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Test Four Cytoskeleton Flashcards

1
Q

What is a cytoskeleton

A

Network of protein filaments throughout cytoplasm

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2
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Cytoskeleton supports

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The movement of organelles and vesicles

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What are the types of protein filaments

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Intermediate filaments, microtubules, actin filaments

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4
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Subunit of intermediate filaments

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Fibrous proteins

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5
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Function of intermediate filaments

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Provide cellular strength when stretched

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6
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Location of intermediate filaments

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From nucleus to plasma membrane and connected by desmosomes

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7
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Example of intermediate filament

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Nuclear lamina

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8
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What is nuclear lamina

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Intermediate filament around nucleus to provide strength to nuclear strength

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9
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Structure of intermediate filament

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Strong and rope like elongated fibrous proteins

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10
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Diameter of intermediate filaments

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10 no

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11
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Monomer of intermediate filaments

A

Strands have globular head and tail with a helix in the middle

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12
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Dimer of intermediate filament

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Coiled coils

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13
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Tetramer of intermediate filament

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Two coiled coils bound by noncovalent forces

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14
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Location of intermediate filaments

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Muscle cells, epithelial cell, along nerve axons for reinforcement and for protection

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15
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What are the four classes of intermediate filaments

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Keratin, vimentin and vimentin-related filaments, neurofilaments, and nuclear lamina

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16
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Where are keratin filaments found

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Epithelial cells

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17
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Where are vimentin filaments found

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CT, muscles and neuroglia cells

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18
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Where are neurofilaments found

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Neurons

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19
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Nuclear lamina filaments are found where

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All cells

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20
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Example of keratin

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Hair, nails, skin, claws, hooves, feathers, lining of gut

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21
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Location of keratin

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Stretch through cell to desmosome

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22
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What are the accessory proteins that stabilize intermediate filaments

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Plectin

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23
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Function of plectin

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Links intermediate filaments to microtubules and then to desmosomes

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24
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What are some problems with intermediate filaments

A

Epidermolysis bullosa simplex

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25
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Example of mutations in plectin

A

Bullosa simplex, muscularis dystrophy, and neurodegeneration

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26
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Nuclear lamins disassemble when

A

Mitosis occurs

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27
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Nuclear lamins are phosphorylated by

A

Kinases

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28
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Example of problems with lamins

A

Progeria

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29
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What is progeria

A

Prevents cells from dividing, causes children to look old

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30
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Subunit of microtubules

A

Tubulin

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31
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Function of microtubules

A

Organizing chromosomes, moving organelles, involved with motor proteins, infrastructure of cell

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32
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Microtubules grow out of

A

Centrosome

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33
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Microtubules are a dimer of

A

Alpha and beta tubulin

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34
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What are protofilaments

A

Long strand of dimer microtubules

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35
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Microfilaments contain

A

13 protofilaments together in a hollow tube

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36
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Microfilaments have specific

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Polarity, beta end with positive and alpha end with negative

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37
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What side of dimer microfilament adds to elongate

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Positive end (beta)

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38
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What bond is between alpha and beta part of microtubule

A

Covalent bond

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39
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What bond is used to put a lot of microtubules together

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Non covalent

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40
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Centrosomes are located where

A

Near nucleus

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41
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Centrosome is made of

A

Gamma tubulin in a ring that forms sphere

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42
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What in centrosome grows microtubules

A

MTOC’s

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43
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Function of MTOCs

A

Control number, orientation and location of microtubules

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44
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Centrioles are found

A

Inside centrosomes

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45
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Function of centrioles

A

Unknown

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46
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Centrioles made up of

A

Cylinder of short microtubules

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47
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Microtubules are in constant

A

Dynamic instability (changing)

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48
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What is needed to attach dimer of microtubules

A

GTP

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49
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GDP is microtubules causes

A

Shrinkage of tubules

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50
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Dimers of microtubules with GTP or GDP pack more tightly

A

GTP

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51
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What does GTP cap do in microtubules

A

When microtubule dimers are added too quickly for GTP hydrolysis and will keep growing

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52
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What causes disassembly of microtubules

A

GTP hydrolysis into GDP

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53
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What drug causes no microtubule assembly by binding to tubulin in cytoplasm

A

Colchicine

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54
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What drug causes microtubules to never disassemble by binding to microtubules

A

Taxol

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55
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What are the two cancer drugs that affect microtubule growth and disassembly

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Taxol and colchicine

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56
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What protein that is associated with another cell structure and cause microtubule to stop assembling

A

Capping protein

57
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Specialized microtubule cells have less

A

Dynamic instability

58
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Specialized microtubule differentiated cells are usually

59
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Salvatore movement is normally

A

Directional and steady

60
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Motor proteins bind to

A

Actin filaments or microtubules

61
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How do motor proteins travel

A

By ATP hydrolysis

62
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Motor proteins bind to other cells components such as

A

Vesicle or organelle to move them

63
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What are the two families of motor proteins

A

Kinesins and Dyneins

64
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Kinesins move

A

Away from centrosome

65
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Dyneins move

A

Toward centrosome

66
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Motor proteins contain

A

Globular ATP binding heads and cargo binding tails

67
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What of motor protein walks along microtubules

A

ATP hydrolyzing head

68
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What pulls and stretches ER membrane along microtubules

69
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What pull golgi toward the centrosome along microtubules

70
Q

Microtubules move what organelles

A

Golgi and ER

71
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Cilia are

A

Hair like structures

72
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What moves cilia

73
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What anchors cilia

A

Basal body

74
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Cilia have what in their core

A

Microtubules covered by plasma membrane

75
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Movement of cilia

A

Power stroke then recovery stroke

76
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Function of cilia

A

Propel a cell through fluid, move fluid over cell surface, collecting food, moving mucus, moving eggs

77
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Structure of flagella compare to cilia

78
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Function of flagella

79
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Structure of cilia and flagella

A

9 doublet microtubules in a ring around two microtubules

80
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Movement of cilia and flagella

A

Core bends with help of accessory proteins

81
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What motor protein helps cilia and flagella walk

A

Ciliary dyneins

82
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Subunit of actin filaments

83
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Function of actin filaments

A

Affects movement of cell surface, phagocytosis, cell division, crawling, muscle contraction

84
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Location of actin filaments

A

Under plasma membrane

85
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Structure of actin filaments

A

Short, globular actin molecules in a chain with polarity , thin and flexible

86
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Actin monomers add or subtract from what end

87
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What is bound to actin monomers

88
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What promotes disassembly in actin filaments

A

ATP hydrolysis

89
Q

What drug prevents actin formation by binding to loose actin

A

Cytochalasins

90
Q

What drug prevents actin disassembly by binding to actin filament

A

Jasplakinolides

91
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What prevents actin monomers from polymerizing out of control

A

Thymosin and profilin

92
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What other proteins control actin activity

A

Actin-bundling proteins, cross linking, filament severing proteins (gelsolin)

93
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Example of actin

94
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Cell cortex of actin filaments

A

Concentrated network of actin filaments linked by actin-binding proteins

95
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The cell cortex of actin filaments provides what function

A

Mechanical strength and structural support

96
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How do actin filaments in cells crawl

A

Protrusion from front grabs cytoplasm, adhesion from protrusion anchors and rest of cell drags forward

97
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What is the protrusion caused by actin polymerization

A

Lamellipodia

98
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What in actin is the stabilizing cell, anchor

99
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What are the exploration protrusions of actin filaments

100
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What helps to form branched actin

A

Actin related proteins (ARPs)

101
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How do ARPs work

A

Assembly at front and disassembly at back

102
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What protein interacts with actin filaments to create movement of cell or muscle contraction

103
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What are myosin

A

Actin dependent motor proteins

104
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Myosin 1 is for

A

Cellular movement

105
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Myosin 2 is for

A

Muscle movement

106
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How does myosin 1 work

A

One Globular head interacts with ATP and tail determines and grabs cargo

107
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What in actin filaments help actin cytoskeleton movement

A

Receptor proteins

108
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What protein changes organization of actin

109
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What Rho protein in actin causes filopodia formation

110
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What Rho protein in actin causes lamellipodia formation

111
Q

Do all types of muscle use actin and myosin

112
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Describe myosin 2

A

2 ATPase head and tail (coiled coil)

113
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What on myosin creates the filament

114
Q

What is a muscle fiber

A

Numerous cells fused into one long cell

115
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Myofibrils mainly consist of

116
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What is the contractile element of muscle cell

A

Myofibrils

117
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What makes up a sarcomere

A

Action and myosin 2 with Z disc

118
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What is the regulator of tropomyosin

119
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What is rigor Mortis

A

No more ATP being produced, muscle is in constant contraction and stiffens

120
Q

What are the energy requirements for skeletal muscle

A

ATP for myosin head, ATP for Ca2+ pump into the SR, ATP for Na/K pump to resort resting membrane potential in cell

121
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Sources of energy in skeletal muscle

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ATP stores, phosphocreatine, glycogen stores and oxidative phosphorylation

122
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ATP stores last for

A

1 to 2 seconds

123
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Phosphocreatine source of energy lasts for

A

5 to 8 seconds

124
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Glycogen stores for energy last for

A

One minute

125
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Oxidative phosphorylation for source of energy lasts

A

Indefinitely

126
Q

The greater the number of cross bridges form the stronger

A

The generated force

127
Q

What is isometric contraction

A

Increase in tension, no decrease in length of sarcomere

128
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What is isotonic contraction

A

Decrease length of sarcomere and constant tension generated

129
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What is eccentric concentration

A

Muscle is lengthening and joint is extending

130
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What is concentration contraction

A

Muscle is shortening and joint is flexing

131
Q

Describe fast twitch

A

Larger fibers, lower blood supply, fewer mitochondria, and extensive ER

132
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Describe slow twitch

A

Smaller fibers, greater blood supply, many mitochondria, and myoglobin

133
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What is a motor unit

A

One motor neuron and all of the muscle cells innervated by it

134
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What is motor unit summation

A

Recruitment of motor units determines amount of force generated by muscle

135
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What causes muscle to sustain its contraction

A

Rapid stimulation by motor neurons

136
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Sustained contraction is called

137
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What is treppe

A

Muscle will be weaker than a warmed up muscle k

138
Q

Hypertrophy of muscle includes

A

Increase in number of myofibrils (diameter) and increase in number of sarcomere (length)

139
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Atrophy includes

A

Denervation atrophy and disuse atrophy (loss of use)

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