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Chapter 6 Flashcards

1
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Basic muscle types found in body

A

Skeletal
Cardiac
Smooth

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2
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Which muscle cells are elongated?

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Skeletal and smooth

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Muscle cell is AKA

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Muscle fiber

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4
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What causes the contraction and shortening of muscle?

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Movement of microfilaments

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5
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Myo-

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Muscle

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Mys-

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Muscle

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Sarco-

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Flesh

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8
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Only consciously controlled muscle

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Skeletal muscle

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9
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Most skeletal muscles are attached by ___ to bones

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Tendons

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10
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Large, cigar shaped, stritrated, multinucleate

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Skeletal muscle

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11
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Speed of contraction of skeletal muscles

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Slow to fast

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12
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Speed of contraction of cardiac muscle

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Slow

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13
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Speed of contraction of smooth muscle

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Very slow

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14
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What controls cardiac muscle contractions?

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Involuntary, pacemaker, nervous system, hormones

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15
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What controls smooth muscle contractions?

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Involuntary, nervous system, hormones, chemicals, stretch

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16
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Rhythmic contractions (skeletal)?

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No

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17
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Rhythmic contractions (cardiac)?

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Yes

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18
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Rhythmic contractions (smooth)?

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Yes, in some

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19
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Endomysium

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Encloses single muscle fiber

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20
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Perimysium

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Wraps around bundle of muscle fibers

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21
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Fascicle

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Bundle of muscle fibers

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22
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Epimysium

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Covers entire skeletal muscle

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23
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Fascia

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Outside of epimysium

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24
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Epimysium blends into connective tissue attachments which are

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Tendons
Aponeuroses

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Tendon

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Cord-like
Mostly collagen
Cross joints
Tough and small

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Aponeuroses

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Sheet like
Attach muscles indirectly to bone, cartilage or connective tissue coverings

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27
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Smooth muscle

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No striations
Found in hollow organs
Uninucliate

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Cardiac muscle

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Striations
Only walls of heart.
Uninucliate
Intercalated discs

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29
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Additional roles of skeletal muscle

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Maintain muscle and body position
Stabilize joints
Generate heat

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30
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Sarcolemma

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Surround muscle fibers

Special plasma membrane

Myofibrils

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31
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Myofibrils

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Long organelles in muscle cell

Has light and dark bands

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32
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I Bands

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Light bands
only thin filaments
Z disc is midline interruption

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33
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A Bands

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Dark bands

Entire length of thick filaments

H zone is a lighter central area

M Line is in center of H zone

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34
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Actin

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Thin myofilament

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35
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Myosin

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Thick myofilament

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36
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Structural and functional unit of skeletal muscle

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Sarcomere

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37
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Sarcomere

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Contractile unit of a muscle fiber

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38
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Parts of sarcomere

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Myosin and actin

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39
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Which filaments have ATPase?

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Myosin filaments aka thick filaments

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40
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Myosin heads

A

Projections
Cross bridges
Link thick and thin filaments during contraction

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41
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Actin is anchored to

A

Z DISC

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42
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Which zone in the A band lacks actin filaments at rest?

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H zone

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43
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What happens to H zones during contraction?

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They disappear because actin and myosin overlap

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44
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____area between two neighboring Z discs

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Sarcomere

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45
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Sarcoplasmic reticulum

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Special smooth ER
Surrounds myofibril
Stores and releases calcium

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46
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Functional properties of skeletal muscles

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Irritability
Contractility
Extensibility
Elasticity

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47
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Irritability

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Receiving and responding to stimuli

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48
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Contractility

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Ability to forcibly shorten

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49
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Extensibility

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Ability to stretch

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50
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Elasticity

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Ability to resume resting length after stretching

51
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Skeletal muscles must be stimulated by a _____ ____ to contract

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Motor neuron

Nerve cell

52
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Motor unit

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One motor neuron + all muscle cells stimulated by that neuron

53
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Neuromuscular junction

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Associates axon terminal of motor neuron and sarcolemma of a muscle

54
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Neurotransmitter

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Chemical

Released when nerve impulse gets to axon terminal

55
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Acetylcholine (ACh)

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Neurotransmitter

Stimulates skeletal muscle

56
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Synaptic cleft

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Gap between nerve and muscle

Filled with interstitial fluid

Nerve and muscle don’t make eye contact

57
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What happens when a nerve impulse reaches the axon terminal of the motor neuron step 1

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  1. Calcium channels open, calcium ions enter axon terminal
58
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What happens when a nerve impulse reaches the axon terminal of the motor neuron step 2

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  1. Acetylcholine is released because calcium ions entering causes the synaptic vesicles to release ACh
59
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What happens when a nerve impulse reaches the axon terminal of the motor neuron step 3

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  1. ACh diffuses across synaptic cleft and attaches to receptors on the sarcolemma of the muscle cell
60
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What happens when a nerve impulse reaches the axon terminal of the motor neuron step 4

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  1. If enough ACh is released, sarcolemma becomes temporarily more permeable to sodium ions.
61
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What happens after sarcolemma is more permeable to Na+ ?

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  1. Potassium diffuses out
  2. More Na+ enters than potassium ions leave
  3. Establishes imbalance where interior has more positive ions (depolarization) opening more Na+ channels
62
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Depolarization

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Shift in electric charge distribution

Inside has more positive ions

63
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step 5: depolarization opens more Na channels that let sodium ions enter the cell

A

Action potential is created

Action potential is unstoppable once created

Conducts electrical impulses from one end of the cell to the other

64
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AChE

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Acetylcholinesterase

65
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Step 6: AChE breaks down ACh into acetic acid and choline

A

AChE ends muscle contraction

Single nerve impulse produces only one contraction

66
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Cells return to resting state when

A
  1. K+ diffuses out of cell
  2. NaK pump moves Na and K ions back to original position
    (Higher Na+ outside)
67
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Action potentials

A

Nerve impulses

68
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What causes filaments to slide step 1.

A

Ca2+ binds regulatory proteins on thin filaments and exposes myosin binding sites allowing myosin heads on thick filaments to attach

69
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What causes filaments to slide step 2.

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Each cross bridge pivots
Making thin filaments slide toward center of the sarcomere

70
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What causes filaments to slide step 3

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Contraction occurs and cell shortens

71
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What causes filaments to slide step 4.

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During a contraction, cross bridge attaches and detaches several times

72
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What causes filaments to slide step 5.

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ATP provides the energy for sliding process which continues as long as calcium ions are present

73
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In relaxed muscle fiber, regulatory proteins making actin myofilaments prevent

A

myosin binding

74
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When AP (action potential) excited muscle fiber _____ ions are released from intracellular storage areas. (Sacs of sarcoplasmic reticulum).

75
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Flood of Calcium acts as final trigger for

A

Contraction

76
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As calcium binds to regulators on actin, proteins undergo change in their

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Shape and position

77
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Change in actin proteins exposes

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Myosin binding sites on actin

78
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Myosin heads can attach to

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Myosin binding sites.

Heads immediately seek out binding sites

79
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Free myosin heads are

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Cocked like oars ready to be pulled for rowing

80
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Myosin attachment to actin causes myosin heads to pivot towards

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Center of sarcomere in a rowing motion

81
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When heads “row” towards center, thin filaments are

A

Slightly pulled towards center of sarcomere

82
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_____ provides energy needed to release and recock each myosin head so that it is ready to attach to a binding site farther along the thin filament

83
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Graded responses

A

Different degrees of skeletal muscle shortening

84
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Different combinations of muscle fiber contractions may give

A

Differing responses

85
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Within whole skeletal muscle not all fibers may be stimulated during the same

86
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Muscle fiber contraction is “all or none” meaning it will

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Contract to it’s fullest when stimulated adequately

87
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How are graded responses produced

A

Changing frequency of stim

Changing number of muscle cells being stimmed at once

88
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Muscle twitch

A

Single, brief, jerky contraction

Not normal muscle function

Stress, caffeine, excercise

89
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Muscle twitch common in

A

Eyelids
Calves
Thumb

90
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Nervous tics are aka

A

Muscle twitches

91
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Summed contractions

A

One contraction immediately followed by another

92
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Most types of muscle activities, impulses delivered at ____ rate

93
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When stimulations become more frequent, muscle contractions get ____& ____

A

Stronger and smoother

Causing muscle to exhibit unfused (incomplete) tetanus

94
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Complete tetanus

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Achieved when muscle stimmed so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen

95
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How are contractions in complete tetanus (fused)

A

Smooth and sustained

96
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Muscle force depends on

A

of fibers stimulated

97
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Contraction of more fibers results in

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Greater muscle tension

98
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When all motor units are active and stimulated, the muscle contraction is

A

As strong as it can get

99
Q

Only energy source that can be used to directly power muscle contraction

100
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What is stored in muscle fibers in small amounts that is quickly used up?

101
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Pathways to make ATP

A
  1. Direct ADP phosphorylation
  2. Aerobic pathway
  3. Anaerobic glycolysis and lactic acid formation
102
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Fastest way to regenerate ATP

A

Direct phosphorylation by creatine phosphate (CP)

103
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Explain CP direct phosphorylation

A
  1. Muscle cells store CP
  2. After ATP is depleted, ADP remains
  3. CP transfers phosphate to ADP
104
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CP supplies exhausted in less than ___ seconds

105
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ATP produced per CP molecule

106
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Supplies ATP at rest and during light/moderate excercise

A

Aerobic respiration

107
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Explain aerobic respiration

A

1.Oxidative phosphorylation happens in mitochondria

  1. Glucose broken down to CO2 and water releasing 32 ATP approx
  2. Slower. Requires continuous O2 and nutrients
108
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Explain anaerobic glycolysis

A
  1. Gluc. broken to pyruvic acid to make about 2 ATP
  2. Pyruvic into lactic acid, causes muscle soreness
109
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Which ATP process is fast but inefficient ?

A

Anaerobic glycolysis

110
Q

Which ATP process requires huge amounts of glucose

A

Anaerobic glycolysis

111
Q

When does muscle fatigue occur?

A

Strenuous and prolonged muscle activity

112
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Suspected factors that contribute to muscle fatigue

A

1.Ca2+, K+ muscle imbalances

  1. O2 deficits & lactic acid accumulation
  2. Decrease in ATP supply
113
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O2 deficit repaid by

A

Rapid, deep breathing

114
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Isotonic contractions

A

1.Myofilaments slide past each other during contractions

2.Muscle shortens and movement occurs

115
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Examples of isotonic contractions

A

Bending knee; lifting weights, smiling

116
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Isometric contractions

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Muscle filaments try to slide, but muscle is against immovable object

Tension increases, muscles don’t shorten

117
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Example of isometric contractions

A

Pushing palms together in front of you

118
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Muscle tone

A

Continuous partial contractions

Muscle remains firm, healthy and constantly ready for action

119
Q

Result of different motor units stimulated in a systematic way

A

Muscle tone

120
Q

What does excercise do to the body?

A

Increases muscle size, strength and endurance

121
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Aerobic (endurance) effect

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Stronger, more flexible muscles w/ greater resistance to fatigue

122
Q

What do aerobics improve?

A

metabolism, digestion, coordination

123
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Isometric excercise (resistance) (weight lifting)

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Increases muscle size and strength

Muscle fibers enlarge

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