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Ch.9 part II Flashcards

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Excitation-contraction coupling

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  • mechanism by which an action potential causes contraction of a muscle fiber
  • involves sarcolemma, T tubules, sarcoplasmic reticulum, Ca 2+ and troponin
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T tubules

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-action potential enters into cell here, which triggers Ca 2+ gated channels to open

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Sarcoplasmic reticulum

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-enlarges due to the lumen of the t tubule being filled with extracellular fluid to form terminal cisternae

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Terminal cisternae

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-enlarged portion of sarcoplasmic reticulum

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Triad

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-t tubule and two adjacent terminal cisternae

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Cross bridge cycling

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  • the process by which each myosin molecule undergoes the cycle of cross bridge formation, movement, release, and return to original position
  • requires ATP
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Power stroke

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  • myosin heads move actin with every ATP that is added

- several power strokes happen with every action potential

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Recovery stroke

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-happens when myosin head returns to resting place and awaits for next ATP to start another power stroke

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Muscle twitch phase

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  • a single, brief contraction and relaxation cycle in a muscle fiber
  • consists of a lag phase, contraction phase, and relaxation phase
  • does not last long enough or generate enough tension to perform any work
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Lag phase

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-time between action potential coming from nerve and the Ca 2+ actually bindin with troponin

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Contraction phase

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-maximum contraction happens when actin molecules meet within a sacromere

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Relaxation phase

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-Ca 2+ pops off of troponin, tropomyosin covers active sites which makes myosin release from actin, titin pushes actin apart to equilibrium, complete contraction back to resting place

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Motor unit

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  • one nerve coming in will have a set of muscle fibers
  • not all fibers are signalled at once (axons only innervate a few fibers)
  • the finer the movement, the fewer fibers that are innervated
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Motot unit response

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-treppe, multiple motor unit summation, multiple wave summation, tetanus

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Summation

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-involves increasing the force of contraction of the muscle fibers within the muscle

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Recruitment

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-involves increasing the number of muscle fibers contracting

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Treppe

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  • when a rested muscle is stimulated repeatedly with maximal stimuli at a low frequency (which allows complete relaxation between stimuli)
  • second contraction produces a slightly greater tension and the third contraction produces even greater tension until equilibrium is reached
  • stimulus is maximal but delivered at low frequency
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Multiple motor unit summation

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-the relationship between increased stimulus strength and an increased number of contracting motor units

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Multiple wave summation

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  • in incomplete tetnus, muscle fibers produce action potentials so rapidly that no relaxation occurs
  • as the frequency of contraction increases, these are produced due to increased tension
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Tetanus

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  • sacromeres don’t have time to reset
  • Ca 2+ never leaves and the power stroke never stops
  • muscle is locked into maximum contraction
  • stimulus is at threshold but delivered at high frequency
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Muscle contractions

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-can be isometric or isotonic

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Isometric

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  • length of the muscle does not change, but tension increases during contraction
  • “posture”
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Isotonic

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  • amount of tension during contraction is constant but the length of the muscle changes
  • include concentric and eccentric
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Concentric contraction

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  • the tension in the muscle is great enough to overcome the opposing resistance
  • increasing tension, muscle shortening
  • “starbucks curl”
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Eccentric contraction

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  • tension is maintained but the opposing resistance is great enough to cause the muscle to increase in length
  • slowly letting muscles stretch out under control
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Energy sources for muscle contraction

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-creating phosphate, anaerobic respiration, aerobic respiration

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Creatine phosphate

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  • stockpiled in muscle fibers; requires use of creatine kinase
  • instant source of unlimited ATP for a very short period of time (8-10 secs)
  • only releases 1 ATP
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Anaerobic respiration

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  • generates ATP rapidly after creatine phosphate is used up

- releases 2 ATP

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Aerobic respiration

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  • happens all of the time; very efficient
  • releases 36 ATP
  • includes the use of glycogen and pyruvate
  • -glucose goes through glycolosis forming 2 pyruvate (2 ATP) which then goes through krebs cycle (34 ATP)
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Oxygen debt

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  • caused by creatine/anaerobic mess
  • the process of reseting molecules burned through
  • insufficient oxygen consumption relative to increased activity
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Oxygen recovery

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-repays oxygen debt which is time consuming

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Muscle fiber types

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-type I, type IIa, type IIb

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Type I (slow twitch)

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  • adaptive for long haul
  • very efficient
  • postural muscles
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Type IIa (fast twitch oxidative)

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  • combo of slow twitch and fast twitch glycolytic)
  • efficient and instantaneous
  • lower limbs
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Type IIb (fast twitch glycolytic)

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  • adapted for instantaneous response
  • polar opposite of slow twitch
  • upper limbs
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Myoglobin

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  • has high affinity for oxygen

- inside of mitochondria and suck oxygen away from hemoglobin (slow twitch)

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Smooth muscle

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  • neurally or hormonally controlled

- contain dense bodies, dense areas, intermediate filaments, caveolae, myosin kinase, calmodulin, myosin phophatase

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Dense bodies

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-inside sarcoplasm

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Dense areas

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-on the surface, attached to the sarcolemma

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Intermediate filaments

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  • mesh around sarcolemma

- attached to dense bodies which form the intracellular cytoskeleton

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Caveolae

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  • shallow, invaginated areas along the surface of the sarcolemma
  • comparable to t tubules
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Calmodulin

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-protein in which Ca 2+ bind with in smooth muscle

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Myosin kinase

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-enzyme that transfers phosphate group from ATP to myosin molecules in smooth muscle

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Myosin phosphatase

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  • removes the phosphate group from the myosin molecules allowing the relaxation of smooth muscle
  • timing of this enzyme is important because it can cause relaxation or contraction for long periods of time
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Latch state

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-period of sustained tensions due to the timing of myosin phosphatase

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