Lecture 8 Muscle Physiology Flashcards
How long are muscle cells?
As long as the whole muscle
What kind of nucleation does skeletal muscle have?
multinucleated
How do muscle cells become a multinucleated syncitium?
By fusing myoblasts together into muscle fibers
T/F CT around and within skeletal muscle is continuous with the CT of bones.
True
What are the CT layers from the endomysium of muscle to the periosteum of bone?
Endo-peri-epi-deep fascia-tendon-periosteum
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What are the series-elastic components of the musculoskeletal system?
All of the interconnected tissues in muscles that are attached to the bone membrane from endomysium to the periosteum
What is the specialized plasma membrane of muscle cells?
Sarcolemma
The sarcolemma is _______ at rest.
Polarized
What can depolarize the sarcolemma?
Acetylcholine released by motor neurons
What are the tubular infoldings of the sarcolemma?
T-tubules (transverse tubules)
What do T-tubules do?
Penetrate into the cell and carry the electrochemical current into the cell
What is sarcoplasm made of?
Highly organized myofibrils (actin and myosin), glycogen, and myoglobin
What does glycogen do in the sarcoplasm? What does myoglobin do in the sarcoplasm?
Stores energy. Stores oxygen
What is the specialized endoplasmic reticulum of muscle cells?
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
What storage sacs is the sarcoplasmic reticulum connected to? What do these sacs store?
Termincal cisternae. They store calcium ions
What protein complex anchors myofibrils inside muscle cells?
Dystrophin
How does dystrophin attach myofibrils to the endomysium?
Dystrophin attaches the myofibrils next to the sarcolemma to integral membrane proteins that extend into the endomysium
What is the difference between the sarcolemma, sarcoplasm, and sarcoplasmic reticulum?
Sarcolemma is the outer plasma membrane of muscle cells.
Sarcoplasm is the cytosol (flesh)
Sarcoplasmic reticulum is the series of interconnected tubules connected to the terminal cisternae
Are the T-tubules of the sarcolemma and the interconnected tubules of the sarcoplasmic reticulum the same thing?
No. The T-tubules are larger invaginations of the sarcolemma. The t-tubules are surrounded on either side by the terminal cisternae. The terminal cisternae are interconnected by the tubules of the sarcoplasmic reticulum
What is the triad formed surrounding the myofibrils?
The T-tubule surrounded on either side by the calcium storing terminal cisternae
T/F The sarcolemma is surrounded by the endomysium.
True. Endomysium surrounds individual muscle cells made of myofibrils
What is the difference between a myofiber and a myofibril?
The myofiber is the muscle cell which is composed of myofibrils making up its cytoplasm (sarcoplasm)
What are the three bands of a sarcomere?
A band, H band, and I band
Which of the three sarcomere bands does not change in size?
A band is the length of the thick myosin filaments
Which sarcomere band changes in size and is a region of pure myosin? Pure actin?
H band is pure myosin. I band is pure actin
What starts a wave of depolarization in the muscle cell?
The binding of ACh to the AChR (acetylchone receptor)
How far does the wave of depolarization spread over the sarcolemma?
The sarcolemma down to the T-tubules
Where are calcium channels found that open to release calcium on the sarcomeres?
On the sarcoplasmic reticulum buried deep among the myofibrils
What must calcium bind to for the release of tropomyosin off of the active sites on actin?
Troponin
What do the AHM I Z regions of the sarcomere stand for?
A anisotropic (dark appearance of myosin) H helle (german for bright) region of myosin w/o actin M middle I Isotropic (light appearance of actin) Z Zwischen (german for between) anchor site of titin
T/F Thin filaments are globular subunits. Myosin is composed of two entwined polypeptides each shaped like a golf club
True
The heads of myosin can also be called which enzyme?
ATPase
Are actin and myosin filaments elastic?
No, They stay the same size
If actin and myosin are not elastic how are they considered contractile?
Because they contract the cell (myofiber) by moving over each other in a series of sarcomeres