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lecture 10 skeletal muscle tissue Flashcards

1
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primary tissue in

heart, walls of hollow organs and skeletal

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muscle

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2
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my-filaments are responsible for shortening of muscle cells

-actin and myosin are two type of myofilaments

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contractility

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3
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nerve signals excite muscle cells, causing electrical impulses to travel along the sarcolemma

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excitability

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4
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  • contraction of a skeletal muscle stretches the opposing muscle
  • smooth muscle is stretched by substances within that hollow organ
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extensibility

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5
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recoils after being stretched

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elasticity

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6
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plasma membrane of muscle cells

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sarcolemma

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7
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cytoplasm of muscle cells

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sarcoplasm

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8
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attached to skeleton

-moves body by moving the bones

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skeletal muscle

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9
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squeezes fluids and other substances through hollow organs

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smooth muscle

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10
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function as valves

  • open to allow passage of a substance
  • contract to close the passageway
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sphincters

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11
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  • enables the body to remain sitting or standing

- muscle tone helps stabilize many synovial joints

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maintain posture and stabilize joints

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12
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  • muscle contractions produce heat

- helps maintain normal body temperature

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heat generation

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13
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  • packaged into skeletal muscles
  • makes up 40% of body weight
  • cells are striated
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skeletal muscle tissue

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14
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  • occurs only in the walls of the heart
  • straited
  • involuntary
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cardiac muscle tissue

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15
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  • occupies the walls of hollow organs
  • lack striations
  • involuntary
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smooth muscle tissue

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16
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dense regular connective tissue surrounding entire muscle

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epimysium

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17
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surrounds each fascicle

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perimysium

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18
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group of muscle fibers

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fascicle

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19
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a fine sheath of connective tissue wrapping each muscle cell

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endomysium

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20
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-most skeletal muscles run from one bone to another

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muscle attachments

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21
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less movable attachment

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origin

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22
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more movable attachment

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insertion

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23
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CT fibers are short

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fleshy attachments

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24
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CT forms a tendon or aponeurosis

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indirect attachements

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25
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bone markings present where tendons meet bones

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tubercles, trochanters, and crests

26
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  • fibers are long cylindrical
  • huge cells
  • several centimeters
  • each cell formed by fusion of embryonic cells
  • multinucleate
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skeletal muscle fiber

27
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  • long rods within cytoplasm

- make up 80% of cytoplasm

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myofibrils

28
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long row of repeating segments

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sarcomeres

29
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boundaries of each sarcomere

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z disc (line)

30
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extend from Z disc toward center of sercomere

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thin actin filaments

31
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located in the center of the sarcomere

  • overlap inner ends of the thin filaments
  • contain ATP enzymes
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thick (myosin) filaments

32
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  • full length of the thick filament

- includes inner end of thin filaments

33
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center part of A band where no thin filaments occur

34
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A and I bands refract polarized light differently

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A bands ; anisotropic

I bands ; isotropic

35
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  • in center of H zone

- contains tiny rods that hold thick filaments together

36
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  • region with only thin filaments

- lies within two adjacent sarcomeres

37
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  • springlike molecule that resists overstretching

- extend from z disc to thick filaments to M line

38
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A specialized smooth ER

-interconecting tubules surround each myofibril

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sarcoplasmic reticulum

39
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some tubules form cross-channels

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terminal cisterns

40
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released when muscle is stimulated to contract

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calcium ions

41
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deep invaginations of sarcolemma

42
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t tubule flanked by two terminal cisterns

43
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2 major types of contractions

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concentric contraction

eccentric contraction

44
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muscle shortens to do work

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concentric contraction

45
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muscle generates force as it lengthens

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eccentric contraction

46
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-muscle is stretched by a movement opposite that which contracts it

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muscle extension

47
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-point where nerve ending and muscle fiber meet

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neuromuscular junction

48
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located at ends of axons

-stores neurotransmitters

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terminal boutons

49
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space between axon terminal and sarcolemma

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synaptic cleft

50
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produce ATP aerobically

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oxidative fibers

51
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produce ATP anaerobically by glycolysis

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Glycolytic fibers

52
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skeletal muscle fibers divided into 3 classes

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  1. slow oxidative fibers
  2. fast glycolytic fibers
  3. fast oxidative fibers
53
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  • red slow oxidative fibers
  • obtain energy from aerobic metabolic reactions
  • contain large number of mitochondria
  • contract slow and resistant to fatigue
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slow oxidative fibers

54
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white fast glycolytic fibers

-contract rapidly and tire quickly

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fast glycolytic fibers

55
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intermediate fibers

  • contract quickly
  • fatigue resistant
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fast oxidative fibers

56
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-group of inherited muscle destroying disease
-affected muscles enlarge with fat and connective tissue
-muscles degenerate
-types ;
ducheene muscular dystrophy
myotonic dystrophy

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muscular dystrophy

57
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pain caused by tightened bands of muscle fibers

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myofascial pain syndrome

58
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  • mysterious chronic-pain syndrome
  • affects mostly women
  • symptons ; fatigue, sleep abnormalities, severe musculoskeletal pain, and headache
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fibromyalgia

59
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muscle tissue develops from

60
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muscle wasting

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sarcopenia

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