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Chapter 10 Flashcards

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Primary function of muscle?

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  1. Transformation of chemical energy into mechanical energy to generate force perform work and produce movement
  2. Stabilizes body position
  3. Regulates organ volume
  4. Generates heat
  5. Propels food and fluid matter through various body systems
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What are the three types of muscular tissue?

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  1. Skeletal
  2. Cardiac
  3. Smooth
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Myology

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Scientific study of muscles

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Skeletal muscle tissue

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  1. Move bones of the skeleton
  2. Striated, seen under a microscope
  3. Works voluntarily
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Cardiac muscle tissue

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  1. Forms most of the heart wall
  2. Striated
  3. Involuntary
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Autorhythmicity

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Natural pacemaker/Built-in rhythm of the heart, Controlled by hormones and neurotransmitters

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Smooth muscle tissues

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  1. Walls of hollow internal structures and skin attached to hair follicles
  2. Non striated
  3. Involuntary
  4. Controlled by neurons and hormones
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Functions of the muscular tissue

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  1. Producing body movements
  2. Stabilizing body positions
  3. Storing and moving substances within the body
  4. Generating heat
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Thermogenesis

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When muscular tissue contracts it produces heat

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What are the four special properties of muscular tissue?

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  1. Electrical excitability
  2. Contractility
  3. Extensibility
  4. Elasticity
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Action potentials

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The ability to respond to certain stimuli by producing electrical signals

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What are the two main types of stimuli triggers for action potential in muscle cells?

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  1. Electrical signals, arises in the muscle tissue itself
  2. Chemical stimuli, such as neurotransmitters, hormones, and local changes in pH
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Muscle fibers

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Hundreds to thousands of cells that make up the separate organs of the skeletal muscles

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Subcutaneous layer or hypodermis

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Separates muscle from skin

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Fascia

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  1. dense sheet or broadband of irregular connective tissue that lines the body wall and limbs and supports and surrounds muscles and other organs of the body
  2. holds muscles with similar functions together
  3. allows free movements of muscles 4. carries nerves, blood vessels, and lymphatic vessels
  4. fill spaces between muscles
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The three layers of connective tissue?

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  1. Epimysium
  2. Perimysium
  3. Endomysium
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Epimysium

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The outer layer in circling the entire muscle
consists of dense irregular connective tissue

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Perimysium

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Also a layer of dense irregular connective tissue but surrounds groups of 10 to 100 or more muscle fibres separating them into bundles called fascicles

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Fascicles

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Little bundles
large enough to be seen with the naked eye
give a cut of meat its characteristic “grain”

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Endomysium

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Penetrates the interior of each fascicle and separates into individual muscle fibres from one another
mostly reticular fibres

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Tendon

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All three connective tissue layers may extend beyond the muscle fibres to form a rope like tendon the attaches of muscle to the periosteum of a bone

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Aponeurosis

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Connective tissue elements that extend as a broad, flat sheet

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Nerves and blood supply of the skeletal muscles

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1.Well supplied With nerves and blood vessels
2. neurons that stimulates skeletal muscles to contract are somatic motor neurons
3.

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Plasma membrane of a muscle cell?

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Sarcolemma

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Thousands of tiny invaginations of the sarcolemma ?

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Transverse (T) tubules

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Transverse tubules

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Tunnel in from the surface towards the centre of each muscle fibre
open to the outside of the fibre they are filled with interstitial fluid
muscle action potentials travel along the sarcolemma and through the T tubules quickly spreading throughout the muscle fibre

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Sarcoplasm

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Within the sarcolemma the cytoplasm of a muscle fibre includes a substantial amount of glycogen and includes a red coloured protein called myoglobin found only in muscle

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Myoglobin

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A red coloured protein found only in muscle that binds oxygen molecules that diffuse into muscle fibres from interstitial fluid
releases oxygen when it is needed by the mitochondria for ATP production

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Myofibrils

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It small structures that appear in the sarcoplasm like it’s stuffed with little threads
the contractile organelles of skeletal muscle extending the entire length of a muscle fibre
giving it the striated look

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Sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR)

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A fluid filled system of membraneous sacs that in circles each myofibril similar to smooth endoplasmic reticulum and non-muscular cells

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Terminal cisterns

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Dilated Sarco plasmic reticulum
butt against the T tubule from both sides

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Triad

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Is formed by a transverse tubules and the two terminal cisterns on either side of it

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Filaments

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Smaller structures within the myofibrils consisting of thin filaments and thick filaments
Directly involved in the contract I’ll process
Arranged in compartment called sacral mirrors

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Thin filaments

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8nm in diameter and 1-2 um long, Composed of the protein Actin
Too thin filaments for every thick filament in the region of filament overlap

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Thick filaments

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16 nm in diameter and 1-2 um long, Composed of the protein myosin

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Sacromeres

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Basic functional units of a myofibril

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Z discs

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Are narrow plate shaped regions of dense protein material that separate one sarcomere from the next

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Organization of a sarcomere

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A band - darker middle portion
Zone of overlap - toward each end of the A band, where thick and thin filaments lie side by side
I band - Lighter less dense area that contains the rest of the thin filaments but no thick filaments and a Z disc passes through the centre of each I band
Alternating dark A bands and light I-band create the striation look
H zone - narrow, centre of each A band contains thick filaments
M line - supporting proteins that hold the thick filaments together at the centre of the H zone

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The three kinds of proteins the build myofibrils

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  1. Contractile proteins
  2. Regulatory proteins
  3. Structural proteins
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Contractile proteins

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Generate force during contraction
Consists of myosin and actin proteins and other components of thick and thin filaments

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Myosin

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Main component of thick filaments and functions as a motor proteins in all three types of muscle tissue

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Motor protein

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Pull various cellular structures to achieve movement by converting the chemical energy in ATP to the mechanical energy of motion which is the production of force
Shaped like to golf clubs twisted together

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Myosin tail

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Points toward the end line in the centre of the circle mirror tales of neighbouring myosin molecules lie parallel to one another forming the shaft of the thick filament

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Myosin heads

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Two projections of each meion molecule that has two binding sites
1. active binding site
2. ATP binding site

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Actin

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Main component of thin filament individual actin molecules join to form an actin filament that is twisted into a helix
on each actin molecule is a myosin binding site where a myosin head can attach

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Tropomyosin and troponin

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Part of the thin filament in smaller amounts than actin
Tropomyosin blocks myosin from binding to actin in relaxed muscles tropomyosin strands are held in place by troponin molecules

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What do structural proteins contribute to

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Alignment, stability, elasticities, extensibility of myofibrils

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Titin

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A key structural protein the third most plentiful protein in skeletal muscle after actin and myosin and span half a sacromere from a Z disk to an M line help stabilize the position of thin filament

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Key structural proteins

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Titin
Actin
Myomesin
Nebulin
Dystrophin

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Sliding filament mechanism

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As the thin filaments slide inward the I-band and H zones narrow and eventually disappear all together when the muscle is maximally contracted

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Contraction cycle

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The repeating sequence of events that causes the filament to slide

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What are the four steps in the contraction cycle

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  1. ATP hydrolysis
  2. Attachment of myosin to actin
  3. Power stroke
  4. Detachment of myosin from actin
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Cross-bridge

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When a myosin head attaches to the Myosin binding site during the contraction cycle the Myosin head is referred to as a crossbridge

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Power stroke

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As the myosin head changes to its new position it pulls the thin filament past the thick filament toward the centre of the Sarcomere generating tension in the process

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Excitation-contraction coupling

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The sequence of events that links excitation (a muscle action potential) to contraction (sliding of the filaments)

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Voltage gated calcium channels

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Are located in the T tubule membrane they are arranged in clusters of four known as tetrad with the main role been excitation-contraction coupling the service voltage sensors, the trigger, opening of calcium release channels

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Calcium release channels

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Present in the terminal sisternal membrane of the SR when a skeletal muscle fibre is at rest the part of the calcium release channel that extends into the sarcoplasm is blocked by a given cluster of voltage gated calcium channels preventing calcium from leaving the SR

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Calcium ATPase pumps

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Found in the terminal cisternal membrane of the sarcoplasmic reticulum
Use ATP to constantly transport calcium from the sarcoplasm into the SR

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Calsequestrin

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Molecules of a protein found inside the SR bind to calcium allowing even more calcium to be sequestered within the SR

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Length-tension relationship

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Indicates how the forcefulness of muscle contraction depends on the length of the sarcomeres within a muscle before contraction begins

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Somatic motor neurons

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Stimulates skeletal muscle fibres to contract has a threadlike axon that extends from the brain or spinal cord to a group of skeletal muscle fibres

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Neuromuscular junction (NMJ)

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Where muscle action potential arises
The synapse between a somatic motor neuron and a skeletal muscle fibre

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Synapse

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A region where communication occurs between two neurons or between a neuron and a target cell
in this case between a somatic motor neuron and a muscle fibre

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Synaptic cleft

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A small gap at the synapse that separates the two cells because the cells are not touching the action potential cannot “jump the gap” from one cell to another

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Neurotransmitter

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Used for cell communication due to the synaptic cleft

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How does a nerve impulse elicit a muscle action potential?

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  1. Release of acetylcholine
  2. Activation of ACh receptors
  3. Production of muscle action potential
  4. Termination of ACh activity
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Curare

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A poison used by South American Indian on arrows and blow gun darts causes muscle paralysis by binding to and blocking ACh receptors in the presence of curare the ion channels do not open

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What are the three ways muscle fibres have to produce ATP

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  1. From creatine phosphate
  2. By anaerobic glycolysis
  3. By aerobic respiration
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Creatine phosphate

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 An energy rich molecule that is found in muscle fibres synthesized from excess ATP that was produced when the muscle fibres were relaxed
First form of energy when muscle contraction begins

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Creatine

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Small amino acid like molecule does synthesized in the liver kidneys and pancreas and then transported to muscle fibres

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Glycolysis

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Quickly breaks down each glucose molecule into two molecules of pyruvic acid
occurs in the cytosol and produces a net gain of two molecules of ATP
Does not require oxygen

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Anaerobic glycolysis

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The entire process by which the breakdown of glucose gives rise to lactic acid when oxygen is absent or at a low concentration

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Aerobic respirations

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If sufficient oxygen is present the pyruvic acid formed by glycolysis enters mitochondria where it undergoes aerobic respiration a series of oxygen requiring reactions (the Krebs cycle and the electron transport chain) that produces ATP, carbon dioxide, water, and heat
when oxygen is present glycolysis the Krebs cycle and electron transport chain occur

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What are the two sources of oxygen for muscular tissue

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  1. Oxygen that diffuses into muscle fibres from the blood
  2. Oxygen released by myoglobin within muscle fibres
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Muscle fatigue

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The inability of a muscle to maintain force of contraction after prolonged activity

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Oxygen debt

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Refers to the added oxygen over and above the resting oxygen consumption that is taken into the body after exercise

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What are the three ways that extra oxygen is used to pay back or restore metabolic conditions?

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  1. Convert lactic acid back into glycogen stores in the liver
  2. To resynthesized creatine phosphate and ATP in muscle fibres
  3. To replace the oxygen removed from myoglobin
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Recovery oxygen uptake

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Is a better term than oxygen debt for the elevated use of oxygen after exercise

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Motor unit

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Consists of a somatic motor neuron plus all of the skeletal muscle fibres it stimulates

a single somatic motor neuron makes contact with an average of 150 skeletal muscle fibres

in one motor unit contract in unison

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Twitch contraction

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Is the brief contraction of all muscle fibres in a motor unit in response to a single action potential in its motor neuron

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Myogram

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The record of a muscle contraction

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Latent period

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The brief delay that occurs between application of the stimulus in the beginning of the contraction

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Contraction period

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Calcium binds to troponin, myosin-binding sites on actin are exposed, and cross bridges form. peak tension develops in the muscle fibre

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Relaxation period

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Is actively transported back into the sarcoplasmic reticulum, myosin binding sites are covered by a tropomyosin, myosin heads detach from actin, and tension in the muscle fibre decreases

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Refractory period

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The period of lost excitability and is a characteristic of all muscle and nerve cells

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Wave summation

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Stimuli arriving at different times causing larger contractions

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Unfused (incomplete) tetanus

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Sustainable wavering contraction caused by partially relax muscles between stimuli

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Fused (complete) tetanus

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Is the stain contraction in which individual twitches cannot be detected caused by a stimulated muscle fibre that does not relax at all

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Motor unit recruitment

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The process in which the number of active motor unit increases

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Muscle tone

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A small amount of tauntness or tension in the muscle due to week in voluntary contractions of its motor units muscle tone is established by neurons in the brain and spinal cord that excite the muscles motor neurons

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Why is a muscle flaccid

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When the motor neuron serving a skeletal muscle or damaged or cut the muscle becomes flaccid the state of lymph nodes in which muscle tone is lost

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Isotonic contraction

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The tension developed in the muscle remains almost constant while the muscle changes in length
isotonic contractions are used for body movements and for moving objects
the two types of isotonic contractions are concentric and eccentric

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Concentric isotonic contraction

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If the tension generated is great enough to overcome the resistance of the object to be moved the muscle shortens and pulls on another structure such as a tendon to produce movement and to reduce the angle at a joint

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Eccentric isotonic contraction

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When the length of a muscle increases during a contraction the tension exerted by the myosin cross bridges resist movement of a load process this type of contraction produce more muscle damage then concentric isotonic contractions

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Isometric contraction

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The tension generated is not enough to exceed the resistance of the object to be moved in the muscle does not change its length
important for maintaining posture and for supporting objects in a fixed position
even though the body is not moving energy is still expended

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Red muscle fibres

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Skeletal muscle fibres that have a high myoglobin content and appear darker
Contain more mitochondria in our supplied by more blood capillaries

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White muscle fibres

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Those that have a low content of myoglobin and appear lighter

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The three main types of skeletal muscle fibres classification

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  1. Slow oxidative fibres
  2. Fast oxidative glycolytic fibres
  3. Fast glycolytic fibres
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Slow oxidative (SO) fibers

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Appear dark red because they contain large amounts of myoglobin and many blood capillaries because they have large amounts of mitochondria SO fibres generate ATP mainly by aerobic respiration

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Fast oxidative-glycolysis (FOG) fibers

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Typically the largest fibres
contain large amounts of myoglobin in many blood capillaries
dark red appearance
generate considerable ATP by aerobic respiration which give them a moderately high resistance to fatigue

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Fast glycolytic (FG) fibers

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Have low myoglobin content relatively few blood capillaries and few mitochondria and appear white in colour
contain large amounts of glycogen and generate ATP mainly by glycolysis contract strong and quickly due to the rapid ability to produce hydrolyze ATP

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Cardiac muscle tissue

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The principal tissue in the heart wall are sheets of connective tissue that contain blood vessels, nerves, and the conduction system of the heart

cardiac muscle fibres have the same arrangement of actin and myosin in the same band zones and Z discs of skeletal muscle fibres with unique inter-collated discs

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Intercalated discs

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Unique to cardiac muscle fibres and are structures with irregular transverse thickening of the sarcolemma that connect the ends of the cardiac muscle fibres to one another
Containing desmosomes which hold the fibres together and gap junctions which allow muscle action potentials to spread from one cardiac muscle fibre to another

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Visceral smooth muscle tissue

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Found in the skin in tubular arrangements that form part of the walls of small arteries and veins and of Hall of organs it is the more common type of smooth muscle tissue

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Multiunit smooth muscle tissue

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Consists of individual fibres each with its own motor neuron terminals and with few gap junctions between neighbouring fibres
stimulation of one visceral muscle fibre causes contractions of many adjacent fibres but stimulation of one multiunit fibre causes contractions of that fibre only

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Microscopic anatomy of smooth muscle

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Sarcoplasm is smooth muscle fibres contains both thick and thin filaments not arranged in orderly sarcomeres

Also contains intermediate Filaments

Smooth muscle has small pouch like invaginations of the plasma membrane called caveolae that contain extracellular calcium

In smooth muscle fibres the thin filaments attached to structures called dance bodies with your functionally similar to Z discs in striated muscles

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Physiology of smooth muscle

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Contraction in a smooth muscle fibre starts more slowly and last much longer than skeletal muscle fibre contractions
smooth muscle fibers shorten and stretch to a greater extent than the other muscle types

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Calmoudin

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After binding to calcium in the Sarcoplasm, calmodulin activates an enzyme called myosin light change kinase, this enzyme uses ATP to add a phosphate group to a portion of the myosin head once the phosphate group is attached, the myosin head can bind to actin and contraction can occur

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Smooth muscle tone

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Slow moving calcium in and out of the muscle fibre delays relaxation
this prolonged presence of calcium in the cytosol provides for smooth muscle tone

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Stress relaxation response

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Is the phenomenon from which tension decreases after smooth muscle fibres are stretched developing increase tension

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Hypertrophy

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The enlargement of existing cells
how mature skeletal muscle fibres grow after birth

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Hyperplasia

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An increase in the number of fibres

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Pericytes

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Cells that new smooth muscle fibres can arise from these are stem cells found in association with blood capillaries and small veins

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