TEST 4 - MUSCLE Flashcards
Two types of muscle
Striated muscle
Smooth muscle
2 subdivisions of striated muscle
Skeletal
Cardiac
Skeletal muscle is further subdivided into what two types of muscle/fibers?
Fast twitch/ white muscle
Slow twitch/ red muscle
“Body builder” or centerfold boys involve what type of muscle
White muscle (fast twitch)
WHITE/RED MUSCLE
React rapidly for quick, powerful spurts of E.
White
White muscle has LARGER/SMALLER fibers for strength of contraction.
Larger
WHITE/RED MUSCLE?
Innervated by larger somatic motor neuron fibers
White
White muscle has large amounts of _________ enzymes to produce E through ________ glycolysis.
Glycolytic enzymes
Anaerobic glycolysis
How many ATP are produced in glycolysis?
4 total, 2 net ATP
_________ muscle has less extensive blood supply than ________ muscle.
White muscle has less blood supply than red muscle
WHITE/RED MUSCLE
Has fewer mitochondria– depend more on anaerobic metabolism for E source.
White muscle
Carries oxygen throughout the muscle fibers
Myoglobin
WHITE/RED MUSCLE
Less myoglobin.
White muscle
“Long distance runner” indicates what type of muscle
Red muscle (slow twitch)
WHITE/RED MUSCLE?
Respond slowly but prolonged contraction for prolonged activity
Red
WHITE OR RED MUSCLE?
Smaller fibers; innervated by smaller somatic motor neuron fibers.
Red
Red muscle has a more extensive blood supply–require more oxygen for ___________ ________ metabolism
Aerobic oxidative metabolism
WHITE/RED MUSCLE?
More mitochondria for aerobic oxidative metabolism
Red
Red muscle contains more ________ to transport oxygen throughout muscle fibers; also gives red muscle it’s color.
Myoglobin
Muscle is attached to bones via ________
Tendons
Muscles are composed of bundles of ________
Fibers
A bundle of muscle fibers is called what?
Fasciculus or fasciculi
Each fasciculus is composed of many _______
Muscle cells
Cell membrane of muscle fibers
Sarcolemma
Muscle cells have their own blood supply. TRUE/FALSE
TRUE
Skeletal muscle fibers tend to be mononuclear. TRUE/FALSE.
FALSE
Muscle fibers tend to be MULTINUCLEATED
Structure within the muscle fiber that contains Calcium (stored)
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
Invagination of the sarcolemma; extends form one side of the muscle fiber to the other side of the muscle fiber
Transverse tubule
ALL muscle fibers need mitochondria and need oxidative metabolism to some extent. TRUE/FALSE
TRUE
Subcellular structures that compose muscle cells
Myofibrils
What creates striations in striated muscle?
Light and dark bands of the myofibrils that compose muscle cells
Myofibrils are composed of many ________ along the myofibril
Sarcomeres
From ______ to _______ is a sarcomere
Z-disc to Z-disc
Myofibrils contain thousands of myofilaments; what are the two types of myofilament?
Actin myofilament
Myosin myofilament
________ myofilaments are attached to z-discs
Actin myofilaments
________ myofilaments are in the middle of the sarcomere.
Myosin myofilaments
Allows sarcomere to recoil back to original state after contraction
Titin filament
What type of nerves innervate skeletal muscle?
Lower somatic motor neuron
Upper motor neurons originate in the primary motor cortex, travel down the SC, and synapse with lower motor neuron where?
Anterior horn of the gray matter
Every single muscle fiber has to be innervated by a branch of a somatic motor neuron. TRUE/FALSE
TRUE
If a muscle fiber is not innervated by a somatic motor neuron, then _______ cannot occur in that fiber.
Contraction
Overlapping of ______ and _______ create striations.
Actin and myosin
Terminal portion of the sarcoplasmic reticulum; right next to the T tubule.
Terminal cisterna
Sarcoplasmic reticulum and T tubule make up what triad?
Terminal cisterna—T tubule— terminal cisterna
Most of the Ca found within the sarcoplasmic reticulum is stored where?
Terminal cisterna
Actin and myosin begin to interact with each other; ________ is pulled toward the center of the sarcomere until it reaches the fully contracted state.
Actin
_________ overlaps each other some in the fully contracted state
Actin
_____ actin molecules contain binding sites for myosin heads
G actin molecules
G actin molecules formed together make what?
F actin strands
Each actin myofilament is composed of ____ F actin strands.
2 strands
Lays directly over top myosin binding sites; contraction cannot occur
Tropomyosin
There are 3 subunits of troponin in skeletal muscle fiber. What are they?
Troponin I, T, and C
Troponin ___ is attached directly to the actin
Troponin I
Troponin ____ is attached to the tropomyosin strands
Troponin T
Troponin ____ is strongly attracted to calcium ions
Troponin C
________ myofilaments have a rod portion and two heads at the end
Myosin myofilaments
It’s takes ~ ______ myosin molecules to create and entire myosin myofilament
~200
The myosin head contains what enzyme ?
ATPase
What does ATPase at the myosin head do?
Breaks down ATP to
ADP and an inorganic phosphate
When ATPase converts ATP–ADP/Phos, it holds on to that E which cocks the myosin head back; it waits for an actin myofilament binding site for what to happen?
Cross bridge and power stroke (=muscle contraction)
In SKELETAL muscle, Each myofibril is composed of about ______ myosin myofilaments and about ________ actin myofilaments; so ration of Actin:Myson is ______.
1500 myosin myofilaments
3000 actin myofilaments
Ratio of actin:myosin = 2:1
What is the ratio of actin:myosin in SMOOTH muscle?
5-10 : 1
Where the somatic lower motor neuron approaches the sarcolemma of the muscle fiber
Neuromuscular synapse
At the terminal buton of the neuromuscular synapse, the synaptic vesicles in the presynaptic terminal contain _____ (NT)
Ach
AP’s travel through the axoplasm. TRUE/FALSE.
FALSE
AP travel along membrane of the somatic motor neuron
AP travel along the membrane, not the axoplasm, via ___________ conduction
Saltatory
When an impulse reaches the terminal portion of the axon, it opens voltage gated ______ channels.
Calcium channels
When v-g Ca channels are opened, Ca moves with its electrochemical gradient from outside to inside the axon, and floods the axoplasm; what happens next?
Calcium dependent exocytosis of Ach into the NM synapse
At the NM synapse, Ach moves across the synaptic cleft and binds with ________ receptors which are Ach-gated _________ channels
Binds with nicotinic type I receptors
N-1 are Ach-gated SODIUM channels