muscles Flashcards

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structure of muscles (biggest to smallest structure)

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muscle- muscle fibre- myofibril- myofilament (actin and myosin

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2
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Sarcolemma

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plasma membrane of muscle cells

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3
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sarcoplasmic reticulum

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where calcium ions are stored and released

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4
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multinucleate definition

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multiple nucleus

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5
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myofibrils

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long cylindrical organelles that consist of actin and myosin

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thick myofibril and its appearance under a microscope

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myosin, dark

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thin myofibril and its appearance under a microscope

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actin, light

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a band

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only myosin

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h zone

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middle part where there is no actin

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I band

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part where there is no myosin

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sarcomere

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region between 2 z lines

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what happens to the bands/ zones when sarcomeres contract

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h zone gets smaller, i band gets smaller, a band stays the same length

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Sliding Filament theory- Stimulation

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action potential arrives, depolarises sarcolemma and SER this causes calcium ions to be released, they bind to troponin, this causes a shape change, the tropomyosin that’s blocking the actin myosin binding site moves

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Sliding Filament theory- Attachment

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myosin head binds to the actin myosin binding site forming a cross bridge, this causes a power stroke- the actin filament slides over the myosin, ADP is removed from the myosin head

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Sliding Filament theory- Detachment

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Fresh ATP binds to the myosin head removing it from the binding site. ATPase then breaks down the ATP into ADP+ Pi and this returns the myosin head to its original place.

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16
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What happens when calcium isn’t bound to troponin

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it moves by active transport into the SER. tropomyosin blocks the binding site. sarcomeres lengthen

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Energy generated for muscle contraction by ATP:

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ATP made during oxidative phosphorylation, needs oxygen

18
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Energy generated for muscle contraction by Anerobic respiration:

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ATP made by glycolysis- pyruvate also made which is converted into lactate which builds up in muscles and causes fatigue.

19
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Energy generated for muscle contraction by ATP Creatine phosphate system

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ADP + CP = ATP + C
Generates ATP very quick however CP runs out very fast.
Its alactic and anaerobic

20
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Define Alactic

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doesn’t produce lactate