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Chapter 10: Muscle Tissue Flashcards

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Contains epithelia, connective, and nervous tissue; composed of cells that optimize the universal cell property of contractility

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Muscle tissue

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the three types of muscle tissue

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skeletal, cardiac, and smooth

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contains bundles of very long, multinucleated cells with cross-striations; quick voluntary control

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skeletal muscle

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cross-striations and is composed of elongated, often branched cells bound to one another at structures called intercalated discs; rhythmic involuntary contractions

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cardiac muscle

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consists of collections of fusiform cells, which lack striations and have slow, involuntary contractions

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smooth muscle

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the cytoplasm of muscle cells

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sarcoplasm

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the smooth ER of muscle cells

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sarcoplasmic reticulum

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the muscle cell membrane and its external lamina

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sarcolemma

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During embryonic muscle development, mesenchymal _____ fuse, forming _____ with many nuclei. Then the further differentiate to form ____ muscle fibers

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myoblasts; myotubes; striated

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elongated nuclei are found peripherally just under the _______, a nuclear location unique to skeletal muscle fibers/cells

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sarcolemma

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a small population of reserve progenitor cells

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muscle satellite cells

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an external sheath of dense irregular connective tissue, surrounds entire muscle; carries large nerves, blood vessels, and lymphatics

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epimysium

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thin connective tissue layer that immediately surrounds each fascicle

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perimysium

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bundle of muscle fibers that make up a functional unit

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fascicle

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very thin layer of reticular fibers and scattered fibroblasts; surrounds the external lamina of individual muscle fibers

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endomysium

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___________ is an increase in the size of the cells, while _______ is an increase inn the number of cells

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hypertrophy; hyperplasia

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______ in these connective tissue layers of muscle serve to transmit the mechanical forces generated by the contracting muscle cells/fibers

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collagens

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______ CT layer becomes the tendon

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epimysium

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________ junctions which join the muscle to bone, skin, or another muscle

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myotendinous

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long cylindrical filament bundles; run parallel to the long axis of the fiber

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myofibrils

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the dark bands on the myofibrils; anisotropic or birefringent in polarized light

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A bands

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the light bands on the myofibrils; isotropic or doesn’t alter polarized light

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I bands

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each I band is bisected by a dark transverse line called ____

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Z disc

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the repetitive functional subunit of the contractile apparatus; extends from Z disc to Z disc

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sacromere

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each H band is bisected by a dark transverse line called ____

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M line

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narrow, less dense region of A band

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H zone

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Th A and I banding pattern in sarcomeres is due mainly to the regular arrangement of thick and thin ________

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myofilaments

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thick myofilaments are ________ and think myofilaments are _____

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myosin; F-actin

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large complex with two identical heavy chains and two pairs (4 in total) of light chains

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myosin

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the myosin heads bind both actins, forming transient crossbridges between the thick and thin filaments, and ATP, catalyzing energy release

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actomyosin ATPase activity

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thin, helical filaments that run between the thick filaments

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actin

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the thin filaments have two tightly associated regulatory proteins _____ and ______

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tropomyosin and troponin

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a long coil of two polypeptide chains located in the groove between the two twisted actin strands

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tropomyosin

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a complex of three subunits: TnT, TnC, and TnI; attach at specific sites regularly spaced along each tropomyosin molecule

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troponin

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subunit of troponin which attaches to tropomyosin

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TnT

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subunit of troponin which binds calcium

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TnC

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subunit of troponin which regulates the actin-myosin interaction

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TnI

38
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actin filaments are anchored perpendicularly on the Z disc by the actin-binding protein ____

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α-actinin

39
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accessory protein in I bands which support the thick myofilaments and connects them to the Z disc

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titin

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bisecting the H zone is the M line, containing a myosin-binding protein _____ that holds the thick filaments in place

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myomesin

41
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contain pumps and other proteins for calcium storage and surrounds the myofibrils

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sarcoplasmic reticulum

42
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calcium release from __________ of the sarcoplasmic reticulum

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cisternae

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trigger calcium release from SER and produce uniform contraction of all myofibrils, the sarcolemma has ___________

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transverse or T-tubules

44
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long fingerlike invaginations of the cell membrane penetrate deeply into the sarcoplasm and encircle each myofibril

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T-tubules

45
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adjacent to each T-tubule are expanded _____ ____ of SER

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terminal cisternae

46
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complex of a T-tubule with two cisternae; present in skeletal muscle

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a triad

47
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In a resting muscle, the myosin heads _____ bind actin because the binding sites are blocked by the _______-_______ complex on the F-actin filaments

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cannot; troponin-tropomyosin

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_____ ions bind troponin, causing a conformational change moving tropomyosin, exposing the ____-binding active sites

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calcium; myosin

49
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binding _____ causes myosin to pull thin the filaments farther into the __ band

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actin; A band

50
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energy for the myosin head pivot that pulls actin is provided by ______ of ATP bound to the myosin heads, after which myosin binds another ____ and detached from actin

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hydrolysis; ATP

51
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in the absence of ATP, the myosin head will stay permanently bound to the actin filament called

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rigor mortis

52
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enclose the small axon branches and cover their points of contact with the muscle cells

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Schwann cells

53
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the external ________ of the Schwann cell fuses with that of the ______

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lamina; sarcolemma

54
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a chemical synapse that connects a motor neuron to a muscle fiber

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motor end plates (MEPs)

55
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among the muscle fascicles are stretch detectors known as

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muscle spindles

56
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encapsulated by modified perimysium, containing intrafusal fibers

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muscle spindle

57
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few thin muscle fibers filled with nuclei

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intrafusal fibers

58
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smaller encapsulated structures that enclose sensory axons penetrating among the collagen bundles at the myotendinous junction

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Golgi tendon organs

59
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detect increases in tension; inhibit motor nerve activity if force becomes excessive

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Golgi tendon organs

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Different types of fibers can be identified on the basis of (1) their maximal rate of _________ (___ or __ fibers) and (2) their major pathway for ____ synthesis (_____ _____ or _____)

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contraction; fast or slow; ATP; oxidative phosphorylation or glycolysis

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Fast vs slow rate of fiber contraction are due largely to _____ isoforms with different maximal rates of ATP _______

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myosin; hydrolysis

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a globular sarcoplasmic protein similar to hemoglobin that contains iron atoms and allows for O2 storage

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myoglobin

63
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During embryonic development, mesenchyme cells around the primitive heart tube align into _____ arrays

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chainlike

64
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form complex junctions between interdigitating processes

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cardiac muscle cells

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each ______ muscle cell usually has only one nucleus and is centrally located

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cardiac

66
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transverse lines that cross the fibers at irregular intervals where the myocardial cells join

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intercalated discs

67
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_________ and fascia __________ junctions together provide strong intercellular adhesions (cells attach to other cells)

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desmosomes and adherens

68
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_____ junctions provide ionic continuity between the cardiac muscle cells; electrical synapses

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gap

69
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the major fuel of the heart

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fatty acids/triglycerides

70
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complex of a T-tubule with
a cisternae; present in cardiac muscle

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a dyad

71
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specialized for slow, steady contraction under the influence of autonomic nerves and various hormones

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smooth muscle

72
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this type of muscle is a major component of blood vessels and of digestive, respiratory, urinary, and reproductive tracts

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smooth muscle

73
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fibers of _____ muscle are elongated, tapering, and unstriated cells with single, central nucleus

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smooth

74
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each ____ muscle cell is enclosed by an external lamina and a network of type I and III collagen fibers comprising the endomysium

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smooth

75
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_____ muscle has rudimentary sarcoplasmic reticulum and no T-tubule system

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smooth

76
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in smooth muscle cells, bundles of thin and thick myofilaments _______ the sarcoplasm slanted

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crisscross

77
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thin filaments of smooth muscle lack _________ and have tropomyosin that doesn’t cover ____ sites

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troponin; binding

78
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In smooth muscle cells, _______a acts like troponin and myosin _____-chain _____ acts like tropomyosin

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calmodulin; myosin light-chain kinase (MLCK)

79
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contain α-actinin and are functionally like Z disc of striated and cardiac muscle

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dense bodies

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