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BL - Muscle Flashcards

1
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What is the prefix used to denote muscle?

A

“My-“ eg myalgia, myasthenia

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What is the prefix used to denote a components of a muscle?

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“Sarco-“ eg sarcolemma

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What are the three major categories of muscle?

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Skeletal (striated), cardiac (striated), smooth (non-striated).

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4
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What are the three types of skeletal muscle fibre?

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Red, intermediate and white.

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Which type of skeletal muscle fibre is the largest?

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White, then intermediate, then red is the smallest.

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6
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Give some differences between red and white muscle fibres.

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Red have rich vascularisation and myoglobin content, numerous mitochondria, slow/weak contraction and fatigue slowly. White is opposite. Intermediate is intermediate.

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7
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Which type of skeletal muscle has more neuromuscular junctions?

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White

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What is the difference in enzyme content between red and white muscles?

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Red is rich in oxidative enzymes and poor in ATPase, white is poor in oxidative enzymes but rich in ATP-ase.

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9
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What is myoglobin?

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Red protein containing haem which functions as an oxygen storing molecule. Structurally similar to haemoglobin subunit.

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10
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Which muscle types contain myoglobin?

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Skeletal and cardiac - not smooth.

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What conditions make haemoglobin more likely to give up oxygen to myoglobin?

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Low pH - active muscles produce CO2 which dissolves and lowers pH, causing oxygen to be transferred.

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What is a perimysium?

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Connective tissue carrying nerves and blood vessels that surrounds a fascicle.

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13
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What is the plasmalemma of a muscle cell called?

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Plasmalemma

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14
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What is it known as when muscles are destroyed?

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Atrophy

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15
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What is it known as when muscles are remodelled?

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Hypertrophy

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16
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How and when would disuse atrophy occur?

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Loss of protein leads to reduced fibre diameter and loss of power. Occurs due to bed rest, limb immobilisation, sedentary behaviour.

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17
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Give two reasons other than disuse for atrophy to occur.

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Age and denervation.

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18
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How does hypertrophy lead to increase in muscle size?

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More contractile proteins, so increase in fibre diameter.

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Gove some examples of metabolic changes that occur due to hypertrophy?

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Increased enzyme activity for glycolysis, more mitochondria, more stored glycogen, increased blood flow.

20
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True or false - muscle length is increased by frequent stretching?

A

True, due to addition of sarcomeres. The converse is also true.

21
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What are the thin muscle filaments called?

A

Actin

22
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What are the thick muscle filaments called?

A

Myosin

23
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What are skeletal muscles composed of?

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Fascicles -> muscle fibres (cells) -> myofibrils -> myofilaments (actin and myosin)

24
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What can a troponin assay be used for?

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Can be measured as a marker for cardiac ischaemia, as is released from ischaemic cardiac muscle within an hour. Must measure within 20 hours.

25
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What is creatine kinase?

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An enzyme released into the blood by damaged skeletal muscle and brain.

26
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What is the role of calcium in muscle contraction?

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Increased amounts of ionic calcium bind to troponin causing a conformational change which moves tropomyosin away from actin’s binding sites, so binding can begin.

27
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Describe the sequence of muscle contraction

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  • myosin cross bridge attaches to actin myofilament
  • myosin head pivots and bends as it pulls the actin filament, sliding it towards the M line
  • new ATP attaches to myosin head, cross bridge detaches
  • ATP splits to ADP and Pi causing myosin head to cock.
28
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Summarise events leading to contraction of skeletal muscle.

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  • nerve impulse arrives an NM junction and stimulates release of Ach causing depolarisation
  • Na+ enters cell and T tubules are depolarised, causing conformation change.
  • Ca2+ enters sarcoplasm from terminal cisternae and binds to TnC subunit of troponin.
  • Contraction occurs.
29
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A picture of muscle in LS shows striations, centrally positioned nuclei, intercalated discs and branching. What type of muscle is it?

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Cardiac

30
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What is the difference between the tubule placement in skeletal muscle compared with cardiac muscle?

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In skeletal muscle they are on the Z bands rather than with the A-I bad junction.

31
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What are the two ways that muscles can increase in size?

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Hypertrophy (enlargement of individual cells) or hyperplasia (multiplication of cells)

32
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What is a heart muscle cell also known as?

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A cardiomyocyte

33
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What are natriuretic peptides?

A

Peptide hormones synthesised by the heart, brain and other organs. Their release is often stimulated by heart failure. Their function is to reduce arterial pressure.

34
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How do natriuretic peptides reduce arterial pressure?

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Decreasing blood volume and systemic vascular resistance.

35
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When might a patient have elevated levels of ANP?

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Hypervolemic states which occur in congestive heart failure.

36
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What can BNP and NT-pro-BNP be used for?

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They are sensitive, diagnostic markers for heart failure in patients.

37
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What is the function of Purkinje fibres?

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They transmit action potentials to the ventricles from the atrioventricular node.

38
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Give some features of Purkinje fibres.

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Large cells with abundant glycogen, sparse myofilaments and extensive gap junction sites

39
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True or false - smooth muscle does not contain T tubules?

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True, it also does not contain sarcomeres. It is not striated so no banding is present.

40
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What are myoepithelial cells?

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Stellate cells forming a network around secretory units of exocrine glands, where they contract to aid secretion.

41
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What is the function of myofibroblasts?

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Produce collagenous matrix at wound healing sites and contract to draw wound together.

42
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Can cardiac muscle be repaired?

A

No, following damage fibroblasts lay down scar tissue

43
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Can skeletal muscle cells repair themselves?

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They cannot divide but tissue can regenerate using mitosis in satellite cells, which can also fuse with existing muscle cells to increase mass.

44
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Can smooth muscle regenerate?

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Yes - smooth muscle cells retain their mitotic activity and can form new smooth muscle cells.

45
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Give some examples of diseases caused by smooth muscle dysfunction.

A

Asthma, irritable bowel syndrome, primary hypertension, detrusor instability

46
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What are the three indicators of muscle injury?

A

Creatine kinase , myoglobinuria, troponin

47
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What is the significance of “fixed” mottling?

A

It does not change when pressed, so the change is irreversible

CJ: UoL Medicine Semester One (ESA1) (55 decks)

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