block 5 lecture 13 muscle physiology Flashcards
what does the muscle consist of?
muscle fibers, connective tissue, nerves and stem cells
what are the muscle stem cells?
satellite cells
when are satellite cells activated?
growth and muscle repair
what is the facsia surrounding the skeletal muscle composed of?
adipose tissue and connective tissue
what are the three layers of fascia?
outer epimysium
muscle fasicles surrounded by perimysium
muscle fibers are surrounded by endomysium
what are myofibrils surrounded by?
sarcolemma
what is the sarcolemma continuous with?
sarcoplasmic reticulum
what is the epimysium continuous with?
tendons
what is each muscle fiber made up of?
myofibrils
what are the thick filaments?
myosin
what are the thin filaments?
actin
what are the contractile proteins?
actin and myosin
what is the I band?
thin filaments (actin)
what is the A band?
overlap of thick and thin
what is the H band?
contains the M line - myosin filaments
what is the Z disc?
1 sarcomere
what causes the striation of skeletal muscle?
the different filaments
what is myosin made up of?
2 heavy chains and some light chains
2 heads
hinge redgion
what is myosin associated with?
actin filament
what is the structure of the actin filament?
2 molecules form together to form a double strand
it is a helical polymer
there are groovs
what is actin associated with?
tropomyosin
what are the elements of tropomyosin?
troponin C
troponin T
troponin I
what is the molecular mechanism of muscle contraction called?
sliding filament model
what happends when actin binds to the myosin head?
cross bridge forms
what does calcium release do to tropomyosin?
calcium binds to troponin C causing the molecule to undergo a conformational change
what does ATP do during muscle contraction?
causes discosiation of myosin head to actin
what does the myosin head act as in regard to the ATP?
ATP ase - hydrolyses ATP into adenosphene diphosphate and inorganic phosphate
what happens to the hydrolyses ATP
it stays bound
what happens when myosin head is bound to new actin molecule down the chain?
inorganic phosphate is released
what causes the power stroke?
inorganic phosphate is release
what happens to the ADP after the power stroke?
ADP is released and a new molecule of ATP comes along