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MUSCULAR SYSTEM PT 1 (UNFINISHED) Flashcards

1
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Define Electrical Excitability of muscle tissue.

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Muscle tissue responds to stimuli by PRODUCING APs

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Define Contractility of muscle tissue.

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GENERATE TENSION when stimulated by an AP

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Define Extensibility of muscle tissue.

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STRETCH (LENGTHEN) WTHOUT DAMAGE

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Define Elasticity of muscle tissue.

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RETURN ORIGINAL SHAPE after contraction or stretch

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5
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List the order of the Hierarchy of Skeletal Organization.

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Muscle
Fascicle
Muscle Fibre (Muscle Cell)
Myofibril

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6
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What are the characteristics fro Skeletal/Striated Muscle?

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  • Alternating light and dark bands

- Voluntary/conscious control

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7
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A Muscle is subdivided into?

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Bundles of fascicles

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Describe a Fascicle.

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Measured in MM. Made up of many muscle fibres

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9
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Describe a Muscle Fibre/Muscle Cell.

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Cylindrical in shape and filled with Myofibrils

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10
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What is ‘Sarcolemma’?

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PLASMA MEMBRANE of muscle cell

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What are Transverse Tubules (T-tubules)?

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Tiny TUNNELS in from the sarcolemma towards the centre of muscle fibre.

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12
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What is ‘Sarcoplasm’?

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The cytoplasm of the muscle fibres, containing glycogen

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13
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Describe a Myoglobin.

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A protein binding oxygen that diffuses into muscle fibres and delivers it to the mitochondria.

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What are Myofibrils?

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CONTRACTILE ORGANELLES of the muscle cell

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What is the function of Cytoskeletal Proteins in Myofibrils?

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Holds Myofibrils in place

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What is Sarcoplasmic Reticulum?

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SACS/TUBES surrounding each myofibril storing and releasing CALCIUM into cell

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17
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Define a Sarcomere.

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Functional units of a myofibril (contractions)

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18
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What is an Actin?

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Makes up THIN filaments

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19
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What is an Myosin?

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Makes up THICK filaments

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20
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What generates force/contractions of a Myofibril?

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The overlap and interaction of thick and thin filaments

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21
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What are Myofilaments?

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2 contractile proteins of the Sarcomere: Actin and Myosin

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22
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Explain the PROCESS of the Neurological Control of muscle tissue.

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  1. Axons reaches muscle using Axon Terminals
  2. Axon Terminals form junction with Sarcolemma
  3. Axons release Acetylcholine (ACh) over the synaptic cleft
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23
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What is a Motor Neuron?

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A nerve cell that conducts APs to muscle cells

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24
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What is a Motor Unit?

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The motor neuron and all the skeletal muscle fibres it innervates

25
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Precise movements require _______ changes in muscle contraction

26
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Imprecise movements require _______ amounts of tension.

27
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Muscles that perform ______ movements are made up of small motor units.

28
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Muscles that perform _______ movements are made up of large motor units.

29
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Explain Motor Unit Recruitment.

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AP travels down motor neuron to muscle fibres which will generate force in that motor unit

30
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What are the 3 types of Skeletal Muscle Fibres?

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  • Slow Oxidative
  • Fast Oxidative-Glycolytic
  • Fast Glycolytic
31
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Explain the characteristics of Slow Oxidative Fibres/Type l.

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  • Fatigue resistant
  • Endurance-type functions
  • Lots of energy substrates
  • Generates ATP via aerobic cellular respiration
32
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Explain the characteristics of Fast Oxidative-Glycolytic Fibres/Type lla.

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  • High resistance to fatigue
  • Endurance and shorter-duration functions
  • Intermediate amounts of energy substrates
  • Generates ATP via aerobic/anaerobic pathways
33
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Explain the characteristics of Fast Glycolytic Fibres/Type llx.

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  • Low resistance to fatigue
  • High intensity,short duration functions
  • Low amounts of energy substrates
  • Generates ATP via anaerobic pathways
34
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What is the Length-Tension Relationship?

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Ability to generate force depends on the length of the sarcomeres within a muscle

35
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Define Isotonic.

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Muscle contracts against a resistance that is not changing

36
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Define Concentric.

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Shortening contraction

37
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Define Eccentric.

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Lengthening contraction

38
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Define Isometric.

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Muscle contracts which length of muscle does not visibly change

39
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Define a Variable Resistance.

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Muscle contraction that varies the resistance to match the strength curve.

40
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Define Isokinetic.

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Muscle contraction in a range that keeps movement constant

41
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What is a Twitch Contraction?

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A brief contraction to a single AP in its motor neuron

42
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Define Muscle Resting Tone.

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A small amount of tension generated in the muscles

43
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Define Flaccidity.

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Lace of tone from nerve being damaged or cut

44
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What is Hypertrophy?

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An INCREASE in muscle size

45
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What is Atrophy?

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A DECREASE in muscle size

46
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Which muscle connective tissue surrounds the ‘entire muscle’?

47
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Which muscle connective tissue surrounds the ‘fascicles’?

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Perimysium

48
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Which muscle connective tissue surrounds the ‘muscle fibres’?

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Endomysium

49
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What is the Musculotendinous Junction?

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Connection of muscle to tendon

50
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What is the Tendonperiosteal Junction?

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Connection of tendon to periosteum

51
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What is Aponeurosis?

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Broad, flat, tendon

52
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What is a Tendon Sheath?

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Tube surrounding tendon for protection

53
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What is the function of Satellite Cells?

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Muscle repair and regeneration

54
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Define Autorhythmicity.

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Heart cells that act as a pacemaker

55
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Describe the characteristics of Smooth Muscle.

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  • Spindle shape
  • Involuntary control
  • Found in walls of hollow tubes
  • Contractions slow but long
56
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Explain a Single Unit Smooth Muscle Tissue.

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One AP supplies several smooth muscle fibres

57
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Explain a Multiunit Smooth Muscle Tissue.

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One motor neuron terminal supplies one smooth muscle fibre

58
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Describe the characteristics of Cardiac Muscle.

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  • Branched fibres
  • Involuntary control
  • Anchoring junctions with Intercalated Discs

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