Lecture 9- Body Tissues 1 Flashcards
State the two types of Muscle cell types
Striated muscle
Non striated muscle
State the 2 types of striated (striped) muscle
Skeletal muscle
Cardiac muscle
Features of skeletal muscles
Myoglobin present
Voluntary control
Direct nerve-muscle communication
Features of cardiac muscles
Myoglobin present
Involuntary control
Indirect nerve - muscle communication
Example of a non striated muscle
Smooth muscle
Features of smooth muscles
Myoglobin absent
Involuntary control
No direct nerve-muscle communication
Structure and role of Myoglobin
A red protein that is structurally similar to a single subunit if haemoglobin.
Stores only oxygen and provides it to working striated muscles ( cardiac and skeletal ).
Receives oxygen from haemoglobin at low pH
What occurs when striated muscles (skeletal and cardiac )dies (Muscle Necrosis)?
Symptoms?
Myoglobin is released into the bloodstream (myoglobinuria) and this can Cause renal damage as it sometimes blocks the kidney ducts .
Symptoms include tea coloured urine as the kidneys remove myoglobin from the blood into the urine
Muscle cell component terminology
Sarcolemma? Sarcoplasm? Sarcosome? Sarcomere? Sarcoplasmic reticulum?
Sarcolemma : the outer membrane of a Muscle cell
Sarcoplasm : the cytoplasm of a Muscle cell
Sarcosome: the mitochondrion
Sarcomere: the contraction unit in striated muscle
Sarcoplasmic reticulum: smooth endoplasmic reticulum of a Muscle cell
Muscle is attached to the bone through tendons.
Tendons sheet have dense connective tissue.
What is the name of the outermost layer sheet?
Epimysium
The name of the structure in which group of skeletal muscle cells (fibres) are held in?
Dense connective tissue wrapped around each fascicles ?
Loose connective tissue wrapped around each muscle fibre cell?
Fascicles ( all fascicles surrounded by epimysium-dense connective tissue)
Each fascicle wrapped around with dense connective tissue perimysium
Each individual muscle fibre cell wrapped in loose connective tissue called endomysium and contains numerous myofibrils.
Main function of skeletal muscle fibres (striated muscle cell ) is to contract and they do this in a coordinated manner. What is the movement dependent on?
When does movement occur?
Movement dependent on the direction of muscle fibre contraction ( not easy to predict because fibres have lots of different shapes).
Movement occurs when the point of origin and point of insertion (bones) crosses a joint.
Tension created at origin tendon point while o emend created at insertion tendon point.
What are intrinsic muscles of the tongue?
Muscles within the tongue that allow the tongue to change shape but not position as they are not attached to a bone but to other muscles in the tongue.
What are extrinsic muscle of the tongue?
They are connected to bones and cartilage by tendons and they help protrude the tongue. Retract it and move it side to side.
E.g Thyroid cartilage, Hyoid bone
What accounts for the mobility of skeletal muscles of the tongue ?
The plasticity and strength of the connective tissues and the multidirectional orientation of the muscle fibres .