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Ch 3 Muscle Anatomy and the Sliding Filament Theory Flashcards

1
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What is the saying we need to always remember

A

Specific Adaption to Imposed Demand

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2
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Hypertrophy

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increase in size of existing muscle fibers

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3
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Hyperplasia

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development of new muscle fibers
(requires high demand to get this to happen)

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4
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Atrophy

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loss of muscle mass

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5
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Sarcopenia

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age related atrophy

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6
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What are the 3 types of muscle tissue

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Smooth Muscle
Striated Cardiac Muscle
Striated Skeletal Muscle

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7
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Smooth Muscle

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Involuntary (controlled unconsciously)

Mononucleated

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8
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Striated Cardiac Muscle

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Controls itself along with nervous endocrine system input

Mononucleated

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9
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Striated Skeletal Muscle

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Voluntary (controlled consciously)

Multi-nucleated cells

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10
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Where would you find smooth muscle

A

blood vessel walls and internal organs

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11
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where do you find striated cardiac muscle

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heart

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12
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why are muscles elastic

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so they can stretch to help gain more power in a movement (ex. Lowing legs first before jumping)

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13
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strongest muscle pound per pound

A

masseter

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13
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hypnic jerk

A

brain misreading relaxing muscle signals as falling and fires all muscles in attempt to regain balance

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14
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anatomy of skeletal muscle from smallest to largest

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myofibril
Muscle fiber (surrounded by endomysium)
Fasciculi (surrounded by perimysium)
Entire muscle (surrounded by epimysium)

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15
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Plasmalemma (cell membrane)

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Fuses with tendon
Conducts action potential
Maintains pH, transports nutrients

16
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Involved in muscle growth and development.
Aids response to injury, immobilization, training

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Satellite Cells

17
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Sarcoplasm

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serves as cytoplasm of muscle cell.
Glycogen storage, myoblobin

18
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Carry action potential deep into muscle fiber, serve as extensions of plasmalemma

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Transverse Tubules (T-tubules)

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Sarcoplasmic reticulum

A

Ca2+ storage

20
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Basic Contractile element of skeletal muscle
End to end for full myofibril length

A

Sarcomeres

21
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What is the smallest contractile unit

A

sarcomere

22
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What is sliding filament theory

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Actin (thin filaments) and myosin (thick filaments) pulling on each other and coming closer together

23
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What does the I-band contain

A

actin filaments

24
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what does the a-band contain

A

both actin and myosin filaments

25
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what does the h-zone contain

A

myosin filaments

26
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Globular heads

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Located in myosin

Interact with actin filaments for contraction

27
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Actin

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contains myosin-binding site

28
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Tropomyosin

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covers active site at rest

29
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Troponin

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moves tropomyosin

30
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Titan

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stabilizes sarcoomeres and centers myosin
Prevents overstretching

31
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Consists of a single a-motor neuron + all fibers it innervates

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Motor unit

32
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Serves as site of communication between neuron and muscle

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Neuromuscular Junction

33
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Muscle Fiber Contraction: Excitation-contraction coupling

A
  1. Action Potential starts in the brain
  2. Action Potential arrives at axon terminal, releases acetylcholine
    3.Acetylcholine crosses synaps, binds to acetylcholine receptors on plasmalemma
    4.Action potential travels down plasmalemma and T-tubules
  3. Triggers Ca2+ release from sarcoplasmic reticulum
    6.Ca2+ enables actin-myosin contraction
34
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Role of Ca2+ in muscle fiber

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Ca2+ binds to troponin on thin filament

35
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Relaxed Muscle state

A

No actin-myosin interaction

36
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Contracted Muscle State

A

Myosin head pulls active toward sarcomere center

37
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What is necessary for muscle contraction

A

Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP)

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