints function to do?

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Maintain structural stability by allowing certain movements but not others

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What are the three components of synovial joints?

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Joint capsule
Cartilage
Synovial fluid

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What does the joint capsule do?

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Seals the joint space and provides stability by restricting the range of possible movements

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What does cartilage do?

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Lines the bone surface to facilitate smoother movement and absorbs shock and distributes load

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What does synovial fluid do?

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Provides oxygen and nutrients to the cartilage as well as lubrication to reduce friction

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What are the six main types of synovial joints?

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Plane joints
Hinge joints
Pivot joints
Condyloid joints
Saddle joints
Ball and socket joints

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What is an example of a hinge joint?

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Elbow joint

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Where is the elbow joint located?

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Between the humerus and radius/ulna

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What type of movement is the elbow capable of?

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Angular movement in one direction

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What are the bones in the elbow joint?

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Humerus
Radius
Ulna

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What does the humerus do?
Anchors muscle
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What does the radius do?
Acts as a forearm lever for biceps
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What does the ulna do?
Acts as a forearm for triceps
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What are the muscles in the elbow joint?
Biceps Triceps
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What does the biceps do?
Bends the forearm (flexion)
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What does the triceps do?
Straightens the forearm (extension)
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What do muscles do?
Contract to provide the force required for movement
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What types of bone does muscle connect?
A static bone to a moving bone
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What do skeletal muscles exist in and why?
Antagonistic pairs to enable opposing movements
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What are three examples of opposing movement?
Flexion vs extension Abduction vs adduction Protraction vs retraction
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What do many insects have that are makes them jump?
Hind legs specialised for jumping
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What are the three parts of the exoskeleton of the hind leg?
Femur - upper leg Tibia - middle leg Tarsus - lower leg
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What are the two antagonistic muscles that connect the femur and tibia?
Flexor tibiae muscle and extensor tibiae muscle
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What happens when the flexor muscle of the hind legs contracts?
The extensor muscle relaxes and the tibia and femur are brought closer together
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What does retracting the hind quarters prepare for?
Pushing off the ground
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What happens when the extensor muscle contracts?
The flexor muscle relaxes and the tibia is pushed away from the femur
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What does extending the hind quarters do?
Causes the insect to jump
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What does skeletal muscles consist of?
Tightly packaged muscular bundles surrounded by connective tissue
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What does each muscular bundles contain?
Multiple muscle fibres
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How are muscle fibres formed?
When individual muscle cells fuse together
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What do muscle fibres contain?
Tubular myofibrils that run the length of the fibre
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What are myofibrils responsible for?
Muscular contractions
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What does each sarcomere represent?
A single contractile unit
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What are the five ways muscle fibres have specialised functions to facilitate muscle contraction?
Multinucleated Large number of mitochondria Specialised endoplasmic reticulum Contain tubular myofibrils made of two different myofilaments Continuous membrane containing T Tubules
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Why does muscle fibres have multiple nuclei?
Fibres form from the fusion of individual muscle cells and hence have many nuclei
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Why do muscle fibres have a large number of mitochondria?
Because muscle contraction needs ATP hydrolysis
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How is the endoplasmic reticulum specialised in muscle fibres?
It is called sarcoplasmic reticulum and stores calcium ions
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What are the two types of myofilaments?
Thin filament - actin Thick filament - myosin
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What is the continuous membrane surrounding the muscle fibre called?
The sarcolemma
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What do myofibrils consist of?
Sarcomeres
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What is the thick filament called?
Myosin
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What does myosin contain and what do they do?
Small protruding heads which bind to regions of actin
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What does the movement of the two filaments together cause?
The lengthening and shortening of the sarcomere
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What holds the myofilaments in place?
Z lines
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What are the dense protein discs that flank each individual sarcomeres called?
Z lines
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What radiates out the Z discs?
Actin filaments
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What helps anchor the central myosin filaments in place?
The actin filaments
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The recurring sarcomeres produce what type of pattern along the length of the skeletal muscle fibres?
A striped pattern
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What colour is the centre of the sarcomere?
Darker
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Why is the centre of the sarcomere darker?
Due to an overlap of actin and myosin filaments
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What colour are the peripheries of the sarcomere?
Light
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Why are the peripheries of the sarcomere lighter?
Only actin is in the region
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Why will the centre of the sarcomere have a slightly lighter central region?
Only myosin is present
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If colouring in the band of sarcomere? (from left to right)
Light dark medium dark light
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What are the four main steps of muscle contraction?
Depolarisation and calcium release Actin and myosin cross bridge formation Sliding mechanism of actin and myosin filaments Sarcomere shortening
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What triggers the release of acetylcholine into the motor end plate?
An action potential from a neuron triggers the release
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What does acetylcholine do?
Initiates depolarisation within the sarcolemma
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How is depolarisation spread through muscle fibres?
T tubules
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What does depolarisation cause?
The sarcoplasmic reticulum to release stores of calcium ions
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What plays a pivotal role in initiating muscular contractions?
Calcium ions
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On actin, what covers the binding sites for the myosin heads?
A blocking complex of troponin and tropomyosin
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What causes the exposing of the binding sites for the myosin heads?
Calcium ions bind to troponin and reconfigure the complex
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What does a cross bridge form between?
The myosin heads and the actin filaments
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What does calcium ions bind to?
Troponin
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What does ATP bind to?
The myosin head
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What does ATP binding to the myosin head do?
Breaks the cross-bridge between actin and myosin
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What does ATP hydrolysis do?
Causes the myosin heads to change position and swivel and moves them towards the next actin binding site
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What does the myosin heads do to the new actin sites?
Bind to them and return to their original conformation
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What does the reorientation of the myosin heads do to the actin?
Drags the actin along the length of the myosin in a sliding mechanism
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What are the actin filaments anchored to?
Z lines
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What pulls the Z lines closer together?
The dragging of actin
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What does pulling the Z lines closer together do?
Shortens the sarcomere
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What happens as the individual sarcomeres become shorter in length?
The muscle fibres as a whole contracts
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What happens when the calcium ions binf to troponin?
Tropomyosin moves
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What breaks the cross bridge?
ATP
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What is released when myosin heads return to their original configuration?
ADP + Pi

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