Fatima Failsal Flashcards
How much % of body mass does skeletal muscle make up
40%
What is the stimulus for skeletal muscle contraction
Changing calcium ion concentration
What are the divisions of muscle fascilus 4
Muscle fibre
Myofibril
Myofilament
What is the region between 2 z lines
Sarcomere
What is the light band
Actin and myosin don’t overlap
What is the dark band
Actin and myosin overlap
What is the z line
Centre of each light band
What is the H zone
Centre of each dark band where only myosin present
What is the role of tropomyosin
To block actin myosin binding sites of actin at rest, held in place by troponin
What do globular heads of myosin bind to
Actin and ATP
What is the action of actin and myosin
4
1 calcium binding to troponin causes conformational changes which expose binding sites of actin
2 myosin head forms bond with actin filament called actin myosin cross bridges
3 myosin heads flex in unison pulling actin filament along myosin filament
4 myosin head detaches from actin using ATP and returns to original position
What happens during stimulation of the sarcolemma
5
1 action potential reaches synaptic knob of motor neurone
2 calcium ion channels stimulated to open so calcium floods into neurone through voltage gated channels
3 acetylcholine is released into neuromuscular junction by exocytosis
4 acetylcholine binds to nicotinic acetylcholine receptors on sarcolemma which are ligand gated receptors opening sodium ion channels
5 sodium diffuses into sarcoplasm causing depolarisation and action potential
What happens during stimulation of the sarcoplasm
7
1 AP in sarcolemma travels down Ttubules to sarcoplasmic reticulum
2 calcium ions are released from SR into sarcoplasm
3 calcium ions bind to troponin so tropomyosin pulled away from myosin binding sites of actin and myosin heads bond to form cross bridges
4 myosin head flexes and pulls actin filament along
5 ATP binds to myosin head causing it to release
6 after AP calcium reuptaken into SR by active transport
7 tropomyosin restored
What are the roles of ATP in skeletal muscle
3
Active transport of calcium into SR
Returning of myosin head to resting position
Myosin power stroke
Define extrafusal contractile fibres
Fibres that generate force of contraction
Define intrafusal contractile fibres
Sensory fibres that monitor change in muscle length, they can contract but don’t contribute much to contraction force
What are the types of muscle propreoceprors
3
Muscle spindles
Golgi tendon organs
Joint and skin sensors
What do muscle spindles do
What do they cause
In skeletal muscle monitor muscle length to prevent over stretching, with intrafusal fibres deep and extrafusal fibres surrounding
Cause contraction when triggered to prevent over stretching
Where are golgi tendon organs located
What do they consist of
What do they detect
What do they trigger
Located at junction between skeletal muscle and tendon
Connective tissue capsule filled with collagen fibres interwoven with sensory nerve endings
Detect muscle tension to prevent over contraction, during contraction collagen fibres pulled tight which compresses nerve endings and opens mechanosensitive channels to increase firing of inhibitory neurones in spinal chord
Cause relaxation to prevent over stretching
What do joint and skin receptors do
Detect how hard skin being stretched over joint to provide info like grip force
What happens during knee jerk reflex
Hitting patella tendon stimulated muscle spindles propreoceptors which send out 1 sensory signal
2 motor signals are related causing contraction of quad and relaxation of hamstring
What happens during golgi tendon reflex
Golgi tendon organ responds to muscle tension
Interneurones stimulated and alpha motor input inhibited
Muscle inhibited and antagonistic muscle activated to aid fine movement
What happens during the flexion reflex
Nocioceptors send signals to spinal chord and alpha motor neurones cause contraction of flexors with inhibition if antagonistic muscle to cause withdrawal
How many muscle pairs are involved in swallowing
25 pairs in pharynx, larynx and oesophagus
What is the overveiw of swallowing
Stimulation of pharyngeal mucosa
Impulses sent via cranial nerves 5, 9 and 10 to nucleus tractus solitarius in brainstem
Signals receive input from higher centres and interact with other brainstem nuclei
Motor signals sent to pharyngeal and laryngeal muscles by cranial nerve 10 and upper cerviacle nerves C1-3
What are the phases of swallowing
3
Oral phase
Pharyngeal phase
Oesophageal phase
What happens during the oral phase of swallowing
Voluntary phase
Chewing, bolus formation, bolus pushed to pharynx by tongue, tongue to palatial surface, bolus propelled backward
What happens during the pharyngeal phase of swallowing
Sensory input goes to nucleus of tractus solitarius which receives input from nucleus ambigus (swallowing centre) in brainstem which coordinates the swallowing response
Response involves inhibition of respiration, elevation of soft palate, glottis closing, elevation of larynx, adduction of vocal chords, contraction of aryepiglottic muscle to pull epiglottis over laryngeal opening, pharyngo oesophageal sphincter opening
What is the fringe benefit of the pharyngeal phase
Activation of pharyngeal muscles pull open Eustachian tubes which reduces pressure in eardrum
What happens do oesophageal phase of swallowing
Peristalsis propels food towards stomach and gastro oesophageal sphincter opens and food passes through into stomach