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Muscles and Muscles Tissue Part C Flashcards

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Factors of Muscle Contraction

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Force of contraction depends on number of cross bridges attached, which is affected by four factors:

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Number of muscle fibers stimulated

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(recruitment): the more motor units recruited, the greater the force.

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Relative size of fibers

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the bulkier the muscle, the more tension it can develop

Muscle cells can increase in size (hypertrophy) with regular exercise

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Frequency of stimulation

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the higher the frequency, the greater the force.

Stimuli are added together

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Degree of muscle stretch

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muscle fibers with sarcomeres that are 80–120% their normal resting length generate more force

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If sarcomere is less than 80%

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resting length, filaments overlap too much, and force decreases.

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If sarcomere is greater than 120%

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of resting length, filaments do not overlap enough so force decreases

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How fast a muscle contracts and how long it can stay contracted is influenced by:

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Muscle fiber type
Load
Recruitment

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Muscle fiber type Classified according to two characteristics

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Speed of contraction.
Oxidative fibers.
Glycolytic fibers

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Speed of contraction

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– slow or fast fibers

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According to

Speed at which

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myosin ATPases split ATP

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According to pattern

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Pattern of electrical activity of motor neurons

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Metabolic pathways

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used for ATP synthesis

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Oxidative fibers

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use aerobic pathways

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Glycolytic fibers:

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use anaerobic glycolysis

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skeletal muscle fibers can be classified into three types:

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Slow oxidative fibers, fast oxidative fibers, or fast glycolytic fibers

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Most muscles contain

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contain mixture of fiber types, resulting in a range of contractile speed and fatigue resistance

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All fibers in one motor unit

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are the same type

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Genetics dictate

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individual’s percentage of each

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Muscle fiber type

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Different muscle types are better suited for different jobs

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Slow oxidative fibers example

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: low-intensity, endurance activities

Example: maintaining posture

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Fast oxidative fibers and example

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medium-intensity activities

Example: sprinting or walking

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Fast glycolytic fibers and example

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short-term intense or powerful movements

Example: hitting a baseball

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Load

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muscles contract fastest when no load is added

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The greater the load
the shorter the duration of contraction
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The greater the load
the slower the contraction
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Recruitment
the more motor units contracting, the faster and more prolonged the contraction
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Aerobic (Endurance) Exercise
such as jogging, swimming, biking
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leads to increased
Muscle capillaries Number of mitochondria Myoglobin synthesis
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Results in
greater endurance strength, and resistance to fatigue
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May convert fast
glycolytic fibers into fast oxidative fibers.
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Resistance exercise (typically anaerobic),
such as weight lifting or isometric exercises
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Leads to
Muscle hypertrophy. Due primarily to increase in fiber size. Increased mitochondria, myofilaments, glycogen stores, and connective tissue. Increased muscle strength and size
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Disuse atrophy
(degeneration and loss of mass). Due to immobilization or loss of neural stimulation. Can begin almost immediately.
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Disuse atrophy
Muscle strength can decline 5% per day
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Paralyzed muscles
may atrophy to one-fourth initial size
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Fibrous connective tissue/ Rehabilitation
replaces lost muscle tissue. | Rehabilitation is impossible at this point.
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Smooth Muscle location
Found in walls of most hollow organs.
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Smooth Muscle found
Respiratory, digestive, urinary, reproductive, circulatory (except in smallest of blood vessels) except heart
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Most smooth muscle
organized into sheets of tightly packed fibers
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what are the two layer of sheet smooth muscles contains?
Longitudinal layer | Circular layer
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Longitudinal layer
fibers run parallel to long axis of organ | Contraction causes organ to shorten
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Circular layer
fibers run around circumference of organ | Contraction causes lumen of organ to constrict
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Alternating contractions and relaxations of layer
layers mix and squeeze substances through lumen of hollow organs
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Smooth muscle fibers and the size
fibers are spindle-shaped fibers. | thin and short
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Smooth muscle
Only one nucleus, no striations
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Smooth muscle lack of and contains of
connective tissue sheaths, | Contains endomysium only
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Smooth muscle have
varicosities (bulbous swellings) of nerve fibers
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Varicosities
store and release neurotransmitters into a wide synaptic cleft referred to as a diffuse junction
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Innervated (smooth muscles)
by the autonomic nervous system.
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Smooth muscle has less
elaborate SR
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Smooth muscles have no
T tubules
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SR of smooth muscle
less developed than in skeletal muscle | SR does store intracellular Ca2+, but most calcium used for contraction has extracellular origins
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Sarcolemma(Smooth muscles)
contains pouchlike infoldings called caveolae
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Caveolae
contain numerous Ca2+ channels that open to allow rapid influx of extracellular Ca2+
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Smooth muscle fibers are usually electrically
connected via gap junctions whereas skeletal muscle fibers are electrically isolated
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Gap junctions
are specialized cell connections that allow depolarization to spread from cell to cell
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What does gap junction contains of and don't contain of?
There are no striations and no sarcomeres, but they do contain overlapping thick and thin filaments
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In smooth muscles thick filaments and ratio
are fewer and have myosin heads along entire length | Ratio of thick to thin filaments (1:13) is much lower than in skeletal muscle (1:2)
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Thick filaments(smooth muscles)
have heads along entire length, making smooth muscle as powerful as skeletal muscle
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Smooth muscle does not have(Proteins)
No troponin complex
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Smooth muscle does have(proteins)
tropomyosin and Protein calmodulin binds Ca2+
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Thick and thin filaments arranged diagonally
Myofilaments are spirally arranged, causing smooth muscle to contract in corkscrew manner
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Intermediate filament–dense body network
Contain lattice-like arrangement of non contractile intermediate filaments that resist tension
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Dense bodies:
proteins that anchor filaments to sarcolemma at regular intervals Correspond to Z discs of skeletal muscle
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During contraction of smooth muscle
areas of sarcolemma between dense bodies bulge outward | Make muscle cell look puffy
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Mechanism of contraction
Slow, synchronized contractions. Cells electrically coupled by gap junctions.
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Mechanism of contraction(action potentials)
Action potentials transmitted from fiber to fiber
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Some cells
are self-excitatory (depolarize without external stimuli)
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Act as
pacemakers for sheets of muscle
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Rate and intensity of contraction
may be modified by neural and chemical stimuli
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Contraction in smooth muscle is similar to skeletal muscle contraction in following ways:
Actin and myosin interact by sliding filament mechanism
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Contraction in smooth muscle is similar to skeletal muscle contraction in following ways:
Final trigger is increased intracellular Ca2+ level
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Contraction in smooth muscle is similar to skeletal muscle contraction in following ways:
ATP energizes sliding process
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Contraction in smooth muscle is similar to skeletal muscle contraction in following ways:
Contraction stops when Ca2+ is no longer available. Some Ca2+ still obtained from SR, but mostly comes from extracellular space
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Ca2+ binds
to calmodulin, not troponin
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Activated calmodulin
activates myosin kinase (myosin light chain kinase)
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Activated myosin kinase phosphorylates myosin head
activating it | Leads to crossbridge formation with actin
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Relaxation requires:
Ca2+ detachment from calmodulin Active transport of Ca2+ into SR and extracellularly Dephosphorylation of myosin to inactive myosin
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Energy efficiency of smooth muscle contraction
Slower to contract and relax but maintains contraction for prolonged periods with little energy cost.
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Most smooth muscle maintain
moderate degree of contraction constantly without fatiguing | Referred to as smooth muscle tone
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Makes ATP via
aerobic respiration pathways
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Regulation of contraction
Controlled by nerves, hormones, or local chemical changes
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Neural regulation
Neurotransmitter binding causes either graded (local) potential or action potential
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Neural regulation(results)
Results in increases in Ca2+ concentration in sarcoplasm
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Neural regulation(response)
depends on neurotransmitter released and type of receptor molecules
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One neurotransmitter
can have a stimulatory effect on smooth muscle in one organ, but an inhibitory effect in a different organ.
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Hormones and local chemicals
Some smooth muscle cells have no nerve supply
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Depolarize
spontaneously or in response to chemical stimuli that bind to G protein–linked receptors
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Chemical factors
can include hormones, high CO2, pH, low oxygen.
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Some smooth muscles
respond to both neural and chemical stimuli
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Response to stretch
Stress-relaxation response
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Stress-relaxation response
responds to stretch only briefly, then adapts to new length
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Stress-relaxation response functions
Retains ability to contract on demand | Enables organs such as stomach and bladder to temporarily store contents
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Length and tension changes
Can contract when between half and twice its resting length | Allows organ to have huge volume changes without becoming flabby when relaxed

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