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Additional Material (Testable on Midterm) Flashcards

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What is muscle tissue?

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Specialized cells that use ATP in the generation of force

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3 Types of Muscle Tissue

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  1. Skeletal
  2. Smooth
  3. Cardiac
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Muscle Tissue (Functions)

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Body movement, Substance Movement, Control of Substance Movement, Thermogenesis

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What are the characteristics of muscle tissue?

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  1. Electrical Excitability
  2. Contractility
  3. Extensibility
  4. Elasticity
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Electrical Excitability

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-The ability to respond to certain stimuli by producing electrical signals
-Electrical signals produced are called action potentials

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Contractility

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-Ability of muscle tissue to generate tension (force) when stimulated by an action potential

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Extensibility

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-Ability of muscle to stretch (lengthen) without being damaged
-Muscle can still contract when stretched

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Elasticity

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-Ability of muscle tissue to return to it’s original shape after contraction or stretch

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Skeletal Muscle

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-a.k.a. striated muscle
-Striations are alternating light and dark bands that are characteristic of this muscle type
-Voluntary/Conscious control (also subject to involuntary control)

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Hierarchy of Skeletal Muscle Organization

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  1. Muscle
  2. Fascicle
  3. Muscle Fibre (Muscle Cell)
  4. Myofibril
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Muscle

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-Size: cm
-Named
-Subdivided into bundles of fascicles

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Fascicles

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-Size: mm
-Each fascicle is made up of many muscle fibres

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Muscle fibres

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-a.k.a. the muscle cell
-Size: Small
-Cylindrical in shape
-Multinucleated
-Filled with myofibrils
-Within muscle fibres: Sarcolemma, Transverse Tubules (T-tubules), Sarcoplasm, Myoglobin, Mitochondria

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Sarcolemma

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The cell (plasma) membrane of the muscle cell

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Transverse Tubules

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-a.k.a. T-tubules
-Tiny invaginations tunnel in from the sarcolemma towards the centre of the muscle fibre

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Sarcoplasm

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The cytoplasm of the muscle fibres - contains lots of glycogen

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Myoglobin

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A protein that binds oxygen that has diffused into the muscle fibre and delivers it to the mitochondria

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Mitochondria

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Lots of them

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Myofibrils

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-Specialized contractile organelles of the muscle cell
-Size: extend the length of the muscle cell
-Held in place by cytoskeleton proteins
-Composed of a number of sarcomeres arranged in series (end to end)
-Within Myofibrils: sarcoplasmic reticulum

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Sarcoplasmic Reticulum

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Fluid filled tubes an sacs running along and surrounding each myofibril - they store and release calcium into the cell (when it’s needed)

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Sarcomere

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-Functional unit of a myofibril (of contraction)
Contain 2 contractile proteins: actin and myosin (a.k.a. myofilaments)
-Thick and thin filaments overlap and their interaction is what generates force/contraction
-Their overlap also creates light and dark strips which gives skeletal muscle it’s striated appearance

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Actin

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Makes up thin fillaments

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Myosin

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Makes up thick fillaments

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Motor Neuron

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Neuron/nerve cell that conducts action potentials to muscle cells

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Neurological Control

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  1. To generate tension, skeletal muscle cells must be stimulated by a nerve signal from a motor neuron
  2. Axon connects with muscle - when it reaches the muscle, it branches out into a number of axon terminals
  3. Each axon terminal forms a junction called neuromuscular junction (NMJ) with the sarcolemma of a number off different muscle cells
  4. Axon terminal and the sarcolemma never actually touch - there is a gap between them called the synaptic cleft
  5. When the signal arrives, it releases a neurotransmitter (acetylcholine (ACh)) which crosses the synaptic cleft
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Sliding Filament Mechanism

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  1. When signal crosses the synaptic cleft it stimulates the sarcolemma (cell membrane)
  2. Signal is continued by the muscle fibres and spreads out across the sarcolemma
  3. Signal travels down the transverse tubules and stimulates the sarcoplasmic reticulum to release calcium
  4. Calcium allows myosin (of thick filament) to connect with the actin (of the thin filament)
  5. Myosin pulls actin/thin filaments together
  6. Disengages and starts cycle again
  7. This reattaching of filaments used ATP
  8. With repetition, it shortens the sarcomere, myofibril, and the muscle
  9. When APs stops, sarcoplasmic reticulum pumps calcium back inside (uses ATP)
  10. Without sufficient calcium, thick filaments cannot continue their reattaching of thin filaments
  11. Tension generation stops
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Production of ATP in Muscle Fibres

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-Skeletal muscle fibres need to vary the levels at which they consume ATP
-Muscle fibres store enough ATP to last for ~3sec of activity

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What are the 3 energy pathways through which more ATP can be generated?

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  1. Creatine phosphate
  2. Anaerobic glycolysis
  3. Aerobic cellular respiration
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Creatine Phosphate

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  1. Is a molecule that stores high amounts of energy in its chemical bonds
  2. Pcr is split by an enzyme, the energy released is used to reform ATP
  3. Happens very fast therefore PCr is the first source of energy used when muscle contraction begins
  4. Provides energy for ~3-15 sec of maximal contraction
  5. No oxygen needed
  6. No lactic acid produced (hence anaerobic alactic)
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Anaerobic Glycolysis

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  1. In context of muscles: when muscle activity continues and PCr is depleted, glucose is used to make ATP
  2. Cell breakdown glycogen stored in their cytoplasm/sarcoplasm or glucose from the blood and the energy release in breaking them down is used to reform ADP + PI
  3. Process of making ATP from glucose occurs in the cell cytoplasm and is called glycolysis
  4. Through glycolysis, a molecule of glucose is broken into 2 molecules of pyruvic acid and 2-3 ATP
  5. Normally, pyruvic acid enters mitochondria where it undergoes a series of reactions (that requires oxygen) called aerobic cellular respiration.
  6. During heavy excercise/demand, not enough oxygen is available (hence anaerobic)
  7. In absense of oxygen, pyruvic acid does not go through mitochondria - is converted into lactic acid/lactate
  8. Lactic acid diffuses out of the cell into the blood
  9. No oxygen required and producing lactic acid = anaerobic acid
  10. Capable of supplying energy for 30-40 sec
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Lactic Acid/Lactate

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  1. Metabolic by-product of anaerobic glycolysis
  2. At lower levels of activity, any lactate produced is consumed by other muscle fibres, less active nearby muscles, and heart so lactate does not accumulate
  3. Is converted back into glucose/glycogen in the liver
  4. Lactic acid has a 1/2 life of 15-25 minutes and is cleared in a matter of hours
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Aerobic Cellular Respiration

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  1. Pathway is actie when you are able to get oxygen into the cells (e.g. at rest or low-moderate intensity exercise)
  2. Oxygen is delivered by myoglobin or from oxygen diffusing from the blood
  3. In presence of oxygen, pyruvic acid enters the mitochondria and in a series of reactions (that uses oxygen), produces much more ATP (much more than glycolysis)
  4. Carbs, fats, and proteins can be used in this process to make ATP
  5. Carbohydrates yield relatively little APT
  6. Fats yield a lot of ATP
  7. Proteins aren’t used readily (often not even included)
  8. At rest, cells of the body use aerobic metabolism to generate their ATP
  9. In activities that last longer than 10min, most (90%) of the ATP generated comes from the aerobic system
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Skeletal Muscle Fibres

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-Not all skeletal muscle fibres are the same - differences include:
-The speed at which they generate tension
-How they use different energy substrates
-How they fatigue

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What are the 3 main types of skeletal muscle fibres?

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  1. Slow Oxidative (a.k.a. type I)
  2. Fast Oxidative-Glycolytic (a.k.a. type IIa)
  3. Fast glycolytic (a.k.a. type IIx)
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Slow Oxidative

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-a.k.a. type I, slow-twitch fibres
-Recruited 1st (i.e. before type II fibres)
-Fatigue resistant
-Used in endurance-type functions (e.g. maintaining posture, running a marathon)
-Lots of mitochondria, myoglobin, capillaries
-Generate ATP via aerobic cellular respiration (i.e. oxygen is available)
-With immobilization, they atrophy faster (than type II fibres)

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Fast Oxidative-Glycolytic (FOG) Fibres

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-a.k.a. type IIa fibres
-Recruited 2nd
-Moderately high resistance to fatigue
-Used in endurance (e.g. walking) and shorter-duration functions (e.g. sprinting)
-Intermediate amounts of mitochondria, myoglobin, capillaries
-Generate ATP via aerobic and anaerobic energy pathways

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Fast glycolytic (FG) Fibres

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-a.k.a. type IIx fibres
-Recruited 3rd
-Low resistance fatigue
-Used in high intensity, short duration activities (e.g. weight lifting, slap shot) and shorter-duration functions (e.g. sprinting)
-Relatively low amounts of mitochondria, myoglobin, capillaries
-Generate ATP via anaerobic energy pathways (i.e. glycolysis)

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Distribution of Muscle Fibres

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-Most muscles are a mix of SO, FOG, FG fibres
-Within a given motor unit, all fibre types are the same

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Muscle Fibre and Motor Unit Recruitment

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  1. When AP travels down motor neuron to the muscle fibres (i.e. the motor unit), all fibres in that motor unit will generate force
  2. Not all motor units are recruited with every contraction
  3. All motor units recruited for a given action do not contract at the same time
  4. Smallest/Weakest motor units (i.e. SO) are recruited first
  5. Precise movements require small changes in muscle contraction
  6. Muscles that perform fine movements will be made up of small motor units (few m. fibres/motor unit)
  7. Large (imprecise) movements dont require small changes in muscle contraction - they typically require large amounts of tension
  8. Muscles that perform gross movements will be made up of large motor units (many m. fibres/motor unit)
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To increase the amount of force generated?

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  1. Increase number of motor units recruited
  2. Increase the frequency of neuronal AP firing (wave summation)
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*Length Tension Relationship

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-The forcefulness of contraction (the ability to generate force) depends on length of the sarcomeres within a muscle before the contraction begins
-Optimal Overlap (~resting length) = greatest ability to generate tension
-Minimal Overlap (Lengthened) = decreased ability to generate tension
-Excessive overlap = decreased ability to generate tension

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Isotonic

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Muscle contraction through a range against a resistance that is not changing

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Concentric

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Shortening Contraction

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Eccentric

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Lengthening Contraction

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Isometric

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Muscle contraction in which the length of a muscle does not visibly change

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Variable Resistance

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Muscle contraction through a range in which the equipment varies the resistance to match the strength curve

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Isokenetic

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Muscle contraction through a range in which the equipment varies the resistance to match the strength curve keeps the velocity of movement constant

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Muscle tone

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-Resting tone: small amount of tension being generated in the muscle
-Not strong enough to produce movement

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Resting tone

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small amount of tension being generated in the muscle

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Twitch Contraction

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Brief contraction of all the muscle fibres in a motor unit in response to a single AP in it’s motor neuron

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Flaccidity

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Lack of tone from the nerve being damaged or cut

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Hypertrophy

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Increase in muscle size

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Atrophy

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Decrease in muscle size

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Fatigue

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-Inability of a muscle to function at the required level
-Energy substrate depletion
-Metabolic by-products
-Neurological fatigue
-Central nervous system fatigue (Motivation)

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Epimysium

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Surrounds the entire muscle

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Perimysium

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Surrounds the fascicles

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Endomysium

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Surrounds the muscle fibres

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Tendon

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-epimysium, perimysium, and endomysium are all interconnected
-extend beyond the muscle fibres to connect the muscle to the periosteum

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Musculotendinous Junction

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Transition from muscle tissue to tendon

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Tendoperiosteal Junction

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Transition from tendon to periosteum

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Aponeurosis

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Broad, flat, tendon

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Tendon Sheath

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Tube that surrounds a tendon to protect it

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Satellite Cells

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*Stem cells of muscles
-Undifferentiated muscle cells
-Actively involved in muscle repair and regeneration
-Capacity is limited

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Cardiac Muscle

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-Same actin/myosin arrangement as skeletal muscle
-Fibres are branched - Ends are fit tightly together with neighbouring fibres at junctions called intercalated discs
-Anchoring junctions hold them together and gap junctions allow for cells to communicate quickly
-Involuntary control

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Autorhythmicity

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-Specialized cells within the heart can generate their own electrical signals
-Act as a pacemaker

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Smooth muscle

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*If you stretch smooth muscle it will contract
-Found in walls of hollow tubes
-Spindle shaped
-Have gap junctions
-Involuntary
-Contractions start slowly and last longer

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Aging and Muscle Tissue

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-Capacity for skeletal strength progressively decreases after approx. age 25
-Greater proportion is lost after approx. age 50
-Exercise is beneficial at any age
-Adaptation to exercise is slower
-Balance can become an issue later in life

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Respiration

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Exchange of gases between the atmosphere, blood and body cells
Atmosphere <-> Blood <-> Body Cells

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Pulmonary Ventilation

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Inhalation (a.k.a. Inspiration): Flow of air into the lungs
Exhalation (a.k.a. Expiration): Flow of air out of the lungs

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Inhalation

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-a.k.a. Inspiration
-Flow of air into the lungs

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Exhalation

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-a.k.a. Expiration
-Flow of air out of the lungs

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Pulmonary Respiration

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Exchange of gases across the respiratory membrane

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Tissue Respiration

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Exchange of gases between blood and tissue cells

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Cellular Respiration

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Metabolic reactions that consume oxygen and release carbon dioxide in the production of ATP

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Structural Divisions

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nose, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, lungs

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Upper Respiratory System

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nose, pharynx

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Lower Respiratory System

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larynx, trachea, bronchi, lungs

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Functional Divisions

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-Conducting zone
-Respiratory zone

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Conducting Zone (Structures)

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nose, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, and terminal bronchioles

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Conducting Zone (Functions)

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-To filter, warm, and moisten the air and to conduct it into the lungs
-To receive olfactory (smell) stimuli
-Sound generation for speech

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Respiratory Zone (Structures)

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Respiratory bronchioles, alveolar ducts, alveolar sacs, alveoli

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Respiratory Zone (Function)

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Gas Exchange

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Nose

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-Houses olfactory receptors
-Rich blood supply
-Sticky mucous traps particulate
-ciliated cells move the mucous to the throat (pharynx) where it is swallowed and digested

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Pharynx

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-a.k.a. throat
-Funnel shaped tube just begind the nasal cavity and above the larynx
-Passageway for air and food, as a resonating chamber for sounds and as a housing for the tonsils
-At inferior end, it opens into the esophagus (posteriorly) and larynx (anteriorly)

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Larynx

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-a.k.a. voice box
-Inferior to where pharynx divides
-Epiglottis protects the top of the larynx
-Voice production (vocal folds)
-Connects the trachea (inferiorly)

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Trachea

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-a.k.a. windpipe
-anterior to the esophagus
-fairly rigid - C-shaped rings of hyaline cartilage reinforce and support it’s shape
-Lined with mucous membrane to filter particulate
-Cilia sweep particulate out of the trachea to the throat for expectoration or digestion
*Mucocilary Elevator

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Bronchi

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-At 5th thoracic vertebrae divides into the right and left primary bronchi which travel to the right and left lungs
-Carina: Internal ridge where trachea divides - is one of the most sensitive areas of the trachea and larynx for triggering a cough reflex

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Carina

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Internal ridge where trachea divides - is one of the most sensitive areas of the trachea and larynx for triggering a cough reflex

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Mucociliary Elevator

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A region of goblet & ciliated cells that is the primary area for trapping particulate and sweeping it back up towards the throat to be either coughed up or digested

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Mediastinum

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Region in the thoracic cavity between the lungs - It extends from the sternum to the vertebrae and from the 1st rib to the diaphragm

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Alveoli

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A cup-shaped outpouching lined with simple squamous epithelium supported by a thin elastic basement membrane

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Alveolar Sac

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2 or more alveoli that share a common opening

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Lungs

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-2 organs separated by the heart and other structures in the mediastinum
-Top is the apex
-Bottom is the base
-Within the lungs, each bronchus subdivides into smaller and smaller units: secondary bronchi (3 on the right, 2 on the left), tertiary bronchi, bronchioles, terminal bronchioles
-Smooth muscle increases, cartilage decreases
-Terminal bronchioles divide further and further until you get to alveoli

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Pulmonary respiration happens at the level of the ________________.

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Alveoli

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Alveolar Cells

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-Cells for gas exchange (simple squamous epithelium)
-Cells for fluid secretion (to keep the cells moist) - fluid contains surfactant which reduces the surface tension of the fluid which reduces the tendency of alveoli to colapse
-Alveolar Macrophages remove dust
-Fibroblasts make reticular and elastic fibres

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Fibroblasts

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Make reticular and elastic fibres

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Alveolar Macrophages

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Remove dust

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Cells for fluid secretion (to keep the cells moist) - fluid contains ____________ which reduces the ________________ of the fluid which reduces the tendency of alveoli to colapse

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surfactant, surface tension

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Blood Supply to the Lungs

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-Alveoli are surrounded by capillaries
-Gas exchanges happen through simple diffusion across the alveolar and capillary walls, which together form the respiratory membrane (alveolar epithelium, basement membrane underlying alveolar epithelium, endothelium)
-Oxygen from the air into the blood
-Carbon dioxide from the blood into the air

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Alveoli are surrounded by ____________.

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Capillaries

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Gas exchanges happen through _________________ across the alveolar and capillary walls, which together form the __________________________ (alveolar epithelium, basement membrane underlying alveolar epithelium, endothelium)

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simple diffusion, respiratory membrane

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Gas Transport

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Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide

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Oxygen

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-Most of the oxygen is carried from the lungs to the body tissues bound to hemoglobin (Hb)
-A little is dissolved in the blood
-Oxygen goes to the body tissues and is used

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Carbon Dioxide

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-Most is carried in the blood in the form of bicarbonate (HCO2)
-Some is carried attached to Hb (carboxyhemoglobin)
-A little is dissolved in the blood
-It is released at the lungs and exhaled

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The Pleural Membrane

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-Each lung is enclosed in, and protected by a double layered serous membrane called the pleural membrane

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Visceral Pleura

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Layer of the pleural membrane that covers the lungs

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Parietal Pleura

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Layer of the pleural membrane that covers the inside of the thoracic cavity

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Pleural Cavity

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Space between the visceral and parietal pleura which contains lubricating fluid

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Ventilation

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Inhalation and Exhalation

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Inhalation

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-M. contraction expands the lungs and the thoracic cage
-Thoracic volume increases
-Thoracic volume decreases
-Air rushes in to normalize the pressure

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Exhalation

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-A passive process (when at rest)
-Muscles relax, elastic recoil of the thoracic cage
-Thoracic volume decreases
-Thoracic pressure increases
-Air rushes out to normalize the pressure

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Forced Vital Capacity (FVC)

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Largest volume of air that can be brought into the lungs

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Forced Expiratory Volume (FEV1)

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Volume of air that can be exhaled in 1 sec (after maximal inhalation)

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Tidal Volume (VT)

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Volume of air in one regular breath

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Control of the Respiratory System

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Central control and peripheral chemoreceptors

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Central Control

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-Respiratory control centre (in brain stem) controls the rhythm and rate of breathing
-Central chemoreceptors detect rising concentrations of CO2 and H+ and respond by increasing ventilation

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Peripheral Chemoreceptors

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-Located in the carotid arteries and the arch of the aorta
-They respond to rising CO2 and H+ concentrations and/or dropping O2 concentrations and respond by increasing ventilation

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Aging and the Respiratory System

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-Airways and tissues become less elastic
-Chest wall becomes more rigid
-This decreases lung capacity
-Alveolar macrophages are less functional/active
-Cilia are less functional
-This increases the risk of certain respiratory infections (e.g., pneumonia, bronchitis)

Physiology (6 decks)

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