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Motor Physiology Flashcards

1
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Skeletal muscle fiber that functions to detect muscle length

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Muscle spindle (intrafusal) (5%)

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Skeletal muscle fiber for muscle contraction

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Extrafusal (95%)

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3
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Fast-twitch or slow-twitch?

Glycolytic, white, Type II

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Fast-twitch

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4
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Fast-twitch or slow-twitch?

Oxidative, red, Type I

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Slow-twitch

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5
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Fast-twitch or slow-twitch?

2x larger

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Fast-twitch

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6
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Fast-twitch or slow-twitch?

Faster SR calcium reuptake

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Fast-twitch

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7
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Fast-twitch or slow-twitch?

Enzymes are 2-3x more active in phosphagen and glycogen-lactic acid energy systems

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Fast-twitch

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8
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Fast-twitch or slow-twitch?

Enzymes are more active in aerobic system

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Slow-twitch

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9
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Fast-twitch or slow-twitch?

Myosin ATPase is high

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Fast-twitch

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10
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Fast-twitch or slow-twitch?

Has more mitochondria, myoglobin, capillaries

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Slow-twitch

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11
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Fast-twitch or slow-twitch?

For power

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Fast-twitch

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12
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Fast-twitch or slow-twitch?

For endurance

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Slow-twitch

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13
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Fast-twitch or slow-twitch?

EOMs

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Fast-twitch

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14
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Fast-twitch or slow-twitch?

Soleus, antigravity muscles of the back

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Slow-twitch

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15
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Why is the atria able to contract separately from the ventricles?

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Lack of gap junction between the atria and ventricles

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Type of smooth muscle used for fine-control, (-) gap junctions

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Multi-unit smooth muscle

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17
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Type of smooth muscle used for gross/coarse-control, (+) gap junctions

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Unitary smooth muscle/Syncitial smooth muscle/Visceral smooth muscle

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18
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Multi-unit or Unitary smooth muscle?

One nerve, multiple muscle fibers that may act on their own

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Multi-unit

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19
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Multi-unit or Unitary smooth muscle?

One nerve, multiple muscle fibers that act together as one

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Unitary

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20
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Multi-unit or Unitary smooth muscle?

Controlled mainly by nerve signals (Ach, NE)

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Multi-unit

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21
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Multi-unit or Unitary smooth muscle?

May be controlled by nerve signals, hormones, stretch, local factors

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Unitary

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22
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Multi-unit or Unitary smooth muscle?

No true action potential (no propagation); junctional potential only

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Multi-unit

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23
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Multi-unit or Unitary smooth muscle?

Slow waves, spike potentials, plateau potentials

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Unitary

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24
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Multi-unit or Unitary smooth muscle?

May exhibit spontaneous contractions

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Unitary

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25
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Multi-unit or Unitary smooth muscle?

Uterus, intestines, bile ducts, ureters

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Unitary

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26
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Multi-unit or Unitary smooth muscle?

ciliary eye muscle, iris, piloerector muscle, vas deferens

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Multi-unit

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27
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Type of smooth muscle that is rhythmic and intermittent; ex. walls of the GI and urogenital tracts

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Phasic smooth muscle

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28
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Type of smooth muscle that is continuously active; ex. vascular smooth muscle, respiratory smooth muscles, sphincters

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Tonic smooth muscle

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29
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What is the arrangement from sarcomere to skeletal muscle?

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Sarcomere –> Myofibril –> Muscle fiber –> Muscle fascicle –> Skeletal muscle

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30
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What is the connective tissue that surrounds the muscle fiber?

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Endomysium

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31
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What is the connective tissue that surrounds the muscle fascicle?

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Perimysium

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32
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What is the connective tissue that surrounds the skeletal muscle?

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Epimysium

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33
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What is the plasma membrane surrounding the muscle fiber?

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Sarcolemma

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34
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These are invaginations of the sarcolemma in close proximity to the terminal cisternae of the sarcoplasmic reticulum

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Transverse tubules

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35
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Endoplasmic reticulum surrounding myofibril which contains calcium

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Sarcoplasmic reticulum

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36
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Functional unit of the muscle; area between two Z lines

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Sarcomere

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37
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Thick filaments are also called:

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Myosin

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38
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Three kinds of thin filaments:

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Actin, Tropomyosin, Troponin

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39
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Thick filaments are centered on the ___ line but will never reach the ___ line

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M line, Z line

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40
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Thin filaments are centered on the ___ line but will never reach the ___ line

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Z line, M line

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41
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Serve as borders of sarcomere where actin will attach

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Z line/ Z disk

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42
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Area of the sarcomere that contains only thick filaments

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H band

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43
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Area of the sarcomere that contains thick filaments but no myosin heads

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Bare zone

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44
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Entire length of the myosin

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A band

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45
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Area of the sarcomere that contains only thin filaments

46
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Center of the sarcomere

47
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Troponin which attaches troponin complex to tropomyosin

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Troponin T

48
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Troponin which inhibits actin-myosin binding

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Troponin I

49
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Troponin which is a calcium-binding protein

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Troponin C

50
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Tethers myosin to Z lines; binds Z lines to M lines; largest protein in the body

51
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Stabilizes sarcolemma and prevents contraction-induced rupture

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Dystrophin

52
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Binds actin to Z lines

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Actinin, Cap Z protein

53
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Binds Z lines to sarcolemma

54
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Act as a molecular ruler that sets the length of actin during assembly

55
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The negative pole is the area near the ___ line, while the positive pole is the area near the ___ line

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M line, Z line

56
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When myosin heads pull on actin towards the negative pole, the sarcomere shortens. The following changes also happen.
I band is: ________
H band is: ________
A band is: ________

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I band is obliterated
H band is shortened
A band remains the same

57
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Skeletal muscle contraction involves motor neurons and extrafusal fibers. This is demonstrated by:

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Sliding filament model

58
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What do you call the actin and myosin interaction?

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Cross-bridge formation

59
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During depolarization of a skeletal muscle, what receptor is activated in the transverse tubules?

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Dihydropyridine receptor (DHPR)

60
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During depolarization of a skeletal muscle, what receptor is activated in the sarcoplasmic reticulum?

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Ryanodine receptor

61
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What acts as a “gate” preventing actin and myosin interaction during rest state, and exposes the binding site during skeletal contraction.

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Tropomyosin

62
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What do you call the state where myosin is permanently bound to actin?

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Rigor mortis

63
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Once ATP binds with myosin, the myosin-actin bind is disrupted. This event happens when there is partial hydrolysis of ATP bound to myosin.

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Recocking (myosin head displaced toward + end of actin)

64
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Complete hydrolysis of ATP results in this event:

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Powerstroke (pulling of the actin towards the M line)

65
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What is the distance achieved in each cross-bridge cycle?

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10 nanometers

66
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Made up of alpha motor neuron (lower motor neuron), its axon and all muscle fibers it supplies

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Motor unit

67
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Small motor units are recruited first before big motor units

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Size principle

68
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Multiple fiber summation

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Spatial summation

69
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Frequency summation

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Temporal summation

70
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Each contraction occurs after complete relaxation producing stronger contraction each time

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Staircase (Treppe) effect

71
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Basis for Treppe effect

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Ca2+ accumulation, pH changes, increased temperature

72
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Complete fusion of individual muscle contraction when Ca2+ is all used up

73
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Which of the following tetanizes at lower stimulus frequency, slow-twitch or fast-twitch fibers?

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Slow-twitch

74
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Which of the following has larger maximal force during tetany, slow-twitch or fast-twitch fibers?

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Fast-twitch

75
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What happens to passive tension, active tension, and force of contraction whenever a muscle is stretched?

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Passive tension (tension developed when muscle is stretched): increases
Active tension (tension developed when muscle is contracted): decreases
Force of contraction: increases
76
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Active tension and velocity of contraction reflect what?

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Active tension: # of cross-bridges that cycle

Velocity of contraction: speed of cross-bridge cycling

77
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What happens to velocity of contraction if afterload is increased?

78
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Differentiate isometric contraction from isotonic contraction

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Isometric: length is held constant
Isotonic: load is held constant

79
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Muscle shortening is called ________, while muscle lengthening is called _________

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shortening: concentric contraction
lengthening: eccentric contraction

80
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When lifting a weight, what kind of contraction is happening?

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Isometric contraction, followed by isotonic contraction

81
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Protective mechanism to prevent muscle cell injury or death

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Muscle fatigue (occurs earlier in fast-twitch fibers)

82
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Muscle fatigue is _____ proportional to lactic acid levels and _____ proportional to muscle glycogen levels and creatine phosphate stores

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directly proportional to lactic acid levels

inversely proportional to muscle glycogen levels

83
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What mechanisms increase Ca2+ influx to the cardiac muscle?

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L-type or slow or long-acting calcium channel (predominant)

T-type or fast or transient calcium channel

84
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What mechanisms increase Ca2+ efflux to the ECF?

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3Na-1Ca countertransport

Ca-ATPase pump

85
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Cardiac muscle vs Skeletal muscle:

More developed Transverse tubules

A

Cardiac muscle

86
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Cardiac muscle vs Skeletal muscle:

More developed sarcoplasmic reticulum

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Skeletal muscle

87
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Cardiac muscle vs Skeletal muscle:

Syncitium present

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Cardiac muscle

88
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Cardiac muscle vs Skeletal muscle:

Can have tetany

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Skeletal muscle

89
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Cardiac muscle vs Skeletal muscle:

Electromechanical coupling via Ca-induced, Ca-release

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Cardiac muscle

90
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Cardiac muscle vs Skeletal muscle:

Electromechanical coupling via DHPR and RYR interaction

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Skeletal muscle

91
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Cardiac muscle vs Skeletal muscle:

Transverse tubules located in the Z lines

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Cardiac muscle

92
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Cardiac muscle vs Skeletal muscle:

Transverse tubules located in the end of I bands

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Skeletal muscle

93
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Why is there no tetany in cardiac muscles?

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Long refractory period brought about by Phase 2

94
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Substance that adds a phosphate to myosin in smooth muscles to during contraction

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Myosin light chain kinase

95
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Substance that cleaves off phophate from myosin in smooth muscles for relaxation

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Myosin light chain phosphatase

96
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Smooth muscle equivalent of Troponin I which inhibits actin-myosin binding

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Caldesmon, Calponin

97
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Smooth muscle equivalent of Troponin C which binds to ECF Ca2+

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Calmodulin

98
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Smooth muscle equivalent of z discs of skeletal muscles

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Dense bodies

99
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Rudimentary t-tubules in smooth muscles

100
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Connect dense bodies with cytoskeletal network

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Intermediate filaments (Desmin and Vimentin)

101
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Smooth muscles vs Skeletal muscles:

Uses more ATP

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Skeletal muscles

102
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Smooth muscles vs Skeletal muscles:

Onset of contraction is faster

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Skeletal muscles

103
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Smooth muscles vs Skeletal muscles:

Duration of contraction is longer

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Smooth muscles

104
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Smooth muscles vs Skeletal muscles:

Force of contraction is stronger

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Smooth muscles (4-6kg/cm2 vs 3-4kg/cm2 in skeletal muscles)

105
Q

Anterior motor neurons:
Alpha motor neurons for _____ fibers
Gamma motor neurons for _____ fibers

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Alpha = extrafusal
Gamma = intrafusal
106
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Facilitate lateral inhibition

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Renshaw cell

107
Q

Sense of awareness of position of body in space

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Proprioception

108
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Provide the CNS with information regarding muscle length, position and tension (force)

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Proprioceptors

109
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Type of proprioceptor which is arranged in a parallel manner to extrafusal muscle fibers, and detects changes in muscle length and rate of change in muscle length

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Muscle spindles

110
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Type of proprioceptor which is arranged in a series manner to extrafusal muscle fibers, and detects changes in muscle tension

A

Golgi tendon

111
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The silent area of the brain; sequences motor activity, monitors and adjusts motor activities as they are performed

A

Cerebellum

112
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Functional unit of the cerebellum

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Purkinje (middle layer, always inhibitory), and Deep nuclear cell

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