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1
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  • muscle cells
A

Muscle Fiber

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2
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  • cell membrane of muscle cells
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Sarcolemma

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3
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  • sER
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Sarcoplasmic Reticulum

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4
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  • mitochondria
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Sarcosomes

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5
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  • cytoplasm
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Sarcoplasm

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6
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  • sequester (separate) calcium; specialized smooth ER
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:
Sarcoplasmic reticulum

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7
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Muscle is classified into three types:

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Skeletal muscle
Cardiac muscle
Smooth muscle

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8
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contractile filaments contain

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actin and myosin

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9
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Contraction may be:

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voluntary (skeletal muscles)

involuntary (cardiac and smooth muscles)

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10
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All muscle tissues consist of elongated cells called

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fibers

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11
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The cytoplasm of muscle cells is called_________, and the surrounding cell membrane or plasmalemma is called___________.

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sarcoplasm

sarcolemma

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12
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Comprised all named voluntary muscles in the body

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Skeletal

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13
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Examples of skeletal muscle

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Gastrocnemius
Latissimus Dorsi

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14
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limited to Heart (Myocardium) and Large Blood Vessels attached to heart

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Cardiac

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15
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Present in walls and parenchyma of most visceral organs

walls of blood vessels

skin

A

Smooth

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16
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contains bundles of very long, multinucleated cells with cross-striations.

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Skeletal muscle

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17
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Their contraction is quick, forceful, and usually under voluntary control.

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Skeletal muscle

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18
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also has cross-striations and is composed of elongated, often branched cells bound to one another at structures called intercalated discs which are unique to _______ muscle.

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Cardiac muscle

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19
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Contraction is involuntary, vigorous, and rhythmic.

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Cardiac muscle

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20
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consists of collections of fusiform cells which lack striations

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Smooth muscle

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21
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Have slow, involuntary contractions

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Smooth muscle

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22
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Skeletal Muscle:
Shape of fibers and number of nucleus

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Cylindrical/ tubular
Multinucleated

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23
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Smooth Muscle:
Shape of fibers and number of nucleus

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Spindle shaped

Uninucleated

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24
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Cardiac Muscle:
Shape of fibers and number of nucleus

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Branched

Uni or Binucleated

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25
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Connective tissue which envelops muscles

26
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external sheath of dense irregular connective tissue, surrounds the entire muscle

27
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Connective tissue which envelops muscle bundles/fascicles

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Perimysium

28
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thin connective tissue layer that immediately surrounds each bundle of muscle fibers termed a fascicle

A

Perimysium

29
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Surrounds muscle fibers

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Endomysium

30
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Surrounds the external lamina of individual muscle fibers.

A

Endomysium

31
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Endomysium consists of

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Basal Lamina + Free Reticular Fibers + Connective Tissues Elements

32
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Where is the nucleus of skeletal muscle located?

33
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dark line which bisects I-Band
(middle of I-Band)

34
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Other names of Z-line

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Zwischenscheiben Line; Z-band; Z-disc

35
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Z-line to Z-line

36
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Repeating units which make up Myofibrils

The repetitive functional subunit of the contractile apparatus

37
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lighter zone in center of A-Band

38
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Other names for H-Band

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Henle’s Band; Heller Band; Hell Band; Henson’s Band

39
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thin, dark band which bisects the H-Band

40
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Other name for M-line

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Mittelscheibe Line

41
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contract at slower rate but capable of continuous contraction

A

Red (Slow Twitch) Muscle

42
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do not fatigue easily

43
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richer blood supply

44
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high content of red pigments (Myoglobin and Mitochondrial Cytochromes)

45
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many mitochondria

46
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smaller in diameter

47
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contract rapidly but briefly

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White (Fast Twitch) Muscle

48
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fatigues fast

49
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low Myoglobin content

50
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fewer Mitochondria

51
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large in diameter

52
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Slow, Oxidative Fibers
- ATP from Oxidative phosphorylation

53
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Fast, Oxidative-Glycolytic Fibers
- ATP from Oxidative phosphorylation

54
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Fast, Glycolytic Fibers
- ATP from ANaerobic glycolysis

55
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Uni/ binucleated
Striated
Branching
Involuntary

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Cardiac Muscle

56
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unique in cardiac muscles

A

INTERCALATED DISCS

57
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Elongated
Individual fibers
Single, ovoid, & centrally-located nucleus
Shape: spindled w/ tapered ends

A

Smooth Muscle

58
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Distinctive characteristic of Skeletal Muscle

A

Peripheral nuclei

59
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Distinctive characteristic of Cardiac Muscle

A

Intercalated disc

60
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Distinctive characteristic of Smooth Muscle

A

No Striations

Histo LEC (26 decks)

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