muscles Flashcards
smooth muscle
found in places where there is regulation (arteries)
- unstraited
- long and spindle line muscle fibres
- under involuntary control
- myofibrils are arranged irregularly
cardiac muscle
- straited in apperance
- involuntary control
- it has its own ability to contract does not need nervous system
- somatic and autonomic nervous system
skeletal muscle
- straited
- logitudinal bundles of muscle fibres
- involuntary and volunatry control
micro view of skeletal muscle features
sacrolemma: cell membrane
myfibrils: muscle fibres that make up the muscle fibres
sacromere: energy of the myofibril
z-line: seperate each of the sacromere
actin (thin) and myosin (thick)
sliding filament theory
- as the mysoin and actin slide it gives rise to light or dark area
- contraction: actin is pulled together over the myosin (creates overlap)
- extension: actin is pulled away from the myosin (increase 2 disc line)
what are the different shapes of muscle
- fusiform (muscles that run longitudinaly to the tendon)
- penniform (fibres that run on an angle to the skeleton tendon)
- unipennate (fibres that come off an angle of the tendon)
- bipennate (fibres that come of the sides of the tendon)
- mutipennate (fibres that come off either side of multiple tendons)
white muscle fibre types
- Large diameter
- Good for power and speed activities
- Fast contraction speed (ie “fast twitch” – FT)
- Fatigue rapidly
red muscle fibre types
Small diameter
• Good for endurance activities & continuous contractions
• Slow contraction speed (ie “slow twitch” – ST)
• Fatigue resistant
silding filament theory 6 steps
- Influx of Ca++ ions to expose the actin binding sites
- Binding of myosin to actin
- Power stroke – causing filaments to “slide”
- Binding of ATP to myosin to cause disconnection from actin
- Hydrolysis of ATP to re-energise and replenish the crossbridge
- Transport of Ca++ ions back to the sarcoplasmic reticulum
(via calcium pump)
concentric contraction
tension developed in the muscle is sufficent to overcome any load (muscle shorten)
eccentric contraction
tension developed in the muscle is insufficent to overcome the load (muscle lengthens)
isometric contraction
the tension matches the load and there is no change in the muscle length
head and neck muscles strengh exercises:
- head curls
- lateral raise
- shoulder shrugs
- neck stretches
- neck rotation
trunk extensor strengthening
- erector spinae muscles
- curl the trunk to train the smaller parts of the muscles
(back extension) - romanian deadlift
trunk rotation strengthening exercises
- trunk rotation (superman one leg one arm)
- abdominal crunch with a twist
trunk flexion
- abdominal crunches