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1
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What are the three types of muscle?

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Smooth, cardiac & skeletal

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2
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What is the role of skeletal muscle?

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It attaches via tendons to bone

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3
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Where is cardiac muscle found?

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Only in the heart

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4
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What is the role of smooth muscle?

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It lines blood vessels and some organs (ie. intestines)

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5
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Approximately how many muscles exist in the human body?

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650+

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6
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The autonomic nervous system controls what muscle types?

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Cardiac & smooth muscle

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7
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What muscle type does the somatic nervous system control?

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Skeletal

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8
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Name the muscle types that are multinucleated and striated

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Cardiac & skeletal

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9
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What muscle type is branched and has intercalated discs?

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Cardiac

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10
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Name the three connective tissues of muscle

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Epimysium, perimysium & endomysium

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11
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What cells can smooth muscle tissue regenerate from?

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Pericytes

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12
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Can cardiac muscle regenerate?

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No

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13
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Hypertrophy is the…

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Increase of cell size

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14
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What cells repair skeletal muscle?

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Satellite cells

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15
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What are skeletal muscle fibre bundles called?

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Fascicles

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16
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What surrounds the myofibrils?

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Sarcoplasm

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17
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What are sarcomeres?

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Contractile units of muscle fibres composed of actin & myosin filaments

18
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Muscle cells are also known as?

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Muscle fibres/myocytes

19
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What type of cell is skeletal muscle derived from?

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Myoblast

20
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Name the muscle cell membrane

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Sarcolemma

21
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What is the muscle cell cytoplasm called?

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Sarcoplasm

22
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What is the endomysium?

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The innermost CT layer of muscle that wraps around individual muscle fibres

23
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What is the role of the sarcoplasmic reticulum?

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It stores & regulates calcium ions intracellularly

24
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Describe the location and role of T tubules

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They are extensions of sarcolemma that aid muscle contractions within fibres by conducting electrical impulses

25
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What is the epimysium?

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A dense irregular fibrous CT that covers the entire skeletal muscle. It protects muscles from friction against other muscles during movement

26
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What is the role of the perimysium?

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It is a thin CT that wraps around bundles of muscle fibres (fascicles)

27
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Describe the morphology of skeletal muscle cells

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It is unbranched and tubular

28
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Myofibrils are composed of…

A

Bundles of myofilaments (actin & myosin)

29
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How do sarcomeres shorten?

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Myosin heads interact with actin filaments / the actin filaments are attached to Z lines

30
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What causes the striations of muscle?

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The alternating zones of thin & thick filaments

31
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Describe the role of tropomyosin

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A regulatory protein that prevents involuntary contraction

32
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What is the role of ATP in muscle contraction?

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Allows the myosin head to detach from actin

33
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Name the binding site of calcium in muscle

A

Troponin

34
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How do tropomyosin and troponin work together in the muscle?

A

They prevent the binding of myosin to actin during the resting state

35
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Thin filaments are composed of…

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Actin, troponin & tropomyosin

36
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What types of muscles do gap junctions help with coordinated function?

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Cardiac & smooth

37
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Describe the filaments of skeletal muscle tissue

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Thick & thin filaments overlap each other within A band of sarcomere

38
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What is extensibility?

A

Ability of muscle tissue to be stretched without being damaged

39
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Describe the structure of smooth muscle cells

A

They are unbranched, unstriated & have a single nucleus

40
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What are the three cell junctions in intercalated discs?

A

Desmosomes, fascia adherens & gap junctions

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