lecture 16 Flashcards
what can’t skeletal muscles do
- the skeletal muscles can’t really do anything unless spanning to something or attaching to it. The attachment point will determine the muscles action, or what it will do when it contracts
origin
the immovable/less moveable attachment point.
* Is the anchor for the muscle. Is a stable attachment point during contraction that either does not move at all or moves very little.
insertion
the attachment to the moveable bone.
* When contraction occurs, it pulls the insertion point towards the origin point.
prime mover (agonist)
The muscle that is primarily responsible for a particular movement
* Ex: during abduction of the shoulder the deltoid is the prime mover. In adduction there would need to be something working in opposition to the deltoid.
antagonist
A muscle that works in opposition to the agonist. Typically, it is on the opposite side of the joint from the agonist.
* Ex: the Teres Major muscles are the antagonist. It works against the deltoid muscle to help in the process of should adduction.
synergist
These muscles work together alongside the agonist to help perform a movement.
* Ex: the supraspinatus is a synergist for the deltoid in should abduction.
isometric
there is muscle tension, but it has no change in muscle length. This is what happens when the muscle is not able to overcome the load.
isotonic
the muscle shortens in length because it can overcome the load. The sliding of the filaments occurs allowing the sections to slide over each other.
identify the stages of muscle contraction processes that require ATP
- Cross-bridge contraction (ATP is needed to allow for myosin to attach and pull on actin. Also to make myosin detach from actin.)
- The power stroke (when ATP allows myosin to detach from actin after pulling on it)
- The sodium - potassium pumps
- Sarcoplasmic reticulum – the calcium has to be removed by ATP to do muscle contraction, and then ATP has to move calcium against the concentration gradient and back into the sarcoplasmic reticulum.
direct phosphorylation
is the act of covalently linking a phosphate group onto a molecule. When the ATP is used up, it hydrolyzes into ADP +Pi and then to later regenerate ATP, we must phosphorylate ADP. Essentially removing the group by separation, then adding it back in to recreate the original stage.
- linking ADP + Pi, not good as a long term solution, can last about 15 seconds
aerobic respiration
it occurs inside the mitochondria and requires the use of oxygen. This can continue for as long as there is oxygen and a fuel source. Cells that require a lot of ATP or energy will have a lot of mitochondria to allow for a lot of aerobic respiration.
* For each response we release 32 ATP per glucose. Releases carbon dioxide and water
anaerobic glycolysis
this is a type of reaction that does not require the use of oxygen but needs the use of ATP to occur. It can provide enough ATP for reactions to last for 30-40 seconds. Lactic acid is produced in these processes.
* We produce 2 ATP per cycle and the byproduct is lactic acid.
identify the byproduct of direct phosphorylation
creatine phosphate
- which is a high-energy molecule that is stored in muscles that can be used to regenerate ATP. This is limited thing can only provide maximal muscle power for around 15 seconds
the byproduct of aerobic respiration
carbon dioxide and water
the byproduct of anaerobic glycolysis
lactic acid