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Describe the structure of skeletal muscle - 6

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  • Muscle
  • Bundle of muscle fibres
  • Muscle fibre
  • Myofibrils
  • Sarcomere
  • Protein filaments : actin and myosin
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Describe a muscle fibre 4

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  • Muscle cells fuse to form a very long multinucleated cell
  • Surrounded by a cell membrane called sarcolemma
  • Have lots of mitochrondia - provides ATP for muscle contraction
  • Contains sarcoplasm : cytoplasm of striated muscle cells
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Why are the muscle fibre cells multinucleated? 3

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  • Single nucleus not enough to control metabolism of long cell
  • Time taken for protein to be made in cell is too long
  • To reach furthest parts of the cell
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What does the sacroplasm contain? 2

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  • Folds called transverse tubules [T] help to spread electrical impluses throughout the sacroplasm
  • To reach all parts of the muscle fibres
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What runs through the sacroplasm?

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Sarcoplasmic reticulum

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What is the sarcoplasmic reticulum?

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A network of internal membranes running through the sarcoplasm

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What does the sarcoplasmic reticulum do?

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Stores and releases calcium ions needed for muscle contraction

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What word is used to describe the muscle fibre patterns?

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Striated - pattern of light and dark bands

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What are bundles of muscle fibres?

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Bundles bound together by connective tissue continuous with tendons

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How long across is each bundle of muscle fibres?

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2cm across

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What does the connective tissue in bundle of muscle fibres contain?

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Blood vessels

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Where are myofibrils found?

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Sacroplasm

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What are myofibrils?

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Long cylinderal organelles highly specialised for contraction

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What are myofibrils made up of?

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Repeated contracile units arranged end to end (sacromeres]

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What are sacromeres made up of?

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Protein filaments:

  • Actin
  • Myosin
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Is actin thin/thick?

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Thin

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Is myosin thin/thick?

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Thick

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How does the sacromere contract?

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Through the co-ordinated sliding of protein filaments past each other

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How does the sacromere return to its original shape?

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Through the returning of sliding protein filaments to their original length when the muscle relaxes

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When labelling an actin and myosin diagram what should be labelled? 5

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  • Z line
  • M line
  • A band
  • I band
  • H Zone
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What is the z line?

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Marks the ends of the sacromere, where sarcomeres joined together sideways

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What is the m line?

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The middle of each sacromere in the middle of the myosin filaments

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What are the A bands?

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Dark bands where the actin and myosin is overlapping

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What are the I bands?

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Light bands with thin actin only

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What do the intermediately coloured bands contain?
Myosin only
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What do the actin and myosin do in contraction?
- Actin moves within myosin, sliding over each other - Sacromere shortens in length - Muscle length shortens - Actin and myosin DO NOT shorten themselves
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What are the 2 proteins between actin filaments?
- Troponin | - Tropomyosin
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Troponin and tropomyosin are...
...attracted to each other
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What are the myosin filaments made up of?
- Hinged globular heads that move back and forth | - With binding sites for actin and ATP
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What do actin filaments have?
Actin-myosin binding sites for myosin heads
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Part 1 of sliding filament theory - myosin binding to actin 10
- Nerve impulsive [action potential] arrives from a motor neurone at a neuromuscular junction - Stimulates muscle cell - Depolarises sacrolema - Depolarisation spreads down T tubules to sacrcoplasmic reticulum - SR releases stored calcium ions into sacroplasm - Calcium ions bind to troponin - Causes it to change shape - Pulls attached tropomyosin out of actin myosin binding site - Exposes actin myosin binding sites on actin filaments - Allows myosin head to bind to actin filament forming an actin myosin cross bridge
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Part 2 of sliding filament theory - the role of ATP 10
- Calcium ions activate ATPase enzyme when actin and myosin bind - Causes breakdown of ATP into ADP and Pi to provide energy needed for contraction - Myosin changes shape - Myosin head moves forward - Pulls actin filament along over it - ATP molecule binds to myosin head - Causes it to detach from the actin filament, breaking the actin myosin bridge - An ATPase on the myosin head hydrolyses ATP to form ADP and Pi - Causes change in myosin head shape, returning it to its upright position - Enables cycle to start again
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Explain how muscle contraction stops
- Muscle stopped being stimulated by nerve impulses - Calcium ions leave binding sites on troponin molecules - Moved by active transport back into sarcoplasmic reticulum - Troponin molecules return to original shape - Pulls attached tropomyosin molecules with them - Block actin-myosin binding sites - Muscles not contracted - No myosin heads attached to actin filaments - no cross bridges - Actin filaments slide back to relaxed position - Lengthens sacromere
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What is skeletal muscle used for?
Movement
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How do the arms move? 5
- Bicep stimulated - Bicep contracts - Tricep relaxes - Pulls on tendon - Bends/flexes the arm
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How do muscles work? 4
- Muscles contract/relax - To pull on bones at joints - Joints bent [flexed]/straightened [extended] - Muscles can only pull
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What are antagonistic pairs/why do muscles work in antagonistic pairs? 3
- Muscles can only work in one direction - Therefore there is a need to create opposite forces - Two muscles : extensor and flexor are needed to move bone
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What is an extensor?
Muscle causing the extension of a joint when it contracts
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What is a flexor?
Muscle causing the flexing of a joint when it contracts
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What are ligaments?
- Attach bone to other bone - Allow some movement - Provides stability
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How do ligaments provide stability?
They have lots of elastic tissue
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What are tendons?
- Attach muscles to bones - Enable muscles to move joints - Relatively inelastic
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Why are tendons relatively inelastic?
So all the force is transmitted to the bone
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What is a joint?
Point where two bones meet
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What are the synovial joints?
Joints allowing for bone movement
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What are synovial joints separated by?
A cavity filled with synovial fluid
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What is the synovial fluid?
A viscious and sticky lubricant allowing for free movement of bones
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What is the cartilage like?
White, hard and rubbery
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What does the cartilage do?
Protects bones within joints and is a shock absorber
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What are the two types of muscle fibres?
- Slow twitch | - Fast twitch
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What affects proportion of slow twitch to high twitch muscle fibres?
- Genetics - Endurance training - Type of muscles
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What proportion of muscle fibres do endurance trainers/endurance muscles [e.g back muscles] have?
High slow twitch to fast twitch proportion
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List the properties of slow twitch fibres compared to fast twitch 9
- More aerobic respiration - Darker muscle fibres: higher myoglobin levels - High amounts of respiratory enzymes - More capillaries - Lower glycogen content - More mitochondria - Less sarcoplasmic reticulum - Fatigues less quickly - Lower levels of creatine phosphate
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List the properties of fast twitch fibres compared to slow twitch 9
- More anaerobic respiration - Higher levels of creatine phosphate - Higher glycogen content - Less mitochondria - Less capillaries - More sarcoplasmic reticulum - Fatigues more quickly - Less respiratory enzymes - Ligher muscle fibres: lower myoglobin levels - Higher levels of creatine phosphate
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Why are slow twitch muscle fibres darker? 3
- Higher myoglobin levels - Higher O2 store - Ensures sufficient supply of O2 for aerobic respiration
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Why do slow twitch muscle fibres have more capillaries? 3
- Better blood supply - Facilitates faster supply of glucose and oxygen for aerobic respiration - Faster removal of CO2
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Why are slow twitch muscle fibres have more mitochondria?
Krebs Cycle and oxidative phosphorylation take place here for aerobic respiration
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Why do slow twitch muscle fibres have lower glycogen content? 3
- Slow twitch in use fairly constantly - No need to store glucose - Just needs continual supply
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Why do slow twitch muscle fibres have less sarcoplasmic reticulum? 3
- Less Ca+ needed to be released - Actin/myosin don't need as quick initiation - Muscle contraction is slower
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Why do slow twitch muscles fatigue less quickly?
Less anaerobic respiration so less lactic acid
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Why are fast twitch muscle fibres lighter? 2
- Lower myoglobin levels | - Anaerobic respiration occurs so no oxygen needs to be stored in these fibres
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Why do slow twitch muscle fibres have less capillaries? 3
Mostly anaerobic respiration so no oxygen supply needed
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Why do slow twitch muscle fibres higher glycogen content? 3
- Only used occasionally - When used to large supply of glucose needed - Stored there in preparation
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Why do slow twitch muscle fibres less mitochondria? 3
- Mostly undergoes anaerobic respiration - Involves glycolysis - Occurs in cytoplasm
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Why do slow twitch muscle fibres have more sarcoplasmic reticulum? 3
- Releases more Ca+ ions - Initiates movements of actin and myosin - Faster muscle contraction
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Why do slow twitch muscle fibres fatigue more quickly? 3
Anaerobic respiration releases lactic acid
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What is the purpose of slow twitch fibres? 2
- Specialised for slower, sustained contraction | - Long periods of exercise and endurance activities: marathons/posture
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What is the purpose of fast twitch fibres? 2
- Specialised for rapid, intense contraction | - Short bursts of speed and power: eye movement and sprinting
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What is myoglobin? 4
- Similar to haemoglobin - Has a high affinity for oxygen - Only releases it when O2 concentration falls very low - Therefore acts as oxygen store

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