Exam 2 Study Questions Flashcards
Contains cranial nerves, spinal cord, and cardiac units.
cranial nerve 1
olfactory
cranial nerve 2
optic
cranial nerve 3
oculomotor: eye muscles, ciliary muscles, iris muscles
cranial nerve 4
trochlear: superior oblique, extrinsic eye muscle
cranial nerve 5
trigeminal: sensory, face and head
cranial nerve 6
abducens: lateral rectus, extrinsic eye muscle
cranial nerve 7
facial: motor muscles of the face, salivary glands, tear glands, sensory like taste buds on anterior of the tongue
cranial nerve 8
vestibulocochlear: cochlea vestibule and semicircular canals of the inner ear
cranial nerve 9
glossopharyngeal: motor muscles of the pharynx, taste buds on the posterior of tongue
cranial nerve 10
vagas: muscles of pharynx, larynx, thoracic, and abdominal organs, sensory taste buds on tongue and pharynx, thoracic and abdominal organs
cranial nerve 11
accessory: muscles of the larynx, pharynx, soft palate, shoulder and neck
cranial nerve 11:
hypoglossal: tongue muscles
white matter
transmission of information from brain to body
grey matter
integrating reflex activity between afferent input and efferent output
polysynaptic
more than two neurons connected
monosynaptic
only two neurons, cannot be infringed on by the brain
What are the components of the reflex arc?
sensory receptor -(sensory neuron)-> spinal cord –> interneuron -(motor neuron)-> spinal cord –> skeletal muscle cell
How are muscles the contractile specialists of the body?
It allows for so many bodily functions including allowing bones to move, swallowing food, breathing, cardiac movements, movement of blood, shivering/heat production, etc.
whole muscle is called
organ
a muscle cell is called
a fiber
intracellular structures of muscle cells are called
myofibrils
cytoskeletal elements of muscle cells are called
thick and thin filaments
thin filament
actin
thick filament
myosin
smallest functional unit of muscle cells
sarcomere
Z line
the rungs of the actin latter
M line
holds myosin in place
H band
distance between two actin filaments across a sarcomere
I band
light band, isotropic, actin
A band
dark band, anisotropic, myosin
2:1
actin:myosin
during a contraction..
_____ remain unchanged
_____ shorten
A band and M line remain unchanged
Z lines, H band, and the whole sarcomere shorten
sliding filament theory
thick and thin filaments for a cross-bridge, and together with ATP, create a power stroke to move Z bands together
excitation contraction coupling
the series of events that link the action potential (excitation) of the muscle cell membrane to muscular contraction
actin structure
double stranded, globular protein
also contains tropomyosin and troponin
tropomyosin
regulatory protein that prevents myosin from binding to actin
troponin
regulatory, Ca2+ dependent protein attached to tropomyosin on an actin filament
in the presence of Ca2+, moves tropomyosin out of the way to allow for myosin to bind
myosin structure
six polypeptide subunits
90deg at rest, 45deg when ‘loaded’
hinge region for movement
insoluble tail region
head region containing an actin binding domain and a myosin ATPase binding domain
How is the role of Ca2+ different in skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscle?
Describe the steps of the cross-bridge cycle in skeletal muscle.
- energized - no Ca2+, no cross-bridge, 90 deg angle
- binding - Ca2+ is present, cross-bridge can form, tropomyosin slides out of regulatory position
- power stroke - lowest free energy is 45deg, myosin bends taking actin with it, ADP and Pi fall off, if no more ATP = rigor
- detachment - ATP binding to myosin breaks the bridge, lowest free energy is 90deg,
components of a twitch
latency, contraction, relaxation
latency
period of excitation-contraction coupling
contraction
period during which cross-bridge formation and filaments sliding
relaxation
SR (sarcoplasmic reticulum) and lateral sacs take up Ca2+, myosin returns to 90deg rest
one action potential =
one twitch
twitch explaination
not useful for work
response to single AP
subthreshold muscle response
tetany
smooth, sustained contraction
3-4x stronger than a twitch
increased frequency of cross-bridge cycles
steady [Ca2+] assists in smooth movement
summation
from multiple AP
similar to temporal summation of EPSP
increasing tension
three types of fatigue
cellular
neuromuscular
central/psychological
recovery
increased blood flow to increase O2 uptake
match O2 dept to ATP consumption
O2 debt equation
(energy consumed during activity) - (energy supplied by body)
small motor unit
refined, precision movements
1-12 fibers
large motor unit
coarse, powerful movements
increased tension
>2,000 fibers
muscle atrophy - exercise
increase glycogen stores
increases number of mitochondria
increases number of capillaries
hypertrophy of muscles
hypertrophy
building sarcomeres in parallel
muscle atrophy - immobility
terminal sarcomeres can die
hyperplasia
scar formation with death of sarcomeres
hyperplasia
development of new sarcomeres from stem cells (limited)
muscle atrophy - denervation
frequency of AP during development will drive formation of muscle type
electrical stimulation may slow atrophy
muscle atrophy - aging
30% of myofibrils become fat by age 80
automatic decrease in motor unit size, less tension
Ach synthesis
smooth muscle characteristics
single nucleus
spindle arrangement does not extend the length of muscle fibers, sheets
thin filaments are not actin, no troponin
third contractile protein = intermediate filaments
lacks myofibrils
not striated
no Z lines, bu modified dense bodies made of actinin
lacks T tubules