Muscle Physio Flashcards
•Striated- a striped or banded pattern due to the arrangement of contractile proteins (actin and myosin) within the cells.
•Voluntary-This means that the contraction of skeletal muscles is under conscious control, meaning you can decide when to move them.
Skeletal muscle tissue
•Striated
•Involuntary
•Autorhythmicity-This is the unique ability of cardiac muscle to generate its own rhythmic electrical impulses, independent of external nerve stimulation
Cardiac muscle tissue
Involuntary
Smooth muscle tissue
ability to respond to certain stimuli by producing electrical signals/action potentials
Electrical excitability
ability of muscular tissue to contract forcefully when stimulated.
Contractility
ability of muscular tissue to stretch within limits, without being damaged.
Extensibility
ability of muscular tissue to return to its original length and shape after contraction or extension.
Elasticity
main component of thin filaments
Actin
main component of thick filaments
Myosin
compenent of thin filament
Tropomyosin
component of thin filament
Troponin
has strong affinity to actin
Troponin I
has strong affinity to tropomyosin
Troponin T
has strong affinity to calcium
Troponin C
connects & aise to M mne of sarcomere
Titin
Helps stabilize thick filament
Titin
Accounts for the elasticity and extensibility of myofibrils
Accounts for the elasticity and extensibility of myofibrils
Titin
Prevents overstretching of the sarcomere
Titin
attaches to actin molecules of thin filaments and to titin molecules
A-actinin
forms M line of sarcomere
Myomesin
Binds to titin molecules and connects thick filaments to one another
Myomesin
wraps around entire length of each thin filament
Nebulin
Helps anchor thin filaments of Z discs and regulate length of thin filaments
Nebulin
links thin filaments of sarcomere to integral membrane proteins in sarcolemma
Dystrophin
Help reinforce sarcolemma and transmit tension generated by sarcomere to tendons
Dystrophin
separates one sarcomere from the next.
Z disc