muscle tissue Flashcards
wk 5
What are the three types of muscles?
Skeletal, cardiac and smooth
What are the functions of skeletal muscle?
movement, heat production, protection and posture
what is the structure of Skeletal tissue?
Cylider shaped. striated multiple nuclei, voluntary movements
Describe the muscle fibres of skeletal muscle tissue.
Striated appearance (thick and thin), hundreds of myoblasts fused together= can hypertrophy and last long time
Describe the actions and structure of Cardiac muscle fibres.
Actions
allow action potnetial spread
cntrcations last longer than skeletal
structure
Connect via desmosomes and gap junctions
Contract as single unit
More mitochondria = larger
How does cardiac fibres connect?
gap junctions and desmosomes
How does smooth fibres connect?
gap junctions
Describe the actions and structure of smooth msucle fibres
Actions
-allow action potentail spread
-contract as single unit
Structure
thick and thin filaments
(thin filamnets attach to dense bodies)
No regular pattern
No transverse tubules
What are the properties of muscles?
Contractibility, excitability, extensibility and elasticity
What does the arrangment of fascicles affect?
power and range of motion
What are the different types of fascicular arrangements?
Parallel, fusiform, circular, triangular, unipennate, bipennate and multipennate
What is the general structure of skleteal muscle?
Contractile proteins –> myofilaments –> myofibrils –> muscle cells –> arranged in fascicles (or layers) –> whole muscle
What are the three dense irregular connective tissue that allows muscles to communicate?
Epimysium, perimysium and endomysium.
What is epimysium and what does it do?
innermost dense irregular connective tissue. surrounds each individual muscle fibre
What is perimysium and what does it do?
Dense irregular connective tissue that surrounds fascicles (fibres bound together)
What is endomysium and what does it do?
Outermost dense irregular connective tissue, covers muscles fibres, thinner and more delicate
How are muscle cells formed?
via the fusion of myoblast cells
Can muscle fibres undergo cellular division?
no
What does sarcoplasmic reticulum do?
Stores calcium and wrapas around EACH muscle fibre
What is a sarcolemma?
Plasma membrane that encloses each muscle fibre
What is a sarcomere?
Smallest functional contractile unit of muscle
Describe the relationship between sarcomeres and myofibrils.
Myofibrils are a straited muscle organelle that is built up from sarcomeres.
what are the myofilaments within myofibril?
actin- thin
myosin- thick
What is the role of Z discs?
separate sarcomeres and anchor the thin filaments
what is the sliding theory?
Contraction occurs by the sliding of the thin filaments over the thick filaments – creating tension and producing muscle activation (contraction).
What is needed for muscle contraction?
Acetylcholine (ACh)
Calcium
ATP
Action and myosin
Where is acetylcholine (ACh) released from?
motor neuron
Where is calcium released from?
sarcoplasmic reticulum
What is the first step of muscle contraction?
Nervse impulse stimulates ACh release ate neuromusclar junction.
ACh binds to receptor
What is the second step of muscle contraction?
Action potential down Sarcolemma and T-Tubels
What is the third step of muscle contraction?
Ca released from Sarcoplasmic reticulum
What is the fourth step of muscle contraction?
Calcium binds to Troponin and removes block action f tropomyosin
What is the fifth step of muscle contraction?
Active site on actin exposed. myosin head binds and allows contraction
what are the components of a neuromuscular junction?
Synaptic bulb end
Synaptic vesicles
Motor end plate
synaptic cleft
ACh receptor
Acetylchokinesterase (AChE)
What is a synaptic bulb end?
expanded end of neuron
What is a synaptic vescicle?
membrane bound sac filled with ACh
What is a motor end plate?
at end of sarcolemma that has folds and indentations to increase SA