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Muscles & Skeletons Flashcards

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Hydrostatic Skeleton

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Fluid held under pressure in a closed body compartment

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Cnidarians

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Jellyfish
1. Hydra can elongate by closing mouth
2. Muscles of gut cavity constrict
3. Water cannot be compressed
4. Therefore, decreasing cavity diameter forces length increase

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How do flatwoms move

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Movement results from localised muscle constriction on interstitial fluid.

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How do nematodes move

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Contractions of longitudinal muscles result in thrashing movements

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Annelids

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Use hydrostatic skeleton for peristalsis - control of form and movement using muscles to change shape of fluid filled segments

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Structure of a worm

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Made up of individual segments, each made up of circular and longitudinal muscle with bristles for anchorage

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Hydrostatic skeleton pro and con

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Pros - cushions organs for burrowing and crawling animals
Cons - Cannot support terrestrial activities off the ground (walking/running)

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Exoskeleton

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Hard encasement deposited on the surface of an animal

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Molluscs

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Snails, oysters etc
- Enclosed in CaCO3 shell
- Shell enlarged by adding to outer edge as animal grows
- Clams and bivalves hinge their shell by using muscles attached to the inside of the exoskeleton

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Anthropods

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Crickets, Bees, Xicadas
Exoskeleton is a cuticle, non-living coat secreted by epidermis

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How do anthropods move

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Muscles attach to knobs and plates on interior, joints have thing a flexible cuticle to allow movement

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Anthropods cuticle composition

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30-50% chitin and reminder is protein. Relative proportion of chitin and protein influence strength and flexibility.

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Endoskeleton

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Hard supporting elements such as bones buried in soft tissue

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What kind of skeleton does a sponge have and why

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Sponges have endoskeletons, their structure is internally reinforced by hard spicules of inorganic material or soft fibres of protein.

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Echinoderms (kina)

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Contains ossicles (hard plates) beneath skin that are MgCO3 and CaCO3 crystals bound together.

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Sea stars vs Sea urchins ossicles

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Ossicles are tightly bound in sea urchins as they have limited movement, however are loosely linked in sea stars to allow arms to change shape

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17
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What is a chordate

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Vertebrates (endoskeleton)

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Ligament

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Connect bone to bone

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Tendon

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Connect muscle to bone

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Axial Skeleton

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Skull, vertebral column, rib cage

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Appendicular Skeleton

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Limb bones, pectoral and pelvic girdles

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Ball and socket joint (example plus movement)

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Humerus-shoulder, Femur Pelvic.
Allows rotation in several planes

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Hinge Joint (example plus movement)

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Humerus-Tibia, fingers, toes, ankles
Restrict movement to a single plane

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Pivot (example plus movement)

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Head on neck
Allows rotation

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25
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How does size correlate to structure

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Animals body structure must support its size - Large animals have and NEED different proportions to small ones.

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Skeletal Muscle

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Bundle of long fibres running parallel to length of the muscle - one fibre = one cell

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Myofibril

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Tubular organelle containing thin and thick filaments

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Thin Filament

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Consist of two strainds of actin coiled together

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What is thick filament made of

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Myosin

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30
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Why is skeletal muscle called striated muscle

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Regular arrangement of myofilaments create a pattern of light and dark bands

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Sarcomere

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Contains thin (actin) and thick (myosin) filaments

32
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How do muscles contract

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No change in filament length - thin and thick filaments overlap more.

33
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Sliding filament model

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Muscle contraction is based on the interaction between actin and myosin molecules. The “head” of a myosin molecule binds to an actin filament, forming a cross-bridge and pulling the thin filament toward the centre of the sarcomere.

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Crossbridge

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Forms when myosin head attaches to actin

35
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How does sliding filment theory use energy

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Myosin head hydrolyses ATP to ADP and inorganic phosphate, producing energy to allow it to propel the actin filament forward.

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Speed of sliding filaments

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  • Each thick filament forms 350 heads. Each head forms and reforms 5 cross-bridges per second
37
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How much muscle contraction does glycolysis support

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1 minute of sustained contraction

38
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How much muscle contraction does Aerobic respiration support

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1 hour

39
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What makes a skeletal muscle fibre to contract

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Stimulation by a motor neuron

40
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Why don’t myosin heads bind to binding sites at rest?

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Myosin binding sites on thin filament are blocked by the regulatory protein, tropomyosin

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What uncovers binding sites

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Ca2+ ions bind to the tropomyosin and uncover binding sites

42
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Synapse

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Where motor neurons attach to muscle

43
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What changes strength of contraction

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Rate of signals that come down, number of motor neurons being operated, size of motor unit, action potential

44
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What releases Ca2+ ions

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Sarcoplasmic reticulum release them around the muscle which opens up binding sites to ALLOW myosin heads to attach and detach.

45
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Prolonged contraction

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Involved in maintaining posture - nervous system alternates activation along motor units in muscle (takes turns)

46
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Tetanus

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State of smooth and sustained contraction produced when motor neurons deliver a volley of action potentials (smooth, not jerky)

47
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How does sliding filament theory create movement of bones

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Muscles are attatched to bone by tendons and connective tissue. Muscle contraction stretches these structures, putting tension on bones.

48
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Slow oxidative muscle

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Operates slowly, need oxygen as part of the pathway to get energy

49
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Fast oxidative

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Fast operation, also need oxygen

50
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What are fast glycolytic muscles

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No oxygen involved, fast but cannot be sustained

51
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Describe slow muscle fibres

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Deliberate, slow, sustained. Less sarcoplasmic reticulum, slower calcium pumps, twitches last 5x longer

52
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What are slow muscle fibres used for

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Maintenance of posture can sustain long contractions

53
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What are fast muscle fibres used for

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Brief, rapid, powerful contraction

54
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myoglobin

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Found in oxidative fibers. Brown-red pigment in dark muscle tissue, binds oxygen more tightly than haemoglobin to supply more oxygen.

55
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What determines the proportion of slow and fast fibres

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We’re born with all three - genetic determines slow and fast but repeated high endurance activities can cause glycolytic fibres to develop into oxidative fibres

56
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Cardiac Muscle

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Consist of striated cells like skeletal muscle
Instead of a motor neuron coming down and choosing a muscle to operate, there are rhythmic depolarisations happening which trigger action potentials without input from nervous system

57
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How cardiac muscle resists fatigue

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Lots of mitochondria in its muscle cells

58
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Intercalated discs

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Direct electrical coupling between cells - not associated with brain signal and has its own operation

59
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How does the heart contract

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Action potential generated by a cell in one part of heart spreads and whole heart contract

60
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Smooth muscle

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Found mainly in walls of hollow organs, contractions are relatively slow and may be initiated by the muscles

61
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Is smooth muscle striated

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Lack striations due to a different layout of actin myosin filaments

62
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How do smooth muscles contract

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Stimulation from neurons (brain down) or by electrical coupling like cardiac muscle

63
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How do flight muscles work

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Capable of independent rhythmic contraction - wings can beat faster than action potentials arriving from CNS.

64
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Barrier to locomotion

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Overcome friction and gravity

65
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Locomotion

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Active travel from place to place

66
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Swimming (4 points)

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  • Overcoming gravity not a problem
  • Overcoming friction is the major problem (streamlined shape to help overcome)
  • Water is denser and more viscous than air
  • Insects and vertebrates often use legs as oars to pish against the water
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Locomotion on land (4 points)

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  • Walking, running, hopping crawling require animals to support themself and move against gravity
  • Air poses little resistance at moderate speeds
  • Land animals expend energy to propel and keep upright
  • Thus, powerful muscles and a strong skeleton are more important than a streamlined shape
68
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Balance when walking

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Have 3 feet on ground at one time for cat dog or horse

69
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Balance when running

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All four feet may be off the ground but momentum keeps the body upright

70
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Balance/energy when crawling

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Much of body in contact with the ground therefore requires lots of energy to overcome friction

71
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What does flight require

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Wings need to develop enough lift to overcome the downward force of gravity

72
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How have birds adapted to flight

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Low body mass, no bladder or teeth, streamlined shape, hollow but strong bones

73
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What does energetic cost of locomotion depend on

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Mode of locomotion, size of animal, and enivroment

74
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Do larger or smaller animals travel more efficiently

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Larger animals are more effecient than smaller animals specialised for the same mode of transport.

75
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Lowest locomotion type for energy expended per meter

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Animals specialized for swimming expend less energy per meter travelled than equivalently sized animals specialized for flying or running

76
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Highest energy consumption per minute

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flying animals use more energy than swimming or running animals with the same body mass

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