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lecture 8 - skeletal muscle Flashcards

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1
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What are the cells that make up muscles?

A

Myocytes

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What are the three levels of muscle structures?

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Muscle fibres, fascicles, muscle

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What is a fascicle?

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A bundle of muscle fibres, surrounded by a layer of perimysium connective tissue.

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Why do muscle fibres have lots of nuclei?

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When muscle is developing, proto cells / pre cells fuse together together to form the final muscle fibres.

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Why do muscle fibres and fascicles have a blood supply?

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The blood supply provides nutrients and fuel to the muscles and removes waste.

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Why are fascicles coated in connective tissue?

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To prevent friction during contraction.

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What are the components of a muscle fibre?

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Made up of myofibrils made up of repeating units called sarcomeres

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What are the repeating units in muscle fibres?

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Sarcomeres

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What are the myofilaments found in a sarcomere?

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Actin and Myosin.

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Which myofilament is thin and which is thick?

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Actin is thin, Myosin is thick

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What are transverse tubules (T-tubules)?

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Tube-like extensions of the sarcolemma that extend deep into the muscle fibres.

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What is the outer membrane of a muscle fibre?

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Sarcolemma

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What is the membrane bound network of a muscle fibre?

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Sarcoplasmic Reticulum (SR)

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What is the role of the sarcoplasmic reticulum?

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Takes up and stores Ca2+ ions while the muscle is relaxed and then release them into the cytoplasm when the muscle contracts.

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What is the full name of EC-coupling?

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Excitation-contraction coupling

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What are the three key proteins of EC-coupling?

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Voltage-gated sensor (DHPR), ryanodine receptor (RyR), SR Ca2+ -ATPase (SERCA)

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What is the voltage-gated sensor (DHPR)?

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Sits in the transverse tubule and receives electrical signals/action potentials from nerves, allowing it to change shape and trigger the ryanodine receptor.

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What is the ryanodine receptor (RyR)?

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A passive Ca2+ channel which allows Ca2+ to flow out of the SR, which activates myofilaments causing contraction.

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What is the process of muscle relaxation?

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The SR Calcium-ATPase pump (SERCA) senses the rise in Ca2+ and then burns ATP to provide the energy to move Ca2+ back into the SR against their concentration gradient. This ends the signalling event and the muscle is able to relax.

20
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What is the connective tissue that surrounds muscle fibres?

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Endomysium

21
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What is the connective tissue that surrounds muscle fascicles?

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Perimysium

22
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What is the connective tissue that surrounds muscle?

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Epimysium

23
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What are the functions of muscle? (5)

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Movement, Support, Protection, Heat generation, and Blood circulation.

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