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4 basic tissues

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  • epithelium
  • connective tissue
  • muscle tissue
  • nervous tissue
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muscle cells

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  • specialized cells capable of contraction to produce movement
  • aka myocytes and myofibers
  • spindle shaped
  • originate from mesoderm (myoblasts)
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myotubes

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  • multinucleated tubes formed from fusion of mesenchymal cells (myoblasts)
  • differentiate into myofilaments
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satellite cells

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cells that do not differentiate and remain as mesenchymal cells

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sarcoplasm

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cytoplasm of muscle cells, contains glycogen and myoglobin

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sarcolemma

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plasma membrane of muscle cell

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sarcoplasmic reticulum

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highly specialized smooth endoplasmic reticulum of a muscle cell

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what percentage of body weight does skeletal muscle make up?

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50%

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what are some of the strongest muscles of the body?

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tongue, masseter, and the heart

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where are nuclei in myocytes?

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peripherally, multiple

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what kind of muscles are skeletal muscles? give examples

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voluntary, fast contracting

  • GI sphincter
  • urinary sphincters
  • muscle in esophagus
  • tongue
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skeletal muscle orgainzation

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  • surrounded by dense irregular CT: epimysium
  • made up of smaller bundles: fascicles surrounded by perimysium
  • each fascicle made up of muscle cells
  • myofibrils contain bundles of myofibrils which contain bundles of myofilaments
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perimysium

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CT surrounding each fascicle

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endomysium

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reticular fibers surrounding individual myocytes

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myofibers

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cylindrical multinucleated cells, peripheral/hypolemmal nuclei

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myofibrils

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contractile elements, composed of repeating sections of myofilaments: myosin and actin, create light and dark bands

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myofilaments

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contractile (actin and myosin) and regulatory proteins (tropomyosin)

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sarcomere

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contractile or functional unit of myocyte

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A band

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dark and corresponds to are where thick and thin filaments overlap, composed of actin and myosin

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I band

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pale and composed of only thin filaments

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Z line

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protein disk that bisect I band, actin filaments anchored to it

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type 1 “red muscle”

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  • slow twitch
  • rich in myoglobin
  • aerobic metabolism-fatigue resistant (high fat low glycogen, many mitochondria)
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type 2 “white muscle”

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  • fast twitch

- anaerobic metabolism-prone to fatigue (low fat high glycogen, less myoglobin and mitochondria)

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motion mediated by muscle cells is based on…

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conversion of ATP into mechanical energy by contractile apparatus

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myofibrils are composed of..
repeating assemblies of thick and thin filaments
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what happens during muscle contraction?
actin filament slide over the myosin filaments resulting in a shortening of the I band
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what holds actin and myosin in position?
desmin, tropomyosin, troponin
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sliding filament model
each sarcomere shortens-->myofilament length is constant-->I band shortens, almost disappears-->thin filaments slide past thick filaments; summation of all sarcomere shortening produces contraction of the muscle cell
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muscle contraction steps
1. binding of calcium to troponin 2. conformational change in tropomyosin, exposing myosin binding site 3. myosin head binds to actin, ATP-->ADP moving myosin head 4. thin filaments slide over thick filaments 5. shortening of entire muscle fiber
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T tubules
- deep invagination of sarcolemma, only in skeletal and cardiac muscle - allow depolarizaton of the membrane to quickly penetrate interior and release Ca from SR
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Sarcoplasmic Reticulum
- equivalent to endoplasmic reticulum, seen in smooth and striated muscle - stores and releases calcium
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terminal cisterna
expanded ends of sacroplasmic reticulum
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cardiac muscle
cardiomyocyte= myocardiocyte= cardiac myocyte - one central nucleus - cross striated - intercalcated discs - lots of mitochondria - needs lots of oxygen
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intercalated discs
- gap junctions, desmosomes - attach cardiac muscle cells to each other - provide strength and ability to function as a syncytium
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intercalcated discs consist of..
1. transverse element: anchor, desmosome, strong attachment | 2. longitudinal element: communication, gap junctions, propagate electric impulse
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atrial muscle cells
contain membrane bound granules, especially numerous in right atrium
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atrial granules
endocrine function, Atrial Natriuretic Peptide (ANP)
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two types of cardiomyocytes
1. contractile | 2. conductile
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modified cardiac muscle cells
form the cardiac nodes and fibers involved in impulse conduction
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purkinjie fibers
- modified cardiac muscle cells - 1 or 2 nuclei - sparse myofibrils - arranged in groups
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smooth muscle cell
- single centrally located nucleus - no striations: no myofibrils, actin and myosin present but not ordered - desmosomes and gap junctions - no t-tubules and sarcoplasmic reticulum is poorly developed
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smooth muscle innervation
parasympathetic and sympathetic | -acetylcholine, norepinephrine, epinephrine
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smooth muscle cell shape
spindle shaped surrounded by a basal lamina and reticular fibers
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single (unitary) smooth muscle
- visceral organs - cells behave like syncytium contracting in a network - sparse innervation but communicate via multiple gap junctions
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multi-unit smooth muscle
- found in iris of eye - precise contraction - individual innervation of each myocyte - lack gap junctions
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peristalsis
wave like contractions, GI tract
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vascular dynamics
contraction alters blood flow and important in blood pressure
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propulsion
urinary bladder, uterus
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tunica muscularis
1. innermost circular layer 2. outer longitudinal layer contraction is non-voluntary
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contracted state
oblique arrangement of actin/myosin filaments and intermediate filament arrangement allow to shorten up to 80%
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myoepithelial cells
- contractile non-muscle cells - ectodermal orgin - contain actin/myosin - similar to smooth muscle - can be stimulated by hormones (mammary gland) - basket-like shape - salivary/mammary/lacrimal glands
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satellite cells
-between basal lamina and sarcolemma of muscle -retain mitotic potential: some repair -
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cardiac muscle regeneration
lack ability
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smooth muscle regeneration
limited: some mitotic activity, may be derived from the pericapillary mesenchymal cells
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muscle regeneration
in all types repair is completed by scar tissue formation

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