Lecture 8 Flashcards
Skeletal Muscle has?
-Striated Pattern and Voluntary Movement
-3 Layers of CT
Skeletal Muscle consists of 3 layers of CT?
-Epimysium
-Perimysium
-Endomysium
Epimysium?
(dense irregular) Surrounds entire muscle
Perimysium?
(dense irregular) Surrounds fasicle
Endomysium?
(reticular) Surrounds individual fibers
Muscle fibers are made up of?
Myofibrils (myofibrils are arranged in a parallel pattern that gives striations)
Muscle Fibers consists of triads?
2 SR + 1 T-tubule (located at junction where A-Band meets I-Band) (SR stores calcium) (T-tubules initiate calcium release from SR into sarcomere)
New muscle fibers are formed by?
Satellite Cells (satellite cells are only found in skeletal muscle)
Red Muscle Fibers?
(Marathon)
-Rich vascular supply
-Slow and repetitive
-Not easily fatigued
-Weaker contraction
-Lot of Mitochondria so more ATP so more energy
White Muscle Fibers?
(Sprint)
-Poorer vascular supply
-Fast
-Easily fatigued
-Stronger contraction
-Not a lot of Mitochondria so less ATP so less energy
Skeletal Muscle - Sarcomeres?
Structural units of myofibrils
Sarcomere Composition?
Actin (thin) + Myosin (thick)
Function of Sarcomere?
Contraction of Skeletal Muscle
A-Band?
Actin + Myosin; reminds same length during contraction
H-Band?
Only Myosin; shortens in length during contraction
I-Band?
Only Actin; shortens in length during contraction
I-Band?
Only Actin; shortens in length during contraction
Z-Disk?
Located on both sides of sarcomere to serve as boundaries
Without ATP, skeletal muscle CANNOT?
Relax so it will stay contracted
Skeletal Muscle -Contraction?
(An ATP-dependent process)
-Rigor Mortis
-Myasthenia Gravis
-Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy (MD)