Muscle Fiber Type (Exam 4) Flashcards
What are the 2 types of muscle fibers?
Red fibers
White fibers
What is the superficial portion of the pig semitendinosus (eye of round) composed of?
80% white fibers
20% red fibers
What is the deep portion of the pig semitendinosus (eye of round) composed of?
80% red fibers
20% white fibers
What kind of muscle fiber is infraspinatus?
Red
What kind of muscle fiber is rhomboideus?
White
What kind of muscle fiber is complexus?
Red
What kind of muscle fiber is multifidus dorsi?
Red
What kind of muscle fiber is spinalis dorsi?
Red
What kind of muscle fiber is longissimus dorsi?
White
What kind of muscle fiber is latissimus dorsi?
White
What kind of muscle fiber is trapezius?
Red
What are the 2 characteristics that differ among muscle fiber types?
Speed of contraction
Primary type of energy metabolism
What types of muscle fibers do muscles have?
All
What types of metabolism do muscle fibers have?
All
How is muscle fiber type categorized by the speed of contraction?
ATPase
What is the actomyosin complex?
When myosin heads bind to actin molecules
What does actomyosin ATPase activity do?
Get myosin ready to form cross-bridge with actin
What is the primary protein responsible for contraction?
Myosin
What is the S1 globular head extremely sensitive to?
pH changes
If there is greater ATPase activity, what is speed like?
It is greater
What are the 3 actomyosin ATPase activity categories?
Type I: slow, oxidative fiber
Type 2A: fast, oxidative fiber
Type 2B: fast, glycolytic fiber
What is a key step in typing ATPase activity?
Incubating muscle fibers varying pH
What does a pH of 4.3 do?
Inactivates the ATPase in fast fibers
What does a pH of 10.4 do?
Inactivates the ATPase in slow fibers