Muscle Fibres Flashcards

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Characteristics of Type 1 Oxidative fibres

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  • resistant to fatigue
  • red in colour
  • slow twitch
  • slow contraction speed 110 m/s
  • low force produced
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Characteristics of Type lla Fast oxidative Glycolytic

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  • more prone to fatigue than type llb
  • pink in colour
  • fast contraction speed 50 m/s
  • large force produced
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Characteristics of type llb Glycolytic

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  • fatigues fast
  • white in colour
  • fast contraction 50 m/s
  • large force produced
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What sports are Type 1 slow oxidative best suited to

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  • any endurance events
  • marathon running
  • field sports like netball, hockey, football
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What sports are Type lla fast oxidative Glycolytic best suited to

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  • sports that require a longer working period e.g. football when sprinting for the ball
  • boxing as there are many rounds but the motions are explosive
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What sports are Type llb fast Glycolytic best suited to

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  • sprinting 100m
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Which type of fibres have the fastest contraction time

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  • type lla and type llb both have a contraction time of 50 m/s
  • type 1 are slower with 110 m/s
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What colour are all of the muscle fibres

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  • type 1 = red
  • type lla =pink
  • type 11b = white
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What happens type of muscle fibre produces the least amount of force

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Type 1

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What mitochondria density does each fibre have

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Type 1 - high
Type 11a - medium
Type11b - low

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What level on myoglobin content does each fibre have

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Type 1 - high
Type 11a - medium
Type11b - low

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What level of capillary density does each fibre have

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Type 1 - high
Type 11a - medium
Type11b - low

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What level of aerobic capacity does each fibre have

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Type 1 - very high
Type 11a - medium
Type11b - low

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Latent period

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Events of excitation - contraction coupling; no muscle tension

  • when the motor unit is first stimulated and not contracting
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Period of contraction

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  • cross bridge formation - tension increases

- The muscle contracts quickly

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Relaxation period

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When tension declines to 0 very gradually

17
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Wave summation

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  • Where the muscle partially relaxes and contracts again before its fully relaxed
  • this will produce a second stronger contraction

Infused tetanus

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Titanic contraction

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  • when the muscle is stimulated at a higher frequency
  • This means that the muscle does not have time to relax
  • This means the muscle contraction will get stronger and stronger until it reaches maximum
19
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What does a motor unit consist of

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  • spinal cord
  • motor nerve
  • axons of motoneurons
  • muscle fibres
  • motoneuron axon
20
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How do you muscles exert different amounts of force or tension.

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Large muscle fibres can be recruited And more motor Units can be activated to create more power. And vice versa for less power

21
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What is the all or none rule

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The motoneurons either contract the bundle of muscle fibres or they don’t there is no in between where they can partially contract.

22
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what is the CRAG technique

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A stretching technique

Contract - relax - antagonist - contract

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What are muscle spindles

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  • Proprioceptor is that are located between the muscle fibres
  • detect how far and fast the muscles are being stretched
  • When the central nervous system receives the signal that the muscles are stretching it causes a reflex for the muscles to contract. This protects the muscle from injury
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What are Golgi tendon organs

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  • Activated when there is tension in the muscles
  • Found between the muscle fibre and tendon
  • detects isometric contractions
25
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What is autogenic inhibition

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  • where there is a sudden relaxation of the muscle in response to high tension
  • the golgi Tendons detect this
26
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What is an isometric contraction

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Where there is tension in the muscle but no visible movement

27
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What is PNF stretching

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Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation

  • used to increase range of motion in a joint