Exam 4 Flashcards
What are the three different types of muscle tissue?
Skeletal, cardiac, smooth muscle
What are the Cara sticks of skeletal tissue
Long cylindrical, multi nucleated, with striations
– voluntary movement in skeletal muscle
What are the Cara sticks of cardiac Tissue
Branching uni-nucleate or bi-nucleate cells with striations
– involuntary movement in the heart muscle
What is the Cara sticks of smooth tissue
Spindle-shaped uni-nucleate Cell with no striations
– involuntary movement of the muscle and hollow organs
What are the three types of muscle coverings?
Facia
Tendons
Aponeuroses
Fascia
Fibrous connective tissue that extends into tendons for attachment
- connective tissue located under the facia
- support cells and reinforce the whole muscle
What are the three types of facia
Epimysium, Perimysium, endomysium
Epimysium
Dance irregular connective tissue surrounding the entire muscle, may blend with the facia
– outer most covering
Perimysium
Fibrous connective tissue surrounding fascicles – groups of muscle fibers
Endomysium
Find Arial or connective tissue surrounding each muscle fiber
Tendons
Fibrous bands that connects muscle to muscle or bone to muscle
Aponeuroses
A flat sheet of connective tissue found on the back of the skull on the abdomen, to attach other muscles
Muscle
Consists of fascicles
Fascicle
Discrete number of muscle fibers wrapped in the Endomysium
What will you find if you remove the Fascia, epimysium, and the perimysium?
Exposes muscle
Sarcolemma
Plasma membrane
Sarcoplasm
Cytoplasm
Myofibrils
Fibers within the sarcoplasm that are used for contraction
- 80% of the cell volume
- Responsible for the striation pattern in muscle fibers
Sarcomere
Contraction units within the microfibril
-Like train cars linked
ABand
Thick and is myosin
I band
Thin and is actin
Muscle contraction inhibitors
Troponin and tropomyosin
What do you do inhibitors do at the myosin head
Tropin and tropomyosin block the binding site for the myosin head
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
Membrane channels that surround the myofibrils and contain calcium ions
Transverse tubules
Continuous with the sarcolemma
-has pours to bring in extra cellular fluid
– used to conduct nerve signals
Triad
Forms at the regions of overlap in the sarcomere region of the Myofibrils where the T tubules is sandwiched between two regions of the sarcoplasmic reticulum
– serve in a muscle contraction
What stimulates a muscle
Muscle contractions begin with the neuromuscular junction
What is the process of a muscle contraction?
- Stimulus brought to the muscle fiber at the neuromuscular junction.
- Motor neuron forms a synapse with the muscle fiber.
- Motor neuron releases acetylcholine into this in synaptic cleft.
- Muscle fiber binds acetylcholine, muscle membrane becomes more permeable to sodium creating action potential
- Electrical impulse triggers the release of calcium stored in his Sarco plasmic reticulum
- Calcium binds to inhibitors (troponin and tropomyosin)To release them selves from actin filament exposing the binding site for the myosin head.
- Sodium potassium restores that I am balance by pumping out the excess sodium and potassium
- ATP binds to the myosin head and stops the contractions.
What is the sequence of events that occurs when a muscle is stimulated and contracts?
An exposed binding site on actin molecules form activation by Neuromuscular junction-allows the muscle contraction cycle to occur
1– myosin head bands to Acton, forming the cross page with Acton
2 – ADP Is released from myosin and cross bridge pool then filament towards the center of the sarcomere- shortens the muscle
3-ATP binds to myosin breaking the cross bridge
4-ATP is hydrolyzed in myosin head to allow for the proper placement for cross bridge formation upon stimulation.
Why is ATP hydrolysis so important?
To prevent permanent contraction which would prevent Rigor Morris
What is Rigor Mortis?
-3-4 Hours after death muscles begin to stiffen with maximum rigidity at 12 hours post Mortem
Dying cells take in calcium to form the cross bridge formation no ATP is being generated to break those cross bridges.
What is used for energy by the muscles?
ATP, Creatine phosphate, glycogen(Aerobic and anaerobic), Myoglobin
ATP
-Only good for a brief contraction -aerobic
Creatine phosphate
-Most abundant – 4/5times more abundant
– more than 10 seconds
Glycogen- aerobic
-Used an aerobic cellular respiration and mitochondria
– requires oxygen, muscle stores glycogen, adequate for moderate activity
Glycogen anaerobic
Without oxygen – glucose is converted to lactic acid, the lactic acid buildup because of lack of oxygen – running on a treadmill.
Needed during strenuous exercise to maintain muscle contraction.
Myoglobin
A pigment that can store oxygen in the muscles to be used for aerobic cellular respiration
Muscle fatigue
I condition resulting from my muscle and losing its ability to contract after a prolonged period of exercise
What are possible causes of muscle fatigue
IPAD
- Iron and balances across the sarcolemma
- psychologic loss
- accumulation of lactic acid
- decreased blood flow
What is a muscle cramp – spasm
Uncontrolled contraction in the muscle usually caused by exercise while dehydrated or low levels of electrolytes like potassium and calcium
What is muscle soreness?
Delayed onset muscle soreness is caused by micro tearing in the muscle which results in inflammation
- micro tearing may be the result of excess tension on the muscle
What is a motor unit?
Motor neuron and all muscle fibers and supplies
What does the size of the motor unit say about its control?
The smaller the number – the finer the control
How do motor units in the muscle usually contract
Asynchronously- Helps prevent fatigue
Motor units bring the stimulus that signals two different types of contractions what are these types of contractions?
Isotonic contraction and isometric contraction
Isotonic contraction
Muscle contraction needed to move a load requires Acting filaments to move in the sarcomere
-Muscle shortens
Isometric contraction
Muscle contraction in response to increase tension without moving a load will create cross bridge in sarcomere
Muscle does not shorten
Muscle twitch
Symbolist contraction – consist of a period of contraction and a period of relaxation and a single muscle fiber
What are the three phases of a muscle twitch
Latent phase, period contraction,Period of relaxation
Latent period
Events of excitation- Contraction coupling – no muscle tension – walking in to a surprise party not knowing what you’re walking into you are relaxed
Period of contraction
Cross bridge formation, tension increases
Period of relaxation
Calcium ions re-enter into the sarcoplasmic reticulum, tensions declined to zero
What is the all or none rule
States that when a muscle fiber is brought to a threshold under a given set of conditions it will contract completely within each stimulus and generate equal force
Is the other one rule real in the real world
No
What are the two requirements for sustained contraction
Summation and recruitment
What do you sustain contractions allow for
Allow for normal activity
Summation
The frequency of stimulation of an individual muscle fiber within the muscle
Recruitment
The strength of stimulation to recruit muscle fibers for contraction for the entire muscle
Tetany
A low stimulation frequency, there are periods of relaxation
Only use muscle fibers that you have already activated
Treppe
You are active anymore and more muscle fibers
-high stimulation frequency
What are the two results of summation
Unfused Tetany and complete tetany
Unfused tetany
Partial relaxation between contractions due to a lesser frequency of stimulation – muscles shaking
Complete Tetany
Muscle sustained contraction at maximum intentions with increased frequency of stimulation no relaxation – smooth muscle movement of contraction is staying too long muscle world fatigue and Loose ability contact to Contract
Muscle tone
Consistent, slightly contracted state of all muscles Dash due to spinal reflexes
Groups of motor units are alternately activated in response to input from stretch receptors and muscles
Keeps muscles firm healthy and ready to respond
What are the four main injection muscles
Deltoid, vastus lateralis, gluteus maximus, gluteus minimus
Convulsion
Uncontrolled muscle contraction and relaxation throughout the body causing the body to shake
Fibrillation
Irregular muscle contraction, localized to either skeletal or cardiac muscle
Myalgia
Muscle pain
Muscular dystrophy
Deterioration of the skeletal muscle tissue.
Causes are inherited gene mutations, autoimmune conditions.
Most diseases of this type have unknown causes.
Myasthenia Gravis
Are you immune disease where the body attacks acetylcholine receptor’s causing muscle weakness and fatigue
Myoma
Tumor for Maisch and in the muscle tissue
Origin
end of a skeletal muscle fastened to a relatively immovable or fixed part on one side of the joint
Insertion
The end that is connected to a movable part on the other side of the joint
Do muscles pull or push
Muscles can only pull never push
Agonist
A muscle that causes movement – deltoid is an agonist for abduction of the arm
Synergist
A muscle that works with another muscle to perform the same movement – superaspinatus a muscle that originates on the scapula helps with the abduction of the arm
Prime mover
And agonist that does most of the work in a synergistic relationship – a deltoid has a major road compared to the supraspinatus in abduction of the arm
Antagonist
Muscles working to opposite a movement Dash antagonist to abduction of the arm would be the teres major and the latissimus dorsi
Basic principles of the lever system
Effort further than the load from fulcrum=lever operates at mechanical advantage
Effort nearer than load to fulcrum=lever operates at mechanical disadvantage
What are the three components of a lever system
Lever, effort, load
Lever
Richard bar – bone that moves on a fixed point called the fulcrum – joint
Effort
Force supplied by muscle contraction applied to lever to move the resistance or load
Load
Resistance Dash bone, tissue, any added weight moved by the effort
First class lever system
Provide a way for the body to change the direction, speak, and strength of a movement in a joint – all first class levers reverse the direction of movement like a seesaw so that they applying for us in One Direction results and I’ll load moving on the opposite direction
Give an example of a first class lever system in the body name the load, effort, fulcrum
Raising your head off your chest
- fulcrum – a submittal joint
- load – facial skeleton
- effort – posterior neck muscles
Second class lever
A type of lever in the human body one example is Achilles tendon, pulling access of the heel of the foot.
Effort – exerted by the calf muscles pulling up word on the heel.
Fulcrum- ball of the foot
load – weight of the body