Histo 2 skeletal muscle and nerve tissue Flashcards
Key features of skeletal muscle
What is the arrangement/ orginization of cells in muscle?
Muscle cell
Fascicle
What is a muscle comprised of?
Where are the nucleus located in muscle fibers?
On the edges
What is myosin made of?
what is myosin attached to?
and by what?
What is actin made up of?
what determines its length?
what makes up functional part of actin?
components of a sarcomere?
Muscle contraction
Sarcoplasmic reticulum releases Ca. Ca binds the troponin. causing a shift in tropomyosin. Actin binding sites accesible to myosin heads
in contraction what gets closer together?
what slides on what?
Does anything shorten or lengthen?
What are the types of skeletal muscle?
how do they differ?
parts that are part of the electrical impulse in muscle
What is a triad made up of?
T tubule + 2 terminal cisternae (1 on each side)
connected by end feet