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muscle contraction Flashcards

1
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motor unit

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motor neuron + it’s muscle fibers

large fibers - large movement

small - fine movement (eye)

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2
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NMJ

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presyn = axon terminal

postsyn = muscle endplate

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3
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steps at the NMJ

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  1. Ap conducted into pre-syn terminal
  2. depolarize pre-syn terminal
  3. Opening of VG-Ca2+ channels and entry
  4. fusion of vesicles w membrane - Ach into cleft
  5. Ach binds receptor on post-syn membrane
  6. opening of channels on post-syn membrane - Na and K travel down gradient
  7. generation of EPP
  8. Ach broken down into coline and acetate - choline back to pre-syn

10.

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EEP characteristics

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latency - delay from AP –> muscle

graded - size dep on how many vesicles of Ach released

quantal - goes up step by step (each vesicle) - adds up to full potential

decremental conduction - gets smaller further away from end plate

high safety factory (skel muscle) - as long as EPP what it’s supposed to be you will get AP!

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5
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decremental conduction

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if EEP but NOT AP

at nmj you can still see the EEP but it goes away (still see same strong AP far away)

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6
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muscle structure

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muscle - fascile - muscle cell (fiber) - myofibrils (in muscle cell covered by SR) - myofibrils - sarcomere (with actin and myosin)

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7
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T tubules

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formed from invaginations of plasma membrane

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8
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triad

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sarcoplasmic reticulum cisterna on either side of transverse tubule

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9
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skeletal muscle excitation

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  1. AP into T tubules
  2. VG L-type Ca channel conformational change
  3. Ca release channel open (mechanically cated, Ca gated)
  4. mytoplasmic [Ca] increases

Ca DOES NOT MOVE through L-type channels in the T tubules

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10
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how do skeletal and cardiac muscle excitation differ

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  1. Ca enters through L type channels
  2. no mechanical link between L type and SR ca release (80% from SR, 20% from membrane)
  3. can be modulated
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11
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tropomyosin

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binds to actin and troponin

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12
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TnT

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troponin T

binds to tropomyosin

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13
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TnC

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tropinon

binds to Calcium

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14
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TnI

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interferes

troponin

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15
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how does troponin work

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increased Ca –> binds to TnC –> actomyosin complex formed –> tension increases

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16
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E-C coupling in skeletal muscle

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muscle action potential

increase in Ca - myoplasm

Ca-troponin

increase muscle tension

decrease muscle tension

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17
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SERCA

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Ca-ATPase - pumps Ca back into SR

primary active transport

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18
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calsequestrian

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bound to ca in SR

19
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relaxation in skeletal musche

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  1. l type Ca channels close
  2. Ca-gated channel inactivated
  3. SERCA pump back in
  4. Ca binding proteins in cytoplasm
20
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differences betwen cardiac and skeletal uscle relaxation

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sarcolemma:

Ca-Na pump

Ca pump

SR:

PLN –> increases SERCA

all can be regulated

21
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Ca release channels in skeletal muscles

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mechanically and ionically

22
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crossbridge system

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23
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isometric tension

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length - no change

tension - increasing

head rotates developing isometric contraction

acheives 45% by stretching neck of myosin (not enough tension to shorten sarcomere)

recruits more and more muscle fibers until enough muscle tension

24
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isotonic tension

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length - shortening

tension - no change

muscles can’t change length and tension at same time

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26
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muscle resting length-tensison

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more stretched - increased resting tension

27
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Titan

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mechanism of passive and restoring force generation

when tighten muscle - titan stretches

molecular basis for resting tension

28
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fused tetanus

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summation of tetanic stimulus until it fuses

29
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how to increase active tension

A

increase stimulus frequency

recruit motor units

30
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active tension

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total tension when contract (measured) - resting tension

hihest at resting length

31
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sliding filament model

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  1. F due to interaction of thick and thin filaments
  2. muscle filament length is constant
  3. filaments can slide past each other
  4. isometric F is proportional to thick and tin filament overlap
32
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isometric force and length

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due to interaction of thick and thin filaments

0 tension when 0 overlap or full over lap

most tension when meet - no overlap

middle when slight overlap

same in cardiac and skeletal muc

33
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length-tension plot

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shows changesin isometric tension with sarcomere (muscle) length

34
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isometric

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for more tension - add crossbridges and muscle fibers

same length - recruit more

don’t shorten until have enough tension

35
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isotonic

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when muscle begins to shorten - no more crossbridges or muscle fibers are added

36
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what if lifting more than you can hold up isometrically?

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first need titan to lift for a second but then will drop it

37
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preload

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determines initial muscle length

determined by amt of blood in the heart

(resting tension)

38
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afterload

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determines force required to shorten and end muscle length

pressure in orta (what pushing against but doesn’t know it’s there)

39
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shortening velocity

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depends on myosin isoform (ATPase)

and force against which muscle contracts (afterload)

at heaviest load - muscle can’t contract - V = 0

AND preload (at heavy - few xb available for fast cycling, at light - many xb available for fast cycling)

high BP- can’t contract as fast bc so much afterload

  1. afterload 2. preload 3. myosin isoform(ATPase)
40
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velocity and afterload

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bigger F pumping against - lower Velocity

41
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shortening velocity and myosin ATPase

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Myosin ATPase (EC 3.6.4.1) is an enzyme with system name ATP phosphohydrolase (actin-translocating). [1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction ATP + H2O ADP + phosphate. ATP hydrolysis provides energy for actomyosin contraction.

42
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shortening velocity and preload

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resting length - number of crossbridges ready to be formed for fast cycling

43
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power

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afterload x velocity of showertening

max power = 1/3 max load

rate of doing work

dep on:

  1. myosin ATPase
  2. load (afterload)
  3. resting load (preload)
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