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Skeletal Muscles Flashcards

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Each muscle fiber is served by one __, one __, and one or more veins.

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artery, nerve

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Where do all innervations enter/exit in the muscle?

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The central part, and branch through connective tissue sheaths

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Every skeletal muscle fiber is supplied by a __ ___ that controls its activity.

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Nerve ending

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Skeletal muscles have a huge nutrient and oxygen need; generates large amount of __ __

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Metabolic waste

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What are the connective tissue sheaths of skeletal muscle, external to internal?

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Epimysium
Perimysium
Endomysium

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What do the connective tissue sheaths of skeletal muscles do?

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Support cells; reinforce whole muscle

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Dense irregular connective tissue surrounding entire muscle; may blend with fascia

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Epimysium

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Fibrous connective tissue surrounding fascicles (groups of muscle fibers)

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Perimysium

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Fine areolar connective tissue surrounding each muscle fiber

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Endomysium

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Skeletal muscle attach in at least 2 places. What is the insertion?

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Moveable bone, farthest point

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What is the origin?

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Immoveable bone, closest point of attachment

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Epimysium fused to periosteum of bone or perichondrium of cartilage

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Direct attachment

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Connective tissue wrappings extend beyond muscle as ropelike tendon or sheetlike aponeurosis

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Indirect attachment

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A muscle consists of hundreds of thousands of muscle cells, plus connective tissue wrappings, blood vessels, and nerve fibers. It is covered externally by the ___.

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Epimysium

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A fascicle is a discrete bundle of muscle cells, segregated from the rest of the muscle by a connective tissue sheath. The fascicle is surrounded by

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Perimysium

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A muscle fiber is an elongated multinucleated cell; it has a banded (striated) appearance. The muscle fiber is surrounded by

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Endomysium

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Myofibrils are rodlike contractile elements that occupy most of the muscle cell volume. Composed of sarcomeres arranged end to end, they appear banded, and bands of adjacent myfibrils are aligned. What are myofibrils composed of?

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Composed of bundles of myofilaments = sarcomeres

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A sarcomere is the __ __, composed of myofilaments made up of contractile proteins.

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Contractile unit

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Contractile myofilaments are of two types: __ and __.

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Thick and thin

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Thick filaments contain bundled ___ molecules.

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myosin

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The sliding of the thin filaments past the thick filaments produces muscle ___.

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Shortening

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Plasma membrane is called

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Sarcolemma

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Cytoplasm of the skeletal muscle fiber

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Sarcoplasm

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What is the sarcoplasm made of?

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Glycosomes for glycogen storage

Myoglobin for O2 storage

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What are the modified structures of skeletal muscle fibers?
Myofibrils, sarcoplasmic reticulum, and T tubules
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What are myofibrils?
- Densely packed, rodlike elements - ~80% of cell volume - Contain sarcomeres (contracile units) - Exhibit striations
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Sarcomeres are the __ __ of myofibrils and contain ___
Contractile units | Myofilaments
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Perfectly aligned repeating series of dark A bands and light I bands
Striations
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Color of A bands?
Dark
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Color of I bands?
Light
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What is the connective tissue of epimysium?
Dense irregular connective tissue
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What is the connective tissue of perimysium?
Fibrous connective tissue
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What is the connective tissue of endomysium?
Fine areolar connective tissue
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Myofibrils contain...?
Sarcomeres
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Sarcomeres contain...?
Myofilaments
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Lighter region in midsection of dark A band where filaments do not overlap
H zone
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What does the H in H zone stand for?
"helle" ; bright | lighter region in midsection of A band where filaments do not overlap
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Line of protein myomesin bisects H zone
M line
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What does the M in M line stand for?
M for middle
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Coin-shaped sheet of proteins on midline of light I band that anchors thin filaments and connects myofibrils to one another
Z disc
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What does the Z in Z disc stand for?
Represents the zig zag appearance of the Z disc
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Thick filaments ...
Run entire length of an A band
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Thin filaments ...
Run length of I band and partway into A band
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Region between two successive Z discs.
Sarcomere
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What does the word sarcomere literally translate into?
Muscle segment
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What is the smallest contractile unit (functional unit) of muscle fiber?
Sarcomere
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Sarcomeres align along ___ like boxcars of train, extending from one Z disc to another and to another.
myofibril
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Sarcomeres contains A band with 1/2 ____ at each end.
I band
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Sarcomeres are composed of thick and thin myofilaments made of __ __.
Contractile proteins
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Each bright H zone is bisected vertically by a dark line called the M line formed by molecules of the protein ...?
Myomesin
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Each light I band (where only thin filaments are) has a midline darker interruption called the
Z disc
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Region of a sarcomere with thick filaments only
H zone
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Region of a sarcomere with thin filaments only
I band
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Region of a sarcomere with thick filaments linked by accessory proteins
M line
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Thick and thin filaments overlap
A band
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Which filament containing myosin (red) extends the entire length of the A band?
Thick
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Thick filaments are connected in the middle of the sarcomere at the ___.
M line
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Which filament containing actin (blue), located more laterally, extends across the I band and partway into the A band?
Thin
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What anchors the thin filaments?
Z disc, the coin shaped sheet
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What filament extends from the Z disc and connects each myofibril to the next throughout the width of the muscle cell?
Intermediate filaments
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Myosin myofilaments are thick or thin?
Thick
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Actin myofilaments are thick or thin?
Thin
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Actin/thin myofilaments are anchored to ?
Z discs
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Myosin/thick myofilaments are connected at ?
M line
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Thick filament is composed of the protein...?
Myosin
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Each myosin molecule consists of __ heavy and __ light polypeptide chains
2, 4
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Myosin __contain 2 interwoven, heavy polypeptide chains
Tails
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Myosin __contain 2 smaller, light polypeptide chains that act as __ __ during contraction.
Heads, Cross bridges
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The globular myosin heads are the business end of myosin. Three actions of myosin heads are:
- Binding sites for actin of thin filaments - Binding sites for ATP - ATPase enzymes
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Actin/thin myofilaments are composed of the protein...?
Actin
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Twisted double strand of fibrous protein is called
F actin
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F actin consists of ...?
G actin subunits
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G actin bears __ __for myosin head attachment during contraction
active sites
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What are the regulatory proteins bound to actin?
Tropomyosin and troponin
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In the center of the sarcomere, the thick filaments lack myosin heads. Myosin heads are present only in areas of __ __ __.
Myosin-actin overlap
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What thin filament (which is shaped like a kidney) bears active sites for myosin head attachment during contraction?
G actin of thin filaments Named for its GLOBULAR shape - "G"
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A __ filament consists of 2 strands of actin subunits twisted into a helix plus two types of regulatory proteins.
thin
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__ filaments bear the active sites for myosin head attachment.
Thin
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Each __ filament consists of many myosin molecules whose heads protrude at opposite ends of the filament.
thick
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Red filament:
Thick
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Blue filament:
Thin
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Where is the ATP binding site on the myosin head?
At the base of the myosin head
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Where are the actin-binding sites on the myosin head?
At the top surface of the head.
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Actin is associated with
Thin filaments
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Myosin is associated with
Thick filaments
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In the thin filaments, G actin subunits are polymerized into long actin filaments called filamentous or ___.
F actin
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Actin-binding site of the myosin head binds to ...?
Active sites for myosin attachment in the G actin subunit
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Troponin and tropomyosin help control the myosin-actin interactions involved in .
contraction
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Which 2 regulatory proteins help form the structure of the myofibril?
Elastic filament | Dystrophin
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Elastic filaments maintain the organization of the A band and provide __ __when muscle contraction ends.
elastic recoil
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Elastic filament is composed of the protein
Titin
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Dystrophin links thin filaments to proteins of the
Sarcolemma
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Nebulin, myomesin, C proteins bind filaments or sarcomeres together; also to __ __.
Maintain alignment
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Skeletal muscles contain two sets of intracellular tubules that help regulate muscle contraction. What are they?
- The sarcoplasmic reticulum | - T tubles
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Which of the two sets of intracellular tubules are a network of smooth endoplasmic reticulum surrounding each myofibril?
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
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The __ __ has interconnecting tubules that surround each myofibril the way the sleeve of a loosely crocheted sweater surrounds your arm.
sarcoplasmic reticulum
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Most sarcoplamic reticulum run _____. along the myofibril, communicating with each other at the __ __.
Longitudinally (east to west) H zone
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Pairs of terminal cisterae form ___ __ __.
perpendicular cross channels
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Other sarcoplasmic reticula form larger, perpendicular cross channels at the A band-I band junctions, and always occur in pairs. These are called?
Terminal cisterns
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Terminal cisterns literally mean
End sacs
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Where do terminal cisterns form?
At the A band - I band junctions
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Terminal cisterns always run ____ and always form in ___.
Perpendicularly, pairs
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What does the SR do?
- Regulates intracellular levels of calcium | - Stores and releases calcium upon muscle's stimulation to contract
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At each A band- I band junction, the sarcolemma of the muscle cell protrudes deep into the cell interior, forming an elongated tube called the __ __.
T tubule
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The T tubule is a continuation of the
Sarcolemma
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T tubule lumen are continuous with the
extracellular space
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T tubules act to
Increase muscle fiber's surface area
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Where do T tubules penetrate?
Penetrate cell's interior at each A band–I band junction
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T tubules associate with paired terminal cisterns to form ___, which encircles each sarcomere
triads
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A triad, in order, looks like
Terminal cistern, T tubule, Terminal cistern
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T tubules conduct ___ deep into muscle fiber; every sarcomere.
impulses
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The roles of the T tubules and SR in providing signals for ___ are tightly linked.
contraction
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At the triads, ___ ___ (some from the T tubule and some from the SR) protrude into the intermembrane spaces.
integral proteins
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The protruding integral proteins of the T tubule act as ___ ___.
voltage sensors
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The voltage sensors of the __ form gated channels through which the teminal cisterns release Ca2+.
SR
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The voltage sensors of the Sr form __ ___ through which the terminal cisterns release Ca2+.
gated channels
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The voltage sensors of the SR form gated channels through which the __ __ release Ca2+.
terminal cisterns

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