Skeletal and Smooth Muscle Flashcards
Muscle Tissue
Specialized for movement
Sliding Filaments (actin/myosin)
- 3 types
- skeletal
- smooth → found in blood vessels, GI Tract
- cardiac → heart only
Define: Orientation
organization of fibers (tissues) (structures with longitudinal and lateral axes) relative to organ with longitudinal and lateral axes
Define: Sectioning
How structure with longitudinal and lateral axes was cut
Types of Sectioning
Longitudinal → cut length wise
oblique → angle cut
circular → through
Sectioning vs. Orientation: Smooth Muscle
Cells longer than they are wide
Left → longitudinal section
Right → transverse section
IC → oriented circularly
OL → oriented longitudinally
How was the tissue cut?
Longitudinal
Movement of muscles
sliding filaments of actin and myosin
Arrangement of fibers: Skeletal/Cardiac
Lined up to form striations
Arrangement of fibers: Smooth
No regular arrangement → no striations
Globular Actin
polymerizes to filamentous actin
Actin Filaments
thin cytoskeletal structures known as microfilaments
Bundles of Actin Filaments
- form large stress fibers
- visible on light microscopy
- important in cells that resist shear stress
Actin-binding proteins (ABP)
Regulate microfilament function (e.g. junctions)
Include motor protein myosin
Define: Myosin
motor protein with actin and ATP binding sites
Myosin Filament Orientation
Striated
Smooth