Lecture Exam #1 Flashcards
6 senses
hearing seeing smell taste touch Kinesthetic awareness
responsibility of kinesthetic awareness
joint receptors
system responsible for motivational drives and needs
Limbic system
functional unit of muscle cell
Sarcomer
two roles of calcium during muscle contraction
Ca+ in axon termianl causes release of acetycholing
Ca+ binds to regulatory site on troponin removes inhibition between actin and myosin
three roles of ATP during muscle contraction
release of energy -> myosin head pulls actin over myosin (powerstroke)
new ATP attaches to myosin head -> seperation of actin and myosin
when nerve impulse stops ATP used to pump Ca+ back to sarcoplasmic reticulum
process that breaks ATP down and moves myosin head
myosin ATPase
muscle fiber types
Fast twitch Glycholiytic (anaerobic)
Fast twitch Oxidative Glycholytic (intermediate - between aerobic and anerobic capilities)
Slow twitch oxidative (aerobic)
size principle
larger cell bodies require greater neural stimulation in order to depolarize (FT muscle fiber)
motor units with smaller cell bodies get recuited first
which muscle fibre type has the largest cell body
Fast twitch Glycholytic
what does the max. tension depent on
actin-myosin binding
muscle fibre type with highest max. tension
fast twitch glycholytic
what does the speed of a contraction depend on
size of axon (myelinated)
myosin ATPase
muscle type with lowest endurance
slow twitch oxidative
what does the length of a msucle contraction depent on
ability to recycle or regnerate ATP (slower endurance)
motor unit
one motor neuron and all by it contolled muscle fibres
rest before muscle contraction
actin and myosin are seperated
tropomyosin blocks actin binding site
Ca+ stored in Sarcoplasmic Reticulum
steps of muscle contraction
release of Ca+ through nerve impulse causes release of acetycholine
ACH attaches to receptors that causes opening of Na+ channels and depolarization
AP causes release of Ca+ from SR
Ca+ binds to troponin receptors and moves tropomyosin away from blocking position
myosin head attaches to actin and pulls it over myosin filament
ATP binds to myosin head and releases it from actin
ATPase causes new attachement and further contraction
power stroke
tilting of myosin head and mpulling of actin filament
what causes power stroke
stored energy
relaxation after muscle contraction
nerve impulse stops
Ca+ released from troponin binding site and transported back to SR
tropomyosin moves into blocking position
myosin head moves back
what system allows Ca+ to travel away and back to the SR
Longitudinal Tubules
why does the right side of the brain controls the majority of our bodie´s left side movement
because 90% of pyramidal motor tracts cross
brain area behind the central sulcus
sensory cortex
brain area prior to central sulcus
primary motor cortex
brain are prior to primary motor cortex
pre motor cortex
responsibility of pre motor cortex
unconcious, fine tuning, highly skilled
responsibility of primary motor cortex
concious, voluntary movement
responsibility of sensory cortex
interprets information
pituitary gland
controlled by hypothalamus
master gland
basal ganglia
grey matter
disease if grey matter is damaged
parkinson - lose muscle control
responsibility of cerebellum
coordination
A band
myosin, overlapping actin
H zone
only myosin area
I Band
lighter area
actin
z lines
attached to sarcolemma
groove for t-tubules to go deep into sarcolemma
where is Acetycholin stored
in synaptic vesicles
where is Ca++ within the muscle fibre stored
sarcoplasmic reticulum
responsibility of the midbrain
visual acuaity
responsibility of the medulla
heart rate
blood flow
respiration rate
responsibility of pons
respiration rate
facial expression
general eye movement
muscle fiber distribution in untrained people (genetic)
almost 50 % FT
50 ST
exceptions exist (some are born with a higher distribtion of one fiber type then others)
difference in gender and fiber type distribution
gender does not affect the fiber type distribution
fiber types in location of body
each individual has different fiber types in different parts of the body
fiber types within a motor unit
only same fiber types within one motor unit
why do motor units operate at “all-or-none” principle
because all are the same muscle fiber types - they need the same stimuli to get depolarized
what determines the force production
Actin and Myosin Binding
# of fibers within a motor unit
# of motor units activated
size of fiber within an active motor unit
balance between stimulating and inhibitory neurotransmitter
stimulating neurotransmitter
Acetycholin (AcH)
inhibitory neurotransmitter
gamma amino butyric acis (GABA)
twitch
a single muscle fiber contraction
summation
new stimuli while muscle fiber is still contracted - next contraction starts at a higher level and is stronger
tetanus
max. contraction
muscle cramp
not desrable
what muscle fiber type has more actin and myosin?
fast twitch
when is max. tension of a muscle gnerated
when length reaches peak tension range
120% of resting muscle
how can max tension of a muscle be increased
prestretch before movement
what kind of training can improve prestretch
biometric training
what 3 factors additionally affect force production
initial length of muscle fiber
angle of pull
architecture of tendon and muscle fiber
angle of pull
different angles determine different force production
muscle types
Fusiform
Penniform
Fusiform muscles
parallel fibers running length of muscle
fibers insert into tendon
greater range of motion
less strangth and resistance to pull - greater risk to insure
Penniform muscles
fibers arranged diagonal to the direction of pull
fibers attached to tendon in small spaces
short range of movement
great strength and great resistance to injury
subdivisions of fusiform muscle
fusiform
bicipital
triangular
subdivisions of penniform
unipennate
bipennate
multipennate
metabolic by-products of muscle fatigue
lactic acid
ketone bodies