ch17 Flashcards
connective tissue surrounding entire muscle
epimysium
connective tissue surrounding bundles of muscle fibers (fasciculi, fascicle)
perimysium
surrounds individual muscle fibers
endomysium
storage sites for calcium and contain terminal cisternae (lateral sacs)
sarcoplasmic reticulum
inside cytoplasm and contains transverse tubules [carry electrical signal to releasle Ca]
sarcoplasm : transverse tubules
thick filaments include __: reactive sites that create crossbridges and have a rodlike tail
myosin
___ filaments are actin, tropomyosin, and troponin
thin
3 subunits of troponin is
tn-C
tn-T
tn-I
troponin subunit that contains Ca binding sites
Tn-C
troponin subunit that binds to tropomyosin
tn-T
troponin subunit that inhibits binding of actin/myosin during rest
tn-I
- neuron action potential arrives at end of motor neuron
- ach is released
- ach binds to receptors on motor end plates
- sodium ions rush into muscle fibers
- muscle action potentioal sweeps into t tubules
- sr releases ca
- ca binds to troponin
- when ca binds to troponin, causes tropomyosin to shift and expose myosin binding site
- myosin binds to actin
- myosin pivots, pulling actin filaments
- myosin releases form actin
- myosin reextends to ready position
muscle contraction
- force of contrafction is generated by the process that slides the actin filament over the myosin filament
- lengths of the thick and thin filaments do not change during muscle contraction
- length of the sarcomere decreases as the actin filaments slide over myosin filaments and pull the z discs toward the center of the sarcomere
sliding filament theory basic principles
- 2 z lines
- I band =actin filaments achored to z lines
- A band=myosin filaments with some actin overlapped
- H zone has no actin present
sarcomere at REST
- actin filaments slide over myosin Filaments
- z lines pulled towards center
- I band shortens
- A band length doesnt change
- H zone disappears
- neither filament changes in length
sarcomere CONTRACTED