Exam 1: Lecture 6: Skeletal Muscle Physiology 1 Flashcards
what is known as neurons that innervates muscle fibers
motorneuron
what is known as a single motorneuron and muscle fiber it innervates
motor unit
Are small or large motor units used for fine activities
small motor units
Are small or large motor units used for gross control
large motor units
At the neuromusclular junction, an AP is propigated to presynpatic terminal causing voltage gated Ca2+ channels opening, what follows?
- Ca2+ permability increases
- Ca2+ flows into the cell
After Ca2+ voltage gated channels increase, Ca2+ flows into the cell and Ca2+ permeability increases = causing a released in _______, which is stored in synaptic vessicles
Ach
Ach diffusing to post synaptic membrane is called
motor end plate
After Ach is released and flows down the motor end plate it binds to ______ = channels opens, Na+ moves in and K+ moves out
ACh binds to nicotine receptors
What is the end plate potential after Na+ moves into the cell and K+ moves out?
Motor end plate depolarizes from -90 mV to -50 mV
End plate potential stops when ACh is degraded by ____________-
acetylcholinesterase
AChE
This toxin blocks the release of ACh from presynaptic terminals
- does not tell the muscle to contract
- Death from respiratory failure, paralysis of limbs
Botulinum toxin
This prevents degradation of ACh in the synaptic cleft
- treat myasthenia gravis
AChE inhibitors
what do muscle fibers contain
myofibrils
What is the name for a group of muscle fibers
Fasciculus
Muscle cells are innervated by _______
motorneurons
Events between AP in muscle fiber and a contraction are called:
Excitation-contraction coupling
A muscle cell is composed of ________, ________. and ________ and surrounded by Sarcoplasmic reticulum
Actin
Mysoin
Titin
What is the basic definition of a sarcomere
Repeating thick and thin filaments along the myofibril
- contractile unit
Where do sarcomeres occur between
Adjacent Z lines (disks)
Light band is also known as:
I band
What band is composed of Thin filaments (actin) and Z disk
Light band ( I band)
Dark band is also known as:
A band