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Muscle (3.6.3) Flashcards

1
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What is a Skeletal Muscle also known as?

A

Striped / Striated Muscle

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Why is a Skeletal Muscle also known as a Striped / Striated Muscle?

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Due to its striped appearance when viewed under a microscope due to alternate light bands of protein filaments

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3
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What is a muscle attached to?

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Bone

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4
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What stimulates a muscle to contract?

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Nerves

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5
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What does a muscle act as?

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Effector

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6
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What are 2 features of muscle fibres?

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  • Multinucleate

* Many Mitochondria

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7
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Explain the Structure of Muscles:

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  • Consists of cells, muscle fibres that are multinucleate and contain many mitochondria
  • Elongated with bundles of myofibrils
  • Sarcolemma = cell surface membrane, folded deeply into muscle fibre (t – tubules)
  • Sarcoplasm
  • Sarcoplasmic Reticulum containing Ca2+
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8
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What are the 2 protein filaments in Myofibrils?

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1) Thick Filaments – Myosin

2) Thin Filaments - Actin

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9
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What line is Actin attracted to?

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Z – Line

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What is the part of the myofibril between 2 Z – lines called?

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Sarcomere

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What line is Myosin attracted to?

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M – Line

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What does the A – Band include?

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This is where Myosin Filaments + Actin Filaments

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13
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What does the I – Band include?

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Only Actin Filaments

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14
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What does the H – Band include?

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Only Myosin Filaments

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15
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What Theory explains Muscle Contraction

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Sliding Filament Theory

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16
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How are the Bands affected when a muscle contracts?

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  • I Band is reduced as Actin slides between myosin
  • A Band remains the same as Myosin length is unchanged
  • H Zone is reduced as overlap between Actin + Myosin increases
  • Sarcomere is reduced in length
17
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What stops myosin heads from binding to Actin in a resting muscle?

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The binding sites, in a resting muscle, will be blocked by a protein called Tropomyosin

18
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What causes the unblocking of myosin binding sites?

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The release of Calcium ions as they cause Tropomysoin to change shape and expose the myosin binding sites on the Actin filament

19
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What causes the release of Calcium ions?

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When an action potential spreads along the t-tubules

20
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Events for Each Myosin Head:

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  • Myosin Head attaches to myosin binding site on Actin filaments forming actinomyosin bridge
  • Myosin head tilts in a rowing action, sliding actin filaments iver myosin filaments towards the centre of Sarcomere
  • ATP binds to the myosin head and causes it to release the actin filament
  • ATP hydrolase (in the head) hydrolyses ATP releasing energy which causes the myosin head to flip back into its original position
  • Cycle Repeats
21
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What happens when the action potentials stop arriving?

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  • Calcium ions actively pumped back into Sarcoplasmic reticulum via Active transport – ATP needed)
  • Tropomyosin returns to original shape + myosin heads no longer attach to Acton filaments
  • The muscle remains in its contracted state as Action filaments only slide in 1 direction towards centre of Sarcomere.
22
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Why are the muscles described to work in antagonistic pairs?

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As they work against an incompressible skeleton which means when 1 contracts, the other muscle in the pair relaxes

23
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When is energy needed in muscle contraction?

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  • Movement of myosin heads (detach + return to original position)
  • Return of Ca2+ ions into Sarcoplasmic reticulum by active transport
24
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State 2 sources where Energy is supplied from?

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  • ATP

* Phosphocreatine

25
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Why must energy be supplied by another source?

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This is because hydrolysis of ATP releases energy + ADP + Pi. Muscle fibres only store small quantities enough for 3-4 secs of muscle contractions and it takes 10 secs to generate ATP from anaerobic respiration, so it must be supplied by another source

26
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Why is Phosphocreatine useful?

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This is because Muscle fibres can store it; producing ATP rapidly

27
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What is the formula to produce ATP using Phosphocreatine?

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ADP + Phosphocreatine  ATP + Creatine

28
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What happens with Phosphocreatine when muscle fibre stops contracting?

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It is resynthesised

29
Q

What are the 2 types of Muscle Fibre?

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  • Slow Twitch Fibres

* Fast Twitch Fibres

30
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Explain the basic function of Slow twitch fibres

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  • Rely on ATP generated by aerobic respiration

* Contract slowly over long periods of time (standing, walking, balancing etc.)

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