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Muscles & Skin Flashcards

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What are the muscular system functions?

A 
Body movement (locomotion)
Maintenance of posture
Heart beat
Respiration 
Vasoconstriction
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What are skeletal muscles attached to?

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Bones

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What are skeletal muscles responsible for?

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Locomotion, facial expression, posture, respiratory movements + body movement

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4
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What are skeletal muscles controlled by?

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Somatic motor neurons

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5
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Are skeletal muscles voluntary in action?

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YES

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6
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What are the cardiac muscles controlled by?

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Involuntarily controlled by endocrine + autonomic nervous system

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7
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Where are smooth muscles found?

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Hollow organs, blood vessels, eyes, uterus + skin

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8
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What are some functions of smooth muscles?

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Propel urine, mix food in digestive tract, dilating/constricting pupils + regulating blood flow

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9
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What are smooth muscles controlled by?

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Involuntarily by endocrine + autonomic nervous systems

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10
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What is a muscle?

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Soft tissue which cells are rich in actin + myosin that slide past one another, producing contraction

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What is a syncytium?

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Multinucleated cell that can result from multiple cell functions of uninuclear cells

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12
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What is an example of a structural syncytium?

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Skeletal muscle

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13
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What is an example of a functional syncytium?

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Cardiac or smooth muscle

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14
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Describe the structure of myofiber

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Membrane = sarcolemma 
T-tubules 
Multinucleated 
Myofibrils assembled into myofibers 
Fibres surrounded + bundled by connective tissue
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15
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Describe structure of cardiomyocyte

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Single centrally located nucleus 
Branching structure 
Mitochondria
Abundant reserve of myoglobin 
Each cell in contact with adjacent cells
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16
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Why do cardiomyocytes have a large reserve of myoglobin?

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To store O2

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17
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Why do cardiomyocytes have each cell in contact with adjacent cells?

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Have membrane modification to increase SA

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18
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What are electrical coupling (intercalated discs)?

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Specialised intracellular attachment of cardiac muscle cells compromising gap junctions

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19
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What are gap junctions?

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Intracellular channels that allow for direct chemical communication between adjacent cells through diffusion of ions + small molecules without contact with extracellular fluids

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20
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What are desmosomes?

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Fasteners through plasma membrane of adjacent cells by means of intermediate filaments, compassed of keratin or desmin to form dense plaque

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21
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What is a sacromere?

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Repeating functional unit of myofibrils or cardiomyocyte

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22
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What is A-band (dark) made up of?

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Thick myosin filament

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23
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What is the I-band (light)?

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From Z discs to end of thick filaments

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24
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What is the M line?

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Protein which thick filaments attach

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25
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What is the H-zone?

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Thick filaments with NO thin

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26
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What are the Z discs?

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Filamentous network of protein, attaches actin filament

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27
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What are thin filaments?

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Elastic chains of polypeptides

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28
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Describe myosin

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Thick, fibrillar protein

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29
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Describe actin

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Thin, globular protein

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30
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What colour is a slow twitch muscle?

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Red

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31
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What colour is a fast twitch muscle?

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White

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32
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What is the density of capillaries in slow twitch fibres?

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High

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33
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What is the density of capillaries in fast twitch fibres?

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Low

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34
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What is the density of mitochondria in slow twitch fibres?

35
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What is the density of mitochondria in fast twitch fibres?

36
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What is the density of myoglobin in slow twitch fibres?

37
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What is the density of myoglobin in fast twitch fibres?

38
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What type of energy is released in slow twitch fibres?

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Aerobic (oxidative phosphorylation)

39
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What type of energy is released in fast twitch fibres?

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Anaerobic (glycolysis)

40
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What type of fuel for slow twitch fibres?

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Fats or carbohydrates

41
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What type of fuel for fast twitch fibres?

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Carbohydrates-glucose

42
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What are the dynamics of slow twitch fibres?

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Slow, lasts for long time with little fatigue

43
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What are the dynamics of fast twitch fibres?

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Fast, fatigue develops quickly

44
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What type of force for slow twitch fibres?

45
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What type of force for fast twitch fibres?

46
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Describe the muscle contraction mechanism

A 
ATP hydrolysed
ADP + Pi bind to myosin head
Ca2+ binds to troponin = exposes myosin binding site
Myosin head binds to actin
Power stroke occurs
Sarcomere contracts
ADP + Pi dissociate from myosin
New ATP bind to myosin 
= detachment of myosin from actin 
Hydrolysis of ATP ----> ADP + Pi
= recocks head
47
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Describe what happens in contraction

A 
Stimulate Na+ channel to open
= stimulates Ca2+ channels to open
DEPOLARIZATION 
Ca2+ conc +
= Ca2+ release from Ryanodine receptors
Ca2+ stimulate contractile apparatus
48
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Describe what happens in relaxation

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Ca2+ reuptake into SR
Withdrawal of Ca2+ to extracellular media
Active transport
Exchange of Ca2+ for 3Na+ with Na+/Ca2+ exchanger
Then 3Na+ exchanged for 2K+ with Na+/K+-ATPase
Activation of K+ channels
REPOLARIZATION

49
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What are examples of vascular smooth muscles?

A

Arteries, veins + lymphatic vessels

50
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What are examples of visceral smooth muscles?

A

Airways, GI tract + urinary system

51
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What does it mean smooth muscles are strated?

A

No sarcomeres

52
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Describe smooth-muscle contraction

A

Excitation-depolarisation = opening of voltage-gated L-type Ca2+ channels
Ca2+ released from ER/SR via RYR = increases [Ca2+]
Ca2+ binds to calmodulin (CaM)
Ca2+-CaM complex activates myosin light chain kinase (MLCK)
MLCK phosphorylates myosin head + stimulates contraction

53
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What is importance of Ca2+?

A

Responsible for depolarisation + propagation of excitation
Activation of contraction of muscles
Ca2+ important signal molecule + 2nd messenger

54
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What is the excitation for skeletal muscles?

A

Voltage-gated Na+ channels

55
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What is the contraction for skeletal muscles?

A

Ca2+ release from internal stores (SR)

56
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Why do skeletal muscles have short latent period?

A

Need fast response

57
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What is the excitation for cardiac muscles?

A

Voltage-gated Ca2+ channels

58
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What is the contraction for cardiac muscles?

A

External Ca2+ influx released from internal stores

59
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Why are cardiac muscles latent period not as fast as skeletal muscles?

A

Still must be fast to push blood to circulation system

60
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Why do cardiac muscles have long action potential?

A

Increases absolute refractory period

= decreases probability of arrhythmia

61
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What is the excitation for smooth muscles?

A

Voltage-gated Ca2+ channels

62
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What is the contraction for smooth muscles?

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Extend Ca2+ influx + partly Ca2+ release from internal store (SR)

63
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Why do smooth muscles have long latent period?

A

Slow to contract

64
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What is latent period?

A

Time between stimulus + muscle contraction

65
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What is a twitch in muscle excitation?

A

Single contractile action

66
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What is a wave summation in muscle excitation?

A

Muscle does not relax between stimulations

Fibre re-stimulated while there is still some contractile activity

67
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What is a incomplete tetanus in muscle excitation?

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Frequency of stimulation increases, contractions fuse into total contraction with partial relaxations between events

68
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What is a complete tetanus in muscle excitation?

A

Frequency of stimulation is maximal + separate events fuse into smooth, continuous contraction with no relaxation

69
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What happens due to force of contraction rises with frequency of stimulation, in tetanus?

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Increases Ca2+ around myofibril with Ca2+ ATPase are unable to manage intracellular Ca2+

70
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What are the functions of skin?

A 
Regulates body temp
Stores blood
Protects body
Detects cutaneous sensations
Excretes + absorbs substances
Synthesises vitamin D
71
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What is stratum basale?

A

Contains basale keratinocytes that form basal lamina + attach to dermis
These keratinocytes proliferate + regenerate epidermis

72
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What is stratum spinosum?

A

Contain suprabasal keratinocytes that differentiate + produce different types of keratin

73
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What is the “spinous” appearance of keratinocytes caused by?

A

Desmosomes

74
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What is stratum granulosum?

A

Keratinocytes start losing their nuclei + cytoplasm appears granular
Lipids released from cells to contribute to cornified envelop

75
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What is stratum lucidum?

A

Clear or translucent layer only found in palms + soles

76
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What is stratum corneum?

A

Outermost layer of 10-30 flattened cells without nucleus or other organelles
Cells surrounded by keratin, lipids + other crosslinked proteins forming barrier

77
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What happens to dead cells?

A

Exfoliated requiring constant regeneration of epidermis

78
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What are holocrine glands?

A

Secretions are released by rupture of plasma membrane, which destroys the cell + results in secretion + cell remnants into lumen

79
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What is an example of a holocrine gland?

A

Sebaceous glands

80
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What are merocrine cells?

A

Secretions are released by exocytosis

81
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What is exocytosis?

A

Fusion of secretory vesicles with cell membrane + release of product to outside the cell

82
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What is an example of a merocrine gland?

A

Sweat glands

83
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What are apocrine glands?

A

Secretions released by budding off the apical portion of cells including the secreted product

84
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What is an example of an apocrine gland?

A

Mammary gland

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