Test Two Muscle Flashcards
What are the three types of muscle
Skeletal, cardiac and smooth
Where are smooth muscles found
In organs
Describe the smooth muscle
Involuntary, non striated, cells are fusiform with centrally placed nucleus that is elongated into the long axis of the cell
What does smooth muscle look like in cross section
Numerous sizes of of muscle cells with nucleus in the center
Where is cardiac muscle found
In the heart only
Describe cardiac muscle
Involuntary and striated, branching elongated fibers with centrally placed nucleus
What occurs in intercalated disk in cardiac muscle
Where the cell membranes come together in gap junctions
What is also found in cardiac muscle
Intercalated discs
Function of intercalated discs
Mechanisms to hold the cell together and form tunnels in between cells, this helps move ions from one cell to another
What does the cross section of the cardiac muscle look like
Cells will be same size, centered nucleus, granular appearance due to striations
Where are skeletal muscles located
Found in the muscles of the limbs and trunk
Describe skeletal muscle
Voluntary and striated, long muscles that are parallel and contain multiple peripheral nuclei
What does a cross section of skeletal muscle look like
Nuclei off to the edges, will see granules due to striations
What are the three coverings of the muscle
Endomysium, perimysium and epimysium
Describe endomysium
Loose aerolar connective tissue that wraps around each muscle cell
Purpose of endomysium
Cuts down the friction between each individual muscle cell
Purpose of having loose tissue in the endomysium
When the muscle cell contracts, it will increase in diameter
What is a fascicle
Groups of muscles cells that are bundled together
What covers a muscle fascicle
Perimysium
As we increase the thickness of the fascicles then there is a decrease in
The control on the muscle itself
What surrounds the entire muscle
Epimysium
Purpose of epimysium
Responsible for separating that muscle from all other tissues
Under a light microscope, when can be seen in a sarcomere
Light and dark bands
The light band in a sarcomere under a light microscope is called what
The I band
The dark band in a sarcomere under a light microscope is called what
A band
What is a sarcomere
Functional unit of muscle contraction
What line is located in the “I” band
Z line
The in the A band, what is the dark staining line in the middle called
The M line
What is the area around the M line called
The H zone
What range is known as the sarcomere
Z line to Z line
What is included in one sarcomere
2 z lines, complete A band, two halves of I band, H zone and M line
What happens to sarcomere during contraction
Distance between Z lines decrease
How does staining work with the sarcomere
Staining has to deal with the configuration of the thick filaments vs thin filaments, thick stains dark
What is in an “I” band
Only thin filaments, so has small diameter and is light staining
M line contains what type of filaments
Linking filaments
What are linking filaments
Hook thin and thick filaments together
M line is what type of staining and why
Dark staining, contains both thick and thin filaments with globular proteins
H zone is made up of
Thick filaments
Describe appearance of thick filaments
Contains a lot of extensions known as fibers. The fibers pick up stain but gets diffused due to the fibers
What makes up the A zone
Thick and thin filaments and stains darker due to more material due to the increased amount of fibers
Thin filaments are made up of how many proteins
Three different proteins
What are the three proteins that thin filaments are made up of
Actin, tropomyosin, and troponin