Lecture 10/11 Flashcards
End Test 2
What does the Length-Tension graph show?
How well the muscle is being stretched out
Active tension
What happens to the H-band during a contraction?
Doesnt change
T/F: Myosin stretches wide
F
Myosin has a fixed width; cant stretch/compress
What happens when a muscle is over/under stretched in skeletal muscle?
AP wont produce much force/contraction
What is the optimal stretch of a skeletal muscle sacromere?
2 micrometers
What is active tension?
Force generated when shocked and AP generated
How do you calculate active force?
apply force transducer at top of muscle
apply wt at bottom of muscle for passive tension
The measurement the transducer gives now is PASSIVE TENSION
Shock the muscle
The measurement the transducer gives during the shock is the TOTAL TENSION
Active tension = total tension - passive tension
What is passive tension?
outside force used to over/under stretch a sacromere
What is the equation for total tension?
Active tension + Passive tension
What happens to velocity as you increase the weight?
The velocity decreases
With a lighter load the muscle can shorten ______
faster
With a heavier load, the muscle will shorten _______
slower, if at all
What happens in the heart if you increase weight, which decreases velocity?
Heart failure
What is summation?
Measurement of first full contraction
5hz/sec
When does tettany happen?
40 Hz/s
At what rate of contraction is the muscle unable to go back to baseline?
12 Hertz per second
What is tettany?
When we lose twitches d/t so much Ca++ in the cell from rapid AP saturating the Ca++ receptors
Define Quantal (#)
Recruiting more motor units, or larger ones, when needing to produce more force
Dependent on electrical activity
Why does tettany happen?
The contractions are happening so fast that calcium is unable completely returned back to the SR, causing calcium buildup in the cell.
What happens to your muscles during atrophy?
Muscles has been inactive for an extended period of time
Decrease in number of myofibrils or even skeletal muscle cells causing the overall size of the muscle to shrink
skeletal muscle cells are hard to replace
What happens to your muscles during hypertrophy?
Normally d/t exercise
Increase in the number of myofibrils and size of large blood vessles causing the size of the muscle to increase.
What happens to your muscles during hyperplasia?
Generating new skills or muscle cells at a very low rate.
Cell division increases risk for cancer
How much of our body weight is smooth muscle?
10%
T/F: skeletal muscle is stronger than smooth muscle
F
Smooth muscle a stronger per gram
What is the ratio of Actin to myosin in Skelton muscle?
2:1
What is the ratio of actin to myosin and smooth muscle?
10-20:1
What anchors the actin together in smooth muscle? (acts as z-disc)
Dense bodies
Describe the SR in smooth muscle?
Dependent on outside Ca++
Underdeveloped
How many times can the skeleton muscle contract before running out of calcium in the SR?
1000s
T/F: in smooth muscle, it takes longer for the myosin head to release from F-actin
T
Describe the latch mechanism in smooth muscle
The cross bridge cycling is slower in smooth muscle compared to skeletal muscle. Therefore it can maintain that contraction for a longer time with less energy being used.
What gives smooth muscle vessels it’s tone?
Leaky Ca++ channels
What happens when there is no calcium in the blood?
You will have no BP, because calcium gives the blood vessels its tone.
What are the two things that contribute to vascular tone?
Ca++
The heart pumping blood
What is another name for a visceral smooth muscle?
Unitary smooth muscle