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Muscle Part II Flashcards

1
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Motor unit is consists of:

A

neuron
muscle cell it innervates

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2
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A muscle may contract with varying degrees of strength because only some of the muscle cell contracts.

A

MOTOR UNIT

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3
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Individual muscle cell – “all or none law”

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MOTOR UNIT

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4
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Finer muscle movements require fewer muscles per motor unit (eye movement)

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MOTOR UNIT

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5
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Motor nerve endings (MNJ) and sensory nerve endings (muscle spindles and Golgi tendon organs for proprioception)

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INNERVATION OF SKELETAL MUSCLE

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6
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synapse between a branch of a motor nerve axon and a skeletal muscle cell

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Myoneural junction

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7
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Depol presynaptic memb 🡪 Ca channels open 🡪 inc cytosolic Ca 🡪 Ach released 🡪 bind to Ach receptors in sarcolemma 🡪 depol

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INNERVATION OF SKELETAL MUSCLE

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8
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Postmortem rigidity appearing as hardening of skeletal muscles

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RIGOR MORTIS

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9
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Unable to synthesize ATP 🡪 myosin remains bound to actin 🡪 muscles remain contracted

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RIGOR MORTIS

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10
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Sensory receptors that monitor contraction:

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Muscle spindles
Golgi tendon organs

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11
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provides feedback about changes in muscle length and its rate of alteration

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Muscle spindles

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12
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monitor the tension and its rate produced during movement

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Golgi tendon organs

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13
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autoimmune disease in which antibodies block Ach receptors

A

Myasthenia gravis

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14
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food poisoning in which Clostridium botulinum toxin inhibits Ach release at MNJ

A

Botulism

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15
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Example of this is Botox cosmetic procedure

A

Botulism

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16
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Shape and size of cells of skeletal muscle:

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Long, cylindrical

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17
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How many number and location of nucleus are there in a skeletal muscle?

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Many, peripheral

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18
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Is there a striations in a skeletal muscle?

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Yes

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19
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Property of skeletal muscle: T-tubules, sarcoplasmic reticulum

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Triads at A-I junctions

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20
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Is there a gap junctions in a skeletal muscle?

21
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Is there a sarcomere in a skeletal muscle?

22
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Does the skeletal muscle do regenerations?

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Restricted

23
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Does the skeletal muscle do voluntary contraction?

24
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What is the distinctive characteristics of a skeletal muscle

A

Peripheral nuclei

25
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Contract spontaneously and display a rhythmic beat modified by hormonal and neural (parasympathetic and sympathetic) stimuli

A

CARDIAC MUSCLE

26
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Poorly defined myofibrils (thick and thin filaments)

A

CARDIAC MUSCLE

27
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Calcium source is more extracellular

A

CARDIAC MUSCLE

28
Q

Has more mitochondria

A

CARDIAC MUSCLE

29
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complex steplike junctions forming end to end attachments between adjacent cardiac muscle cells 🡪 functional syncytium

A

Intercalated disks

30
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modified cardiac fibers in the bundle of His; for conduction

A

Purkinje fibers

31
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Shape and size of cells of Cardiac Muscle

A

Blunt-ended, branched

32
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Number and location of nucleus of cardiac muscle

A

One or two, central

33
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Is there a striations in cardiac muscle?

34
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T tubules, sarcoplasmic reticulum of cardiac muscle

A

Dyads at Z disks

35
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Is there a gap junctions in cardiac muscle?

A

Yes (in intercalated disks)

36
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Is there a sarcomere in cardiac muscle?

37
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Is there a Regeneration in cardiac muscle?

38
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Does cardiac muscle do voluntary contraction?

39
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Distinctive characteristics of cardiac muscle

A

Intercalated disks

40
Q

Nonstriated, fusiform

A

SMOOTH MUSCLE

41
Q

20 um in small blood vessels to 500 um in a pregnant uterus

A

SMOOTH MUSCLE

42
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Nucleus has a corkscrew shape during contraction

A

SMOOTH MUSCLE

43
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Sarcolemmal vesicles (caveolae)

A

SMOOTH MUSCLE

44
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Contractile filaments (actin, myosin) are not arranged in myofibrils (Non-striated)

A

SMOOTH MUSCLE

45
Q

Contraction is Slower and longer (slower ATP hydrolysis)

A

SMOOTH MUSCLE

46
Q

types of smooth muscle:

A

Multi-unit smooth muscle
Unitary (Single unit) smooth muscle

47
Q

types of smooth muscle:

Contracts independently of one another

A

Multi-unit smooth muscle

48
Q

types of smooth muscle:

Individual muscle cells cannot contract independently

A

Unitary (Single unit) smooth muscle

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