18.1 MS system Flashcards
striated muscle - skeletal and cardiac - organized into SARCOMERES
Skeletal muscle innervated by ACh to stimulated contraction
Cardiac muscle innervated by ACh to inhibit spontaneous depolarization
creatine phosphate
regenerates ATP from ADP + Pi
myoglobin
globular protein similar to one of four subunits of hemoglobin
myofibers = muscle cell -> muscle fibers - stretch entire length of the muscle - composed of a single skeletal muscle cell
FASCICLE = bundle of MANY muscle CELLS
multinucleate syncytia - fusion of individual cells during development
myofiber has a cell membrane called SARCOLEMMA, made of plasma membrane and layer of polysaccharide and collagen
myofiber is composed of small units called MYOFIBRILS - which generates contractile force
cardiac muscles are NOT syncytial (they have 1 nucleus)
cardiac muscle
interconnected by GAP JUNCTIONS known as INTERCALATED DISKS
= allows APs to propagate
FUNCTIONAL SYNCYTIUM
skeletal muscle
ALL CALCIUM for contraction comes from SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM, INTRACELLULAR RESERVE
cardiac muscle contraction not impacted by motor neurons
Vagus nerve releases ACh at chemical synapses with the heart that is INHIBITORY (parasympathetic)
DENSE versus LOOSE connective tissues
Loose : packing tissues, areolar tissue (between cells) and adipose tissue (fat)
Dense: large amount of fibers, tendons/ligaments/cartilage/bone
flat and long bones
flat = scapula, ribs, skulls - location of hematopoiesis
long = support and movement, diaphysis and epiphysis
cartilage = secreted by CHONDROCYTES
hyaline = strong and flexible - larynx and trachea, joints have ARTICULAR cartilage
elastic cartilage = epiglottis, outer ear (support and more flexibility than hyaline) - contains ELASTIN
Fibrous cartilage = very rigid - strong support at pubic symphysis and intervertebral disks in spinal columns
bone growth = ENDOCHONDRAL ossification
hyaline cartilage is produced, then replaced by bone
growth of long bones
- epiphyseal plate seen between diaphysis and epiphysis
- the EP is a disk of hyaline cartilage that divides, forcing diaphysis and epiphysis apart
- cartilage replaced by bone
- stimulated by GH
- at age 18, the diaphysis and epiphysis MEET and FUSE together
remodeling
bones do NOT elongate, but are degraded and remade
- cells that make bone by laying down collagen and hydroxyapatite are called OSTEOBLASTS
- Lacuna - the space previous occupied by the osteoblast, and the osteoblast becomes an OSTEOCYTE
Osteoclasts DESTROY bone - phagocytic cousin of macrophage
remodeling
bones do NOT elongate, but are degraded and remade
- cells that make bone by laying down collagen and hydroxyapatite are called OSTEOBLASTS
- Lacuna - the space previous occupied by the osteoblast, and the osteoblast becomes an OSTEOCYTE
Osteoclasts DESTROY bone - phagocytic cousin of macrophage - liberates calcium and phosphate into bloodstream
regulation of calcium and phosphate
PTH, calcitonin, calcitriol (derived from vitamin D in the kidneys)
calcitriol INCREASES calcium
calcitonin REDUCES calcium