Lecture 11: Excitation-Contraction Coupling and the Cross-Bridge Cycle Flashcards
What is the name of the connective tissue that surrounds muscle fibres?
endomysium
What is the name of the connective tissue that surrounds that fasicle?
perimysium
What is the name of the connective tissue that surrounds the muscle?
epimysium
What is the purpose of the veins and capillaries surrounding the fasicles?
to supply the muscle fibres with O2 and nutrients
What is the purpose of the nerves that surround the muscle fibres?
to travel from the spinal cord to the muscle cells to innervate them
Where is Ca2+ stored in the muscle fibres?
in the sarcoplasmic reticulum
What is the purpose of the T-tubule?
to conduct the depolarisation into the muscle cell
What is the name of the skeletal muscle membrane?
sarcolemma
Where does the sarcoplasmic reticulum sit?
right next to the T-tubule
How does the AP that is conducted along the sarcolemma get inside the muscle cell?
via the T-tubule which propagates it inside the cell
What is the purpose of the mitochondria in the muscle fibre?
to generate ATP to be used for muscle contraction via the cross-bridge cycle
How does Ca2+ get into the SR?
it is actively pumped from the cytosol into the SR by a Ca2+ pump which requires ATP
How does the action potential get propagated along the sarcolemma?
via the opening of voltage gated ion channels which brings it into the muscle
What is the voltage sensor?
it is the dihydropyridine receptor which senses the action potential in the T-tubule and it relays it to the Ca2+ channel through physical coupling which opens the Ca2+ channel
What causes the Ca2+ channel to open?
when the voltage sensor senses the action potential and relays it to the channel through physical coupling
What is the name of the voltage sensor which opens the Ca2+ channel?
dyhydropyridine
What is the name of the Ca2+ channel?
ryanodine receptor
Which direction does Ca2+ flow when the ryanodine receptors open in the membrane of the SR?
out of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (into the cytosol)
What is the name of the Ca2+ pump which pumps Ca2+ back into the SR?
SERCA
What happens to the Ca2+ once it is in the cytosol?
it can interact with the actin
What happens if the Ca2+ stay high in the cytosol for too long?
the muscle contract for too long and there is continued force development
What is heat a biproduct of?
muscle activity (muscle contraction)