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Muscle Flashcards

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epimysium

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dense connective tissue surrounding muscle

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perimysium

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C.T. surrounding muscle fiber bundles (fascicles)

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muscle fiber

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multinucleated muscle cell

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endomysium

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basal lamina and reticular fibers that cover muscle cells

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sarcolemma

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plasma membrane of muscles

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satellite cells

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rare small clefts between sarcolemma & basal lamina

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sarcomere

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functional unit of muscle contraction

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triad

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T-tubule flanked with sarcoplasmic reticulum

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T-tubule

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infolding of plasma membrane & is located at the A/I junction

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motor end plate (myoneural junction)

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interaction site between nerve axon and muscle

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teloglia

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schwann cells on axon near motor end plate

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junctional folds

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sub neural clefts of sarcolemma

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motor unit

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a nerve and the muscleS it innervates

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Botulism Toxin

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blocks Ach at presynaptic membrane

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Curare

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binds to Ach receptor postsynaptically

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Myasthenia gravis

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autoimmune disorder with autoantibodies that block Ach & leads to progressive muscle weakness

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muscle contraction

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action potential at motor end plate along sarcolemma and carried into myofibrils by t-tubules

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red fibers

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type I, slow twitch; high myoglobin content & numerous mitochondria (fatigue resistant)

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white fibers

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type II, fast twitch; lower myoglobin & mitochondria content, but more glycogen and higher myosin-ATPase activity

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red fibers

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type I, slow twitch; high myoglobin content & numerous mitochondria (fatigue resistant)

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white fibers

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type II, fast twitch; lower myoglobin & mitochondria content, but more glycogen and higher myosin-ATPase activity

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intermediate fibers

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characteristics between types I & II

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23
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what controls fiber type differentiation?

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innervation

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stretch receptor

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spindles that sense changes in muscle length

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intrafusal fibers

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modified muscle fibers in muscle spindles; two types called nuclear bag & nuclear stain

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annulospiral ending

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ending of muscle spindle nerve fiber with spiral configuration

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flower spray

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nerve ending of muscle spindle that terminates in clusters

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gamma efferents (fusimotor)

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motor end plates formed near spindle pores

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29
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muscle injury leads to?

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increased expression of myoD transcription factor with hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) which causes proliferation of satellite cells

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side-population cells

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present in bone marrow & skeletal muscle and can differentiate into all major blood cell lineages

31
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rigor mortis

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upon death, muscle cell membranes become more permeable to calcium which promotes cross bridge attachments between myosin and actin —> muscle fibers contract & stay linked once ATP is used up

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muscle atrophy

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disuse causes reduction in muscle fiber size not number of cells

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myofilaments

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myofibrils consist of myofilaments with four proteins actin, tropomyosin, troponin, myosin

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A band

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anisotropic band; thick filaments only (myosin)

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I band

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isotropic band; thin myofilaments attach to Z disk & extend into A band

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Z disk

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attachment point for thin filaments and contains alpha actinin

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alpha actinin

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major actin binding protein that bundles actin filaments into parallel arrays and anchors them to Z disk

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titin

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elastic protein that connects myosin to Z disk and acts like springs to keep myosin filaments centered in sarcomere

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nebulin

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inelastic protein attached to Z disk that runs parallel to actin

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myomesin

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myosin binding protein that holds myosin filaments in register at M line

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C protein

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myosin binding protein that functions similar to myomesin

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desmin

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intermediate filament that helps bind myofibrils to each other and encircles Z disk; linked with plectin

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dystrophin

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actin binding protein that’s absent in duchenne MD; anchors muscle membrane proteins to actin?

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H band

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contains myosin & creatine kinase; catalyzes ATP formation from ADP & phosphocreatine

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M line

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region of myomesin linking with myosin

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actin filament (F-actin)

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made of globular actin monomers called G-actin

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tropomyosin

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elongated protein dimer that lies in grooves of actin helix and binds three troponin proteins

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Tn-T

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binds the Tn complex to tropomyosin

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Tn-I

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with tropomyosin, it inhibits the binding of actin to myosin

50
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Tn-C

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calcium binding subunit which releases the Tn-I tropomyosin inhibition of actin when calcium is bound

51
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Intermediate filaments & Z disk

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desmin encircles Z disk of each sarcomere; plectin links desmin together; alpha beta crystallin protects desmin from stress induced damage

52
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Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy

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X chromosome linked mutation in dystrophin gene and leads to muscle fiber necrosis by disrupting calcium entrance into the cell

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sarcoglycanopathies

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limb girdle muscular dystrophies; mutations in genes for sarcoglycans which disrupts association of sarcolemma and ECM

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thick myofilaments

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myosin—> globular protein and fibrous structural protein

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head of myosin

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two heavy meromyosin chains that bind ATP and actin & two light chains of myosin

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tail of myosin

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rodlike alpha helical tail of light meromyosin

57
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cardiac muscle

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banding pattern similar to skeletal muscle but only ONE nucleus per cell; more mitochondria and extrafibullar sarcoplasm than skeletal; t-tubules larger and located at Z disk

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cardiac muscle fiber

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consists of multiple cardiac cells

59
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intercalated disks

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junctional zone that connects cardiac cells; contains transverse portion with fasciae adherens, macula adherens & a lateral portion with gap junctions

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myocardial infarction causes?

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cardiocytes to have an eosinophilic cytoplasm and pyknotic nuclei. 3 days —> inflammatory cells infiltrate tissue

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smooth muscle

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involuntarily controls sympathetic or parasympathetic nervous system; spindle shaped cells with single oval shaped nucleus (1 or more nucleoli); cells surrounded with basal lamina; gap junctions for electrical current

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smooth muscle plasma membrane contains?

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caveolae on surface and cytoplasmic dense bodies with alpha actinin

63
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myoepithelial cells of ectodermal origin

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found around sweat, salivary, lacrimal (contract in response to Ach), and mammary glands (contract in response to oxytocin)

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origin of smooth muscle

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mesodermal origin —> located in respiratory, circulatory, digestive, & reproductive tracts; also ectodermal —> iris and ciliary body of eye

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what does smooth muscle NOT contain?

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sarcomeres

66
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what is the functional equivalent of a Z disk in smooth muscle?

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alpha actinin in cytoplasmic and membrane associated dense bodies

67
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what cytoplasmic structures exist in smooth muscle?

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thin: actin & tropomyosin (no troponin)
intermediate: desmin & vimentin
thick: myosin

68
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which cytoplasmic structure serves as a link between dense bodies in smooth muscle?

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intermediate filaments

69
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smooth muscle myosin

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structure same as striated muscle but filaments only form under certain situations; ex: if smooth muscle myosin is dephosphorylated, its completely soluble

70
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smooth muscle contraction

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calcium increases in cytoplasm and complexes with calmodulin; ca-calmodulin complex activates myosin light chain kinase to phos. myosin which allows actin to bind

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