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block 5 lecture 13 muscle physiology Flashcards

1
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what does the muscle consist of?

A

muscle fibers, connective tissue, nerves and stem cells

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2
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what are the muscle stem cells?

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satellite cells

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3
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when are satellite cells activated?

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growth and muscle repair

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4
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what is the facsia surrounding the skeletal muscle composed of?

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adipose tissue and connective tissue

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5
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what are the three layers of fascia?

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outer epimysium
muscle fasicles surrounded by perimysium
muscle fibers are surrounded by endomysium

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6
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what are myofibrils surrounded by?

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sarcolemma

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7
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what is the sarcolemma continuous with?

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sarcoplasmic reticulum

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8
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what is the epimysium continuous with?

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tendons

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9
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what is each muscle fiber made up of?

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myofibrils

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10
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what are the thick filaments?

A

myosin

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11
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what are the thin filaments?

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actin

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12
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what are the contractile proteins?

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actin and myosin

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13
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what is the I band?

A

thin filaments (actin)

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14
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what is the A band?

A

overlap of thick and thin

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15
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what is the H band?

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contains the M line - myosin filaments

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16
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what is the Z disc?

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1 sarcomere

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17
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what causes the striation of skeletal muscle?

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the different filaments

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18
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what is myosin made up of?

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2 heavy chains and some light chains
2 heads
hinge redgion

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19
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what is myosin associated with?

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actin filament

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20
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what is the structure of the actin filament?

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2 molecules form together to form a double strand
it is a helical polymer
there are groovs

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21
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what is actin associated with?

A

tropomyosin

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22
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what are the elements of tropomyosin?

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troponin C
troponin T
troponin I

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23
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what is the molecular mechanism of muscle contraction called?

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sliding filament model

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24
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what happends when actin binds to the myosin head?

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cross bridge forms

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25
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what does calcium release do to tropomyosin?

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calcium binds to troponin C causing the molecule to undergo a conformational change

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26
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what does ATP do during muscle contraction?

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causes discosiation of myosin head to actin

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27
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what does the myosin head act as in regard to the ATP?

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ATP ase - hydrolyses ATP into adenosphene diphosphate and inorganic phosphate

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28
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what happens to the hydrolyses ATP

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it stays bound

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29
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what happens when myosin head is bound to new actin molecule down the chain?

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inorganic phosphate is released

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30
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what causes the power stroke?

A

inorganic phosphate is release

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31
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what happens to the ADP after the power stroke?

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ADP is released and a new molecule of ATP comes along

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32
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why do you get rigor mortis after death?

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there is no ATP

33
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what are the receptors at the neuromuscular junction for acetylecholine?

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nicotinic cholinergic receptors

34
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how is the neuromuscular junction specialised?

A

highly folded

35
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what happens when the motor neuron is depolarised?

A

voltage gated calcium ion channels are opened

36
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what happens after voltage gated calcium ion channels are opened?

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there is an influx of calcium and the calcium binds to calmodulin

37
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what are on the presynaptic membrane for the vsicles containing acetylecholine?

A

docking receptors - snap and snare proteins

38
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what happens when the vesicles containing acetylcholine fuse with the presynaptic membrane?

A

exocytosis and the neurotransmitters diffuse across the cleft

39
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what happens after the neurotransmitters diffuse across the cleft?

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acetylcholine binds to nicotinic cholinergic receptors

40
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what happens when acetylcholine binds to nicotinic cholinergic receptors?

A

sodium and potassium channels are opened

41
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what happens when the sodium channels are opened on the post synaptic membrane?

A

the membrane is depolarised creating an end plate potential

42
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what breaks down acetylcholine?

A

acetylecholine esterase

43
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what does acetylecholine esterase break acetylecholine into?

A

acetate and choline

44
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what happens to the choline produces by the action of acetylcholine?

A

taken back to the nerve terminal for reuse

45
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what happens to the acetate produces by the action of acetylcholine?

A

enters the krebs cycle

46
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what is succinylcholine? and when is it used?

A

muscle relaxant, used in surgery, block nicotinic cholinergic receptors

47
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what does botulinum do?

A

inhibits the snap and snare proteins inhibiting vesicle release

48
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what does peridostigmine do?

A

inhibits acetylcholine esterase

49
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what do snakes release?

A

alphabungero toxin, binds avidly to nicotinic cholinergic receptors

50
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what is the potential of skeletal muscle at rest?

51
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what is the threshold of skeletal muscle?

52
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what is the end plate potential?

53
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what are either side of the of the T tubules?

A

terminal cisternae

54
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what do the T tubule and the terminal cisternae form?

55
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what does the sarcoplasmic reticulum store that is needed for moving troponin?

A

calcium ions

56
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what receptors are found in the T tubules?

A

dihydropyrodine receptors

57
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what are dihydropyrodine receptors?

A

L type calcium channels, they are voltage sensors

58
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what are voltage sensory connected to?

A

ryanodine receptors

59
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what does muscle membrane depolarisation cause?

A

opens L type calcium channels

60
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what causes the release of calcium in muscle cells?

A

L type calcium channels are coupled with calcium release channels

61
Q

what happens during relaxation?

A

Na/Ca exchanges the ions

calcium ions are bound in the sarcoplasmic reticulum by calrecticulin and calsequestrin

62
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what happens in rigor mortis?

A

calcium ions diffuse out of the sarcoplasmic reticulum allowing the myosin heads to bind to actin, there is no ATP synthesis so cross bridges cant detatch

63
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what are the three phases of muscle twitch

A
  1. lag phase
  2. contraction phase
  3. relaxation phase
64
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what is a motor unit?

A

motor nerve and the fibers it innervates

65
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what is the innervation ratio

A

number of muscle fibers innervated by a motor nerve

66
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what are the types of contraction?

A

isometric and isotonic

67
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what happens in isometric contraction?

A

no change in length - tendons take up stretch

68
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what happens in isotonic contraction?

A

muscle shortens

69
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what are the three muscle types involved in twitch?

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type 1 - slow twitch
type 2a - fast glycolytic twitch
type 2b - fast twitch fatigue resistant

70
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what are the features of the type 1 slow twitch?

A

always oxidative, resistant to fatigue, maintain posture, good blood supply, most myoglobin, red

71
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what are the features of the type 2a fast twitch?

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white fibers, poor blood supply, sucseptible to fatigue

72
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what are the features of the type 2b fast twitch?

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oxidative, intermediate myoglobin, intermediate fibers, fatigue resistant

73
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what are the three sources of ATP

A

creatine phosphate
anaerobic respiration
aerobic respiration

74
Q

what is myopathy?

A

any muscle diseae

75
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what is myositis?

A

inflammatory problem

76
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what is muscular dystropy?

A

inherited, progressive

77
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what is myotonia?

A

failure of relaxation

78
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what is myasthenia

A

weakness on excersize

79
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what is channelopathies?

A

abnormal Na/K/Cl channels

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