Muscular Tissue (L1 & C7) Flashcards
Name the 4 types of cells that can contract
Muscle cells/Fibers
Pericytes
Myoepithelial cells
Myofibroblasts
Name the muscular tissues that are striated
Cardiac
Skeletal
Name the muscular tissue that is not striated
Smooth
Name the muscular tissues that are voluntary
Skeletal
Name the muscular tissues that are involuntary
Smooth
Cardiac
State the function of myofibroblasts
Secrete Collagen and contract
State the structure and location of pericytes
Structure:
Smooth muscle-like
Location:
Surrounding blood vessels
State the location of myoepithelial cells
Around certain glands
State the other names for a muscle cell
Muscle fiber / Myofiber
State the other name for a muscle cell’s cytoplasm
Sarcoplasm
State the other name for smooth ER in a muscle cell
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
State the other name for the cell membrane of the muscle cell
Sarcolemma
What are the contents of the Sarcoplasm that allow the muscle to perform its function
Myofibrils
Myoglobin
Mitochondria
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
State the structure of a skeletal muscle cell
Long thin cylinder
State the contents of cell inclusions in a skeletal muscle
Myoglobin and glycogen
State the structure and function of myoglobin
Structure:
Globular protein similar to haemoglobin
Contains iron atom
Function:
Store oxygen
Myofibrils are made of
Overlapping Myofilaments - Actin and myosin
What is the functional unit of a muscle
Sarcomere
State the structure of a sarcomere
- The region between 2 successive Z lines
- Bisected by the M line
- Dark Central A Band with a pale area called H band
- 1/2 Light Peripheral I Band on each side
What is the A band made of?
Overlapping Myosin (Thick) and actin (thin) myofilaments
What is the H band made of?
Myosin myofilaments only
What are the I bands made of?
Actin myofilaments only
Why is the A band called so?
It is Anisotropic
Why is the I band called so?
It is Isotropic
The arrangement of myofilaments in a sarcomere cross section is a central myosin molecule surrounded by actin molecules in a _____________ arrangement
1/ Pyramidal
2/ Diamond
3/ Pentagonal
4/ Hexagonal
Hexagonal
State the structure of Actin Molecules
- Thin (5nm)
- Made of F-protein
- F-protein is made of G-proteins
State the 2 proteins closely associated with Actin with their function
Troponin (T,C,I) and Tropomyosin
Function:
Responds to Ca2+ concentration in the sarcoplasm to allow or prevent cross-bridge formation
State the structure of Myosin Molecules
- Thick (15nm)
- Polarized
- 2 globular heads attached to a tail
- Heads contain ATPase
What is the function of ATPase in Myosin
Enables binding of myosin to actin for the power stroke
State the structure of T-Tubules
Invaginations of the sarcolemma
State the structure of a Triad
1 T-Tubule with a terminal cisterna of sarcoplasmic reticulum on each sides
How many Triads are in each sarcomere?
2
What happens to the sarcomere when it contracts
Z lines move toward M line
H band disappears
Sarcomere shortens and in turn myofibrils