Muscle Flashcards

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1
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Outer most layer; skin and neuronal tissues

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Ectoderm

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2
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Middle germ layer; muscle, fat, bone tissues

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Mesoderm

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3
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Inner layer; respiratory and digestive tracts

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Endoderm

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4
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What does myo- mean?

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Muscle

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5
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Increase in number

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Proliferation

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6
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Fuse and express muscle-specific gene

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Differentiation

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7
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Myotube or myofiber

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Maturation

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8
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MRF’s

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Proliferation, Differentiation, Maturation

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9
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What does MRF stand for?

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Myogenic Regulatory Factors

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10
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What do MRF’s help do?

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Commit cells to myoblasts; family of transcription factors that ‘turn on’ transcription of other genes in the nucleus

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11
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Whats more preferred?

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Proliferation

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12
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The cell cycle phases:

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G1, S, G2, M

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13
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G1 Phase

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3-12 hours; Environmental cues signal continuance

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14
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S Phase

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DNA Synthesis

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15
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G2 Phase

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Remodeling to accommodate mitosis

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16
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M Phase

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Mitosis; Cell division

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17
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G0 Phase

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Alternative G1 phase; Cells remain capable of proliferation without dividing; dormant; satellite cells

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18
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Satellite cells proliferate to repair muscle if damaged

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G0 Phase

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19
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Myotube

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Multi-nucleated; Nuclei are centrally located; Cannot contract; Mature into muscle fiber; Synthesize myofibrillar proteins and assembles them into myofibrils; Nuclei are unable to divide; Cannot create new myoblast

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20
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Go from mono-nucleated to multi-nucleated

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Muscular precursor; muscle cell

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21
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First muscle fibers to develop; Act as scaffolding; “Hollow tubes”; Act as frame, everything builds around it

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Primary myotube

22
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Form gap junctions; Splinter away post contraction and post innervation;90% of muscle fibers

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Secondary myotube

23
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Primary myotube nuclei

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Central for extended time

24
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Secondary myotube nuclei

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Central briefly

25
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How does muscle grow?

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Muscle hypertrophy

26
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How do fish grow?

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Hyperplasia

27
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Hypertrophy

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Increase muscle fiber size

28
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Hyperplasia

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Increase muscle fiber number

29
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Add DNA to cells and repair injured fibers

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Satellite cells

30
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What factors affect muscle fiber number?

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Animal to animal variation within species; Muscle to muscle variation; Nutrition; Breed and Genetics; Age; Sex; Genetic conditions

31
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What do most fibers do?

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Taper off and do not go length of muscle

32
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Force depends on what?

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Number of microfibers

33
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Longer length of a fiber results in what?

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Force lasts longer

34
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Muscle tissue is used for what?

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Locomotion
Digestion
Breathing
Vision
Circulation
High quality food protein
35
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30-40% of total body mass

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Muscle tissue

36
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What are the three types of muscle tissue?

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Skeletal, Cardiac, Smooth

37
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What muscle is non striated?

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Smooth

38
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What muscle is striated?

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Skeletal and Cardiac

39
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Sheet like; involuntary; regulate fluid movement

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Smooth

40
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Striated and involuntary

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cardiac

41
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Water, proteins, lipids, carbohydrates; Origin, Insertion, Tendon, Fascia

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Skeletal

42
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Thin sheet of connective tissue attachment below skin

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fascia

43
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Connective tissue attachment of origin or insertion into bone

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tendon

44
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Forms muscle fibers into bundles; Intramuscular fat

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Perimysium

45
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Connective tissue; Separates individual muscles; Provides avenues for nerves and blood vessels; Silver Skin

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Epimysium

46
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Connective tissue surrounds individual muscle fibers; Adjacent to muscle cell membrane and attached via basement membrane

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Endomysium

47
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Muscle fiber

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Muscle cell, myocyte, myofiber; Fully mature myotube that contracts:Can extend length of muscle; Multi-nucleated

48
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Sarcolemma

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Cell membrane of muscle cells; Provides invaginations for communication channels

49
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How many nuclei for every millimeter?

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33

50
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Where are the nuclei located?

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On the outside edges of muscle cell

51
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Myofibril

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contracting apparatus

52
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Help contract and cause striation

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Myosin and Actin