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Chapter 11.5 - Muscular System Flashcards

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1
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Where is smooth muscle found

A

walls of our organs, airways, blood vessels

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Smooth muscle is not:

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striated

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3
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smooth muscle contracts and relaxes:

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involuntarily

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4
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What gives muscles a striated appearance?

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sarcomeres

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cardiac muscle contracts and relaxes:

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involuntarily

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cardiac muscle has __ nucleus/nuclei per cell

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1 nucleus

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7
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Which muscles are striated?

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skeletal and cardiac

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Which muscle contains intercalated discs?

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cardiac cells

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9
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Intercalated discs contain:

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desmosome and gap junction

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10
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Gap junction allows for:

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cells can pass ions quickly allowing heart to depolarize and contract in unison

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11
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skeletal muscle cells are:

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long, multinucleated, striated

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Smallest to largest unit of skeletal muscle

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myofibril –> muscle fiber –> fascicles –> muscle

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13
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protective sheath encasing the muscle fiber:

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sarcolemma

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14
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Cytoplasm of muscle fiber

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sarcoplasm

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15
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Epimysium

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The most superficial sheath. Covers the muscle itself

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16
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Perimysium

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Covers the muscle fascicles

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17
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Endomysium

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the deepest sheath, covers muscle fibers

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18
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Myofibril contain many repeating units called:

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sarcomeres

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19
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Functional unit of muscle fibers

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sarcomeres - shorten to faciliatte muscle contraction

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20
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Neuromuscular junction

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space between the presynaptic motor neuron and postsynaptic muscle fiber

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21
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When a motor neuron sends an action potential, it releases ___ into the ___ ___

A

acetylcholine; neuromuscular junction

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22
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Steps to transfer action potential to muscle

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  1. acetylcholine released at neuromuscular junction, binds to voltage gated Na+ channels
  2. graded potential created (small depolarization)
  3. opens more Na+ channels
  4. creates action potential in muscle
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T-tubules

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invaginations in the sarcolemma - allow the action potential initiated on the muscle fiber to spread throughout the cell very quickly, ensuring a coordinated contraction

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24
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Muscles contract across:

A

a joint

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25
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Muscles __ the bone they ___ upon closer to the bone they ____ from

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pull; insert; originate

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26
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Muscle contraction is always:

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a pull motion

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27
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The sarcolemma is:

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muscle fiber’s cell membrane

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28
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sarcomeres contain:

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array of long filament proteins (myofilaments)

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29
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Examples of myofilaments

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thin actin filaments, thick myosin filaments

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neuromuscular junction

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space between the presynaptic motor neuron and postsynaptic muscle fiber

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31
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Which NT is released by a motor neuron?

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Acetylcholine

32
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What does acetyl choline do once it is released by motor neuron?

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creates graded potential - facilitates the opening of ligand gated sodium channels on the muscle fiber

33
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Invaginations in the sarcolemma

A

T-tubules

34
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Sarcoplasmic reticulum

A

specialized ER that stores calcium ions in muscle fibers

35
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What causes voltage gated Ca2+ channels to open?

A

Depolarization traveling across T-tubules

36
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When Ca2+ is released, it travels from ___ to ___

A

sarcoplasmic reticulum; sarcoplasm

37
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actin’s binding site for myosin is covered by:

A

tropomyosin

38
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Tropomyosin is held in place by

A

troponin

39
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How does tropomyosin move away from myosin binding site?

A

Ca2+ in sarcoplasm binds to troponin

40
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Troponin has _ binding sites:

A

3; A, C, T

41
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troponin A site

A

binds actin

42
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troponin C site

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binds Ca2+

43
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troponin T site

A

binds tropomyosin

44
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How does myosin form cross bridge?

A

hydrolyzes ATP to extract energy, enters high energy state to bind to actin forming cross bridge

45
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What happens when myosin releases ADP and Pi?

A

power stroke

46
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rigor mortis

A

happens in dead animals, no ATP being produced –> myosin released from actin –> maintains contraction

47
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Z line

A

periphery (ends) of each sarcomere

48
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M line

A

midpoint of each sarcomere

49
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I bands

A

areas where only actin is present (including where Z line is)

50
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A bands

A

areas where myosin and actin overlap

51
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H zone

A

where only myosin is present

52
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Which band does not shorten during muscle contraction?

A

A band

53
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Small motor units

A

few muscle fibers, innervated by single motor neuron

54
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Precision movements are created by:

A

small muscles containing many motor units

55
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large motor units have:

A

many muscle fibers, innervated by one motor neuron

56
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How are powerful movements created? (how many motor units)

A

large muscles with few motor units

57
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What is a twitch contraction?

A

brief contraction a muscle fiber experiences as the result of a single action potential stimulating an entire motor unit

58
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All-or-none principle of muscle contraction

A

Either the depolarization is above threshold in which all fibers twitch, or it is below threshold and none twitch

59
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Phases of twitch

A

latent; contraction; relaxation

60
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Muscle fiber types

A
  1. slow oxidative fibers
  2. fast oxidative-glycolytic fibers
  3. fast glycolytic fibers
61
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___ fibers have the slowest acting myosin ATPase

A

Type I

62
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Type I fibers = ___

A

slow oxidative fibers

63
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Type II-a fibers:

A

Fast oxidative-glycolytic fibers

64
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type II-b fibers

A

Fast glycolytic fibers

65
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Describe slow oxidative fibers

A
  • small diameter (weak contractions)
  • dark red
  • aerobic respiration
  • efficient
  • resistant to fatigue
66
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Describe fast oxidative glycolytic fibers

A
  • intermediate diameter
  • dark red
  • an/aerobic respiration
  • reasonably efficient but susceptible to fatigue
67
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Describe fast glycolytic fibers

A
  • white
  • anaerobic respiration
  • strongest contractions
  • somewhat inefficient, fatigues quickly
68
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True or false: since twitch will always be the same size, overall force of contraction remains the same

A

false - contraction varies due to wave summation/ motor unit summation

69
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wave summation

A

refers to the process of depolarizing muscle fibers in a motor unit again during their relaxation period

70
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Tetanus

A

process where the muscle fibers of a motor unit are being maximally stimulated by a motor neuron and tension can no longer increase

71
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Tetanus usually happens when:

A

sending action potentials down a motor neuron with such a high frequency that we don’t experience any relaxation

72
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Motor unit summation affects force of contraction because:

A

action potentials are traveling to different motor units at different times

73
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Muscle tone (tonus)

A

due to weak and involuntary twitches of small groups of motor units within a muscle, due to a continuous output of action potentials from the brain and spinal cord

74
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True or false: continuous muscle tonus causes fatigue

A

False - we never feel fatigued by our tonus because different motor units of a muscle are being stimulated at different times

75
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Which muscle has no inherent muscle tone?

A

cardiac muscle tone

76
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Hypotonicity

A

muscles lose tone and thus feel flaccid. occurs as the result of damage to PNS/reduced electrolytes

77
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hypertonicity

A

when muscles gain tone and thus feel spastic and rigid; occurs as the result of damage to the central nervous system.

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