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What is muscle tissue specialized for?

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Specialized for contractions that produce movement

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What type of movement occurs in muscle tissue?

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Movement of body itself and its parts
Pumping of blood through heart/vessels
Force air into/out of the body
Moves food through gut

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What are characteristics of muscle tissue? (cells, ECM, CT, innervation/vascularized, embryo origin)

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cells > ECM

cells in direct contact with each other in most types of muscle tissue

Amount of ECM depends on muscle type - muscle cells have own external lamina

Some type of muscle tissue are compartmentalized by CT

Always innervated and well vascularized

From mesoderm

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What are the 2 categories of muscle and the types of muscle tissue?

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  1. Striated muscle - cells have striations; skeletal muscle and cardiac muscle
  2. Non-striated muscle - cells lack striations; smooth muscle
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What is the orientation of striations in striated muscle?

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Striations are perpendicular to the long axis of a muscle cell

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What is a generic term for muscle cells?

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Myocytes

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What are skeletal and cardiac cells called?

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Muscle Fibers

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What is a muscle cell membrane?

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Sarcolemma

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What is the muscle cell cytoplasm?

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Sarcoplasm

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What is the smooth endoplasmic reticulum of the muscle cell?

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Sacroplasmic reticulum

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What are contractile cytoskeletal filaments of muscle cells?

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Myofilaments - Actin (thin) filaments and myosin (thick) filaments

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What is the function of skeletal muscle tissue?

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Moves the skeleton as well as some soft tissue structures (eyeball, tongue, esophagus, and scrotum)

Has roles in stability, balance, breathing, speaking

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Skeletal muscle tissue is under ______ control in response to _____ signals

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Voluntary

In response to CNS signals (motor nerves)

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Where is skeletal muscle located?

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Most skeletal muscle tissue attaches to bone indirectly via tendons (dense regular CT)

Some skeletal muscle tissue is embedded within other structures

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What are the 2 types of resident cells in skeletal muscle? What are their functions?

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Skeletal muscle fibers - contraction (contractile cells)

Satellite cells - stem cells; help repair and regenerated injured skeletal muscle fibers

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What 3 CT sheaths surround and subdivide a skeletal muscle at organ and tissue levels?

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Endomysium

Perimysium

Epimysium

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What is the composition of endomysium?

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Reticular CT around 1 muscle fibers and its EL

Capillary rich

Good environment for calcium, potassium, and sodium exchange

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What is the composition of perimysium?

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Loose CT around each fascicle (fascicle = bundle of muscle fibers)

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What is the composition of epimysium?

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Dense irregular collagenous CT surrounding entire muscle

Binds all fascicles together

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What are the benefits of sheaths around skeletal muscle?

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Blood/Nerve supply and lymph drainage are very close to muscle fibers

Facilitates more powerful contractions

Helps connects a muscle to its tendons

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What are key features of skeletal muscle fibers in LM?

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Fibers are very long, cylindrical and parallel within a fascicle

Multinucleated - heterochromatic nuclei at periphery

Endomysium and capillaries between muscle fibers

Perimysium around fascicles

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What is the sarcoplasm mainly made up of?

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Most of sacroplasm/cell volume is myofibrils

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What is each myofibril composed of?

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Repeating sarcomeres that line up end to end down entire length of myofibril

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What is the smallest functional contractile unit in skeletal muscle?

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Sarcomeres

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Where are the nuclei in the sarcoplasm?
Nuclei lie just inside sarcolemma, in the peripheral sarcoplasm
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What are the two myofilaments?
Myosin (thick) filaments Actin (thin) filaments
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What is myosin made of and what does it do?
Mostly myosin II Binding sites for ATP and actin
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What are actin filaments made of and what is the function of each part?
Mostly actin - binding sites for myosin and TnI Tropomyosin Troponin - 3 subunits 1. TnT - binds tropomyosin 2. TnC - binds calcium 3. TnI - binds actin; when TnI binds actin, it inhibits actin from interacting with myosin
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What myofilaments are in the sarcomere?
Actin (thin) and myosin (thick) myofilaments
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What is the Z disk in the sarcomere? What does it do?
Z line Ends of a sarcomere Proteins (alpha-actinin) that anchor thin filaments Bisects I band
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What is the I band made of and where is it located?
Thin filaments only Straddles adjacent sarcomeres
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What is the A band made of?
Thin and thick filaments
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What is the H band made of and where is it?
Thick filaments only Bisects A band
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What is the M line made of and where is it?
Proteins that bind thick filaments Middle of sarcomere Bisects H band
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What does the sarcolemma have a lot of and what is that?
Sarcolemma has many T tubules which are tubular invaginations that extend deep into the cell T tubule lumens are continuous with extracellular space and are important for initiating contraction
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What is the function and structure of the sarcoplasmic reticulum?
Sarcoplasmic reticulum is extensive and elaborate Regulates contraction Sequesters calcium in its terminal cisterns (when cell is relaxed) and released calcium into cytosol to initiate contraction
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What is a triad in reference to the sarcoplasmic reticulum?
Group of 2 sarcoplasmic reticulum terminal cisterns flanking a T tubule
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What is the short version of skeletal muscle contraction? 8 steps
1. Motor neurons trigger depolarization of sarcolemma 2. T tubules carry depolarization deep into sarcoplasm 3. Depolarization reaches triad -> large amounts of calcium released from SR terminal cisterns into cytosol 4. Calcium in cytosol binds troponin in actin filaments 5. Actin filaments slide along thick filaments toward M line and thick filaments do not move 6. Z discs pulled along - shortens length of sarcomere 7. Actin filament sliding and sarcomere shortening happens simultaneously in all sacromere in 1 myofibril and all myofibrils in fiber contract so muscle fiber shorten 8. Calcium returns to SR - actin filaments slide back into resting position
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Does the sarcoplasm have a lot of mitochondria?
yes! Many mitochondria
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What does the myoglobin in the sarcoplasm do?
Oxygen binding
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How does skeletal muscle fibers get fuel for glycolysis?
Skeletal muscle fibers contain varying amounts of glycogen
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What is type I skeletal muscle fibers? What is the myoglobin content, mitochondria, contractions, and primary method of ATP generation of type I?
Red, slow twitch High myoglobin Many mitochondria Slow and repetitive contractions, not easily fatigued Slow aerobic respiration
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What is type IIa skeletal muscle fibers? What is the myoglobin content, mitochondria, contractions, and primary method of ATP generation of type IIa?
Intermediate Intermediate myoglobin content Intermediate number of mitochondria Fast and not easily fatigued contractions Aerobic respiration but can switch to anaerobic glycolysis
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What is type IIb skeletal muscle fibers? What is the myoglobin content, mitochondria, contractions, and primary method of ATP generation of type IIb?
White, fast twitch Low myoglobin Few mitochondria Fast and easily fatigued Anaerobic glycolysis
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What is the sarcolemma dual anchored by?
Sarcolemma is surrounded by external lamina and endomysium - satellite cells lie between sarcolemma and EL Costamere (dystrophin-associated protein complex) - link cytoskeleton, sarcolemma, EL, and endomysium Dystrophin - large intracellular linker protein that binds sarcolemma and actin filaments in peripheral myofibrils
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What is the purpose of the sarcolemma being dual anchored?
Anchoring cells to the CT layer that extends throughout the muscle strengthens the force of contraction Balancing/distributing forces on both sides of sarcolemma protects it from being torn by strong tensile forces during muscle contraction
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What is skeletal myogenesis?
Initial formation of muscle tissue in embryos Mesenchymal cells in somites or paraxial mesoderm differentiates to myoblasts Myoblasts fuse end to end and form syncytia called myotubules Some myoblasts remain unfused and do not differentiate into satellite cells Myotubules make myofilaments which organize into sarcomeres
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What is the function of cardiac muscle tissue? How does it accomplish this?
Contracts the heart wall and moves blood from chamber to chamber and into arteries Rigorous and rhythmic contractions in response to electrical signals generated by heart itself Contraction rate modulated by ANS nerves and hormones, but they do not initiate contraction
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What is the control and location of cardiac muscle tissue?
Involuntary control Located in heart wall and forms the myocardium of atria and ventricles
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What are the 4 main types of cardiac muscle tissue?
Contractile cardiomyocytes - contraction Myoendocrine cells - secrete peptide hormones Nodal cells (in SA or AV nodes) - generate electrical impulses and coordinate the contraction of cells in atria and ventricle Purkinje fibers - very rapid conduction of electrical impulses
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What are the key features of cardiac muscle fibers?
Shorter than skeletal muscle fibers Y-shaped cells 1-2 large euchromatic nuclei in center of cell Striation present but weak Cells directly contact each other end to end at intercalated discs
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What are the characteristics of the sarcolemma and intercalated discs in cardiac muscle?
Sarcolemma surrounded by an EL and capillary rich endomysium - no satellite cells Cardiac muscle has a dystrophin complex Cardiac muscle fibers are in direct contact with each other Intercalated discs are specialized regions of sarcolemma where 2 cells meet - lots of cell junctions
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What are the sarcoplasm contents of cardiac muscle fibers?
Most of sarcoplasm is myofibrils Sarcomeres have thin and thick filaments Dyads instead of triads in SR Abundant myoglobin More glycogen granules and more lipid droplets Rows of very large mitochondria
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What is the heart's conduction system? What is the system modulated by?
System generates and transmits electrical impulses to contractile cardiomyocytes System is modulated by ANS nerves and hormones - can influence changes in contraction rates, but nerves don't contact cells or initiate contractions
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What is the mechanism of contraction for cardiac muscle?
1. Depolarization transferred from conducting cells (purkinje fibers) to contractile cardiomyocytes 2. Depolarization travels down T tubules into sarcoplasm - triggers calcium release from SR and binds to TnC 3. Thin filaments slide across thick filaments, pulling Z discs towards M line 5. Contraction simultaneous in all sarcomeres in cardiac muscle fiber 6. After contraction, calcium return to SR, binds to calsequestrin in SR terminal cisterns
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What is the function of smooth muscle tissue? How does it accomplish these tasks?
Functions: - peristalsis in GI, repro, and urinary tracts - moves lumen contents - blood vessel constriction and dilation - regulates blood flow (volume, rate) - airway constriction and dilation Slow and sustained contraction in response to variety of signals/stimuli
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What is the control and locations of smooth muscle tissue? What are the resident cells of smooth muscle tissue?
Involuntary control Located in walls of blood vessels and tract (resp, GI, GU) Resident cells - smooth muscle cells - contractile cells that can undergo mitosis and also synthesize and secrete EL and endomysium components
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What is contraction of smooth muscle cells triggered by?
Contraction may be triggered by ANS nerves, hormones, chemical stimuli Mechanical stretching cells or electrical signals traveling between adjacent smooth muscle cells. Contraction can depend on location - unitary (visceral) smooth muscle in wall of GI and GU has poor innervation and multiunit smooth muscle in iris of eye is richly innervated
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What are the characteristics of smooth muscle tissue?
Hard to see boundaries between adjacent smooth muscle cells 1 nucleus located in the cell center and is euchromatic Look like inchworms - no striations or intercalated discs or branches
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What are characteristics of smooth muscle - sarcolemma and sarcoplasm?
Smooth muscle cells in extensive contact Abundant gap junctions - rapid ion transmission from cell to cell and allows smooth muscle cells to coordinate and contract as a unit Focal adhesions anchors smooth muscle cells to neighboring cells Has dystrophin complex Numerous calcium channels - bring extracellular calcium into cell and release it into cytosol to initiate smooth muscle cell contraction Numerous caveolae (lipid rafts) form caveolin-dependent endocytotic vesicles and pinocytotic vesicles
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What are the contents of smooth muscle cell sarcoplasm?
No t tubules and SR not as well developed Numerous mitochondria, some glycogen granules Numerous intermediate filaments No sarcomeres, no myofibrils, and no striations Dense plaques - where thin filaments attach to sarcolemma Dense bodies - attachment pints between thin filaments and intermediate filaments
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What are the steps of smooth muscle cell contraction?
1. Stimulus triggers depolarization of smooth muscle cell sarcolemma 2. Voltage gated calcium channels bring in extracellular calcium - triggers release of calcium stored in SR 3. Calcium binds to smooth muscle cell specific version of myosin 4. Thin filaments slide across myosin, drawing dense plaques closer to cell center

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