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Skeletal Muscle and Structure Flashcards

1
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skeletal muscle is just one of the 3 types of muscle in body. what are the others

A

cardiac muscle
smooth muscle
skeletal muscle

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which muscle types are striated (stripy appearance)

A

cardiac muscle

skeletal muscle - striated due to alternation of thick and thin filaments

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3
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skeletal muscle is always attached to..

A

a tendon- because it causes movement

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4
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name of the outer connective tissue layer around the skeletal muscle

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epimysium (outer layer)

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5
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what is the muscle fascicile

A

structure where the muscle cells are in a bundle

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6
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what is the connective tissue layer around the muscle fascicle

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perimysium

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7
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what is the name of layer around each muscle fibre/ cell

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endomysium (inner layer)

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skeletal muscle fibres are highly vascularised due to which blood vessel

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capillaries that form a network

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9
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skeletal muscles are multi-nucleated. where are the nuclei positioned

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on peripheries/ outer part

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10
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there is 1 nucleus every ____ sarcomeres

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every 15 sarcomeres

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11
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why are muscle fibres multi-nucleated

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proliferating myoblasts fuse into muscle fibres multiple times

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12
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what are satellite cells

A

cells for growth and regeneration

they divide into more proliferating myoblasts to repair skeletal muscle and more satellite cells

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13
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where are satellite cells found

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under the base of lamina

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14
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90% of the skeletal muscle is myofibrils. what are myofibrils

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longitudinal contractile cell unit composed of sarcomeres arranged in series

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15
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what is a length of full sarcomere indicated by

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one z-disk to another z-disk= 1 sarcomere

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16
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A band contains

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actin and myosin overlap

17
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I band contains

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actin only

18
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the z-disk runs …

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through the middle of the I-band

19
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what is the H zone

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only myosin- no actin

20
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where is the H-zone

A

a darker band in the centre of the A band

21
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what happens to the I band during muscle contraction

A

width of I band decreases

22
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what happens to the A band during muscle contraction

A

stays the same

23
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what happens during muscle contraction

A

the filaments SLIDE PAST each other

24
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what is a myosin crossbridge

A

projections from the thick filament

- 6 thin surround 1 thick filament

25
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what is thick filament

26
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what is thin filament

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