Exam 2 Flashcards
What kind of muscle tissue is this?
Striated skeletal muscle. Note the neuromuscular jxn and long axon.
What kind of muscle tissue is this?
Striated cardiac muscle. Note: intercalated discs
What kind of muscle tissue is this?
Smooth muscle
What are some features of skeletal muscle?
Voluntary; Neuromuscular Junctions; long, unbranched peripheral multiple nuclei; NO MITOSIS (fibrosis if damaged); Satellite cells mitose=regeneration.
CR: Myositis Ossificans- bone growing in muscle as a result of trauma to satellite cells. goes back to normal on its own.
What are some features of cardiac muscle?
Involuntary; Gap junctions of intercalated discs; Branched, one central nucleus; NO MITOSIS (fibrosis if damaged)
What are some features of smooth muscle?
Involuntary; Gap Junctions (not visible); Spindle shaped, one central nucleus; MITOSIS (regenerates)
What can be seen on a cross-section of cardiac muscle?
Branched cells, One central nucleus, Myofibrils
What can be seen on a longitudinal section of cardiac muscle?
Intercalated discs that consist of:
-FA (Fascia Adherens)
-MA (Macula Adherens/desmosome)
-Gap Junction (electrical)
Describe the method of smooth muscle contraction.
- Caveolae take up extracellular Ca2+ which binds to calmodulin and together activate Myosin Light Chain Kinase (MLCK)
- MLCK-calmodulin-Ca2+ complex phosphorylates myosin regulatory light chain which activates myosin (unfolds) so myosin can bind F-actin
What is a “functional” syncytia?
Gap Junctions allow all cells to Involuntarily contract at the same time. Includes unitary type smooth muscle and cardiac muscle.
What is a motor unit?
1 axon of an alpha motor neuron and ALL skeletal muscle cells supplied by this one axon
What is a key feature of the terminal branch of the axon at a neuromuscular junction?
Postsynaptic Junctional Folds (increase surface area)
Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome is characterized by what?
Autoantibody degradation of voltage gated calcium channels. (presynaptic)
Myasthenia Gravis is characterized by what?
Autoantibody degradation of acetylcholine receptors. (postsynaptic)
Postsynaptic folds and AChR’s are lost
What is the membrane around the whole muscle called?
Epimysium (fascia)
What is the membrane around a fascicle called?
Perimysium
What is the smaller unit of a whole muscle?
Fascicle
What is the smaller unit of a fascicle called?
individual cells
What is the membrane around each individual muscle cell called?
Endomysium
What is the plasma membrane of each individual cell called?
Sarcolemma
What is another name for one muscle cell?
a fiber
If skeletal muscle cells atrophy, what happens to the endomysium?
it expands
In skeletal muscle, each myofiber (cell) is made up of what smaller unit?
Myofibrils (chains of sarcomeres)
Sarcomeres are made up of what?
Myofilaments (F-actin and Myosin)