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Muscle tissue Flashcards

1
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What is the primary protein in thin myofilaments?

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Actin

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2
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What are the two types of myofilaments?

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Thin and thick filaments

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3
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The interaction of the thin and thick filaments in muscles does what?

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Produces movement

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4
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What is a sarcomere?

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A contractile unit of striated muscle

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5
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What is G actin and F actin?

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G actin is the monomer of actin that is globular. These assemble into chains, with two chains twisting about each other to produce the F-actin

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What are the three components of thin myofilaments?

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Actin
Troponin
Tropomyosin

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What are the three types of troponin, and what is the function of each?

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TnT - subunit that attaches to tropomyosin

TnC - subunit that binds to Ca

TnI - subunit that binds troponin actin and inhibits it

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8
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What is the structure of tropomyosin?

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2 polypeptide chains that form an alpha helix

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9
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What is the function of tropomyosin?

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Each tropomyosin molecule (alpha-helix) rests on 7, G-actin molecules and covers their active sites (for myosin).

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10
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What is the combined function of troponin and tropomyosin?

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To block actin

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How many actin molecules does tropomyosin rest on? What is it doing there?

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7–blocks active sites of actin

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12
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What is the primary protein of a myosin filament?

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Myosin II

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13
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What does the myosin molecule consist of?

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2 heavy chains, and 4 light chains

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14
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What are the two segments of meromyosin?

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Heavy and light meromyosin

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15
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What does the heavy meromyosin consist of?

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4 light chains
2 globular heads
A short, twisted tail

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What does the light meromyosin consist of?

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2 chains wrapped around each other in an alpha helix

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17
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What is the function of adding trypsin to myosin?

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breaks down into meromyosin

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18
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What is the fuction of adding trypsin and papain to myosin?

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breaks down into meromyosin as well as the S1 and S2 chains

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What does the S1 moiety of myosin consist of?

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2 light chains and 1 globular head

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What does the S2 moiety of myosin consist of?

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the short, twisted tail

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21
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What is the contractile unit of a muscle cell?

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Sacromeres

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22
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What are the structures that contain multiple sarcomeres and extend the length of the cell?

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Myofibrils

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23
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Many myofibrils runing parallel to each other form what structure?

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a muscle fiber

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24
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What is the 3D shape of a sarcomere?

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Cylinder

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25
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What is the disk that separates each cylindrical unit of a sarcomere? What does this area function as?

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Z disk

Functions as an attachment of thin filaments via alpha actinin

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26
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What is the function of alpha actinin on the z band?

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Anchors thin filaments

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27
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What is in the H band of a sarcomere?

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Only thick filaments

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28
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What is in the I band of a sarcomere?

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Only thin filaments in adjacent sarcomeres

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29
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True or false: the H band is a subset of the A band

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True

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30
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What is the M line of a sarcomere? What is the major protein here?

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Consists of protein structures lying between thick filaments, holding them in register.

Creatine kinase is the major protein here

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31
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What are the proteins that anchors thin filaments to the Z disk?

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Alpha actinin and nebulin (x2)

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32
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What is the protein that anchors the thick filaments to the Z disk?

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4 titin molecules

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33
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What is nebulin?

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Inelastic protein that wraps around thin filaments and anchors it to the Z disk

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34
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What are the proteins that secures thick filaments in register at the M line?

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Myomesin and C protein

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35
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What is the cytoplasmic protein that binds actin filaments to laminin?

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Dystrophin

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36
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What are the components of muscles cells that are specific to muscles cells?

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Sarcolemma
Sarcoplasm
Sarcosomes
myofibrils
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
myoglobin
Glycogen
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37
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What is the sarcolemma?

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cell membrane + exernal lamina +reticular fibers

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38
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What is the sarcoplasm

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Muscle cell cytoplasm

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39
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What are sarcosomes?

A

muscle cell mitochondria

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40
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What are myofibrils?

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long, cylindrical chains of sarcomeres

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41
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What is the sarcoplasmic reticulum?

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sER of muscle cells

42
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What is the endomysium?

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a layer of reticular fibers that surrounds each muscle cell

43
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What is the perimysium?

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a thin, collagenous connective tissue, derived from the epimysium, and surrounds fascicles of muscles

44
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What is the epimysium?

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Dense, irregular collagenous tissue that surrounds bunches of fascicles (deep fascia)

45
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Deep fascia in anatomy = what in histology?

46
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Nerves and vessels from the epimysium travel through what layer of the muscle to end up n each muscle cell?

A

The perimysium

47
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Where do the nuclei sit in muscle cells? How many are there per muscle cell?

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Multiple nuclei per cell, which sit at the sarcolemma (plasma membrane)

48
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Are muscle cell nuceli euchromatic or heterochromatic? What shape are they?

A

Euchromatic

oval shaped

49
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What is the ECM that sits just outside the sarcolemme? What type of fibers are in this area?

A

External lamina filled with reticular fibers

50
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Can you see the A or Z band at the LM level?

51
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What are the transverse tubules? What are their function?

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Invaginations of the cell membrane (sarcolemma).

Their lumen is continuous with the extracellular space, and contain extracellular fluid.

Their function is to carry nerve impulses deep into the cell

52
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Where is the sarcoplasmic reticulum found?

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Form a “lacy” sleeve around each myofibril

53
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Nerve cell impluses travel through what to reach myofibrils?

A

The T tubules

54
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What are terminal cisternae?

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Terminal part of T tubules that end on the sarcoplasmic reticulum, and hold Ca

55
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What is a triad (in terms of muscle cells)? Where are these found?

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1 T tubule + 2 terminal cisternae. Found at the A-I junction of a sarcomere

56
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What are the regenerative cells that lie between the skeletal muscle cell and its external lamina? What are their function?

A

Satellite cells

They proliferate when the tissue is injured to form new myoblasts

57
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What must be present in order for new myotubes to form from satellite cells? What happens if this is not present?

A

The external lamina

If this is not present, scar tissue forms from fibroblasts instead

58
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What is a motor unit?

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A lower motor neuron and all of the muscle fibers it innervates

59
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What is the neuromuscluar junction?

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The synapse of the motor neuron and its muscle

60
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What is the neurotransmitter that the axon terminals contain?

A

Acetylcholine

61
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What does a motor end plate consist of?

A

Axon terminal, synaptic cleft and the muscle cell sarcolemma

62
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What is myasthenia gravis?

A

Autoimmune disease where acetylcholine receptors are attacked by antibodies. Causes progressive weakness d/t receptor destruction.

63
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What is Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)?

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X-linked recessive disease that has a mutation of dystrophin

64
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What is the function of dystrophin

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Protein that connects actin filament near the Z discs to the laminin in the ECM

65
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Histologically, what are the differences between cardiac and skeletal muscles?

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Cardiac muscles are shorter than skeletal muscles, are branched, and contain many more capillaries in the surrounding spaces

66
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True or false: cardiac muscles contain glycogen and lipid droplets

67
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Do cardiac muscles have stronger or weaker striations than skeletal muscles?

68
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How many nuclei do cardiac muscles have? Where are they located within the cell?

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1-2, centrally located

69
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What are atrial granules? Where are they found

A

Granules that contain atrial natriuretic factor and BNP (diauretics), usually found in the right atrium

70
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What are intercalated discs? What type of muscles are these specific to?

A

Specialized intercellular junctions between cardiac muscles

71
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What does the transverse portion of the intercalated disc do (3)?

A
  1. Anchors actin filaments of terminal sarcomere to plasma membrane
  2. transmits contractile forces from cell-cell
  3. binds cells together via desmosomes
72
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What does the lateral portion of the intercalated discs do?

A

Has gap junctions that permit the flow of ions from cell to cell so cardiac muscles contract together

73
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Do purkinje fibers tend to stain darker or paler than other muscle cells? What do they contain?

A

Paler

Glycogen and few myofilaments

74
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What is the function of the Purkinje fibers?

A

To relay electrical impulses to cardiac muscle fibers

75
Q

What are the three structures that form the heart’s intrinsic conducting system?

A

AV node
SA node
Purkinje fibers

76
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What percent of cardiac muscles cells volume is occupied by mitochondria?

77
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What is abundant in cardiac muscle cells?

78
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Injury to the heart muscle is repaired with what type of tissue?

A

Fibrous connective tissue

79
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What are the three layers of the heart?

A

Endocardium
Myocardium
Epicardium

80
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What layer of the heart are Perkinje fibers located in?

A

Endocardium

81
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What type of structure do smooth muscle cells form?

82
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Where is smooth muscle found?

A

Pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, vessel walls, jrespiratory tract

83
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What do smooth muscle cells lack that are skeletal muscle cells have?

A

Striations

84
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What proteins do smooth muscle cells have?

A

Myosin and actin, but NO troponin

85
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How many nuclei are in smooth muscle cells?

A

Only one (mononuclear)

86
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What is the shape of smooth muscle cells?

87
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Are the nuclei of smooth muscle cells euchromatic or heterochromatic?

A

Euchromatic

88
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Where are the nuclei of smooth muscle cells?

A

Center of the cell

89
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How much space is between smooth muscle cells? Skeletal? Cardiac?

A

None in smooth

Present in cardiac and skeletal

90
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Looking at a EM slide of smooth muscle cells, you see small bubbles near the border of the cell. What are these?

A

Caveolae -coated vesicles containing Ca

91
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What are caveolae?

A

Pinocytotic vesciles in smooth muscles that release Ca into the cell for contraction

92
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What criss-crosses the smooth muscle cells?

A

Myofilaments

93
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What are dense bodies?

A

Connections of myofilaments either:

  1. on the cell membrane
  2. Cytoplasmic at myofilament bundles located in the cytoplasm
94
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What is the function of dense bodies on the cell membrane of smooth muscle cells?

A

Contract the cell and cause a puckering

95
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Ca released from the sarcoplasmic reticulum of muscle cells binds where?

A

To the Troponin I complex

96
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What happens to the confomation of the actin filament when Ca binds?

A

Changes conformation, and exposes myosin binding site on actin

97
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What happens to the distance between Z disks during contraction?

A

Get closer

98
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What happens to the free end of the actin molecule in contraction?

A

Get closer to the A band

99
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What happens to the length of the thin filaments during contraction? Thick?

A

They both remain the same

100
Q

What happens to the width of the A band during contraction?

A

Stays the same

101
Q

What happens to the width of the I band during contraction?

A

Gets narrow

102
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What happens to the width of the H band during contraction?

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Disappears

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