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Unit 1- Skeletal Muscle Flashcards

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Muscle Membranes

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Endomysium, perimysium around fascicles, and epimysium around entire muscle

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Sarcomere

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Structural and functional unit of skeletal muscle

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Evaluation of muscle fibers

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Contraction of muscle fibers can be precented by clamping before formalin fixing

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Type I Muscle FIbers

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Red, slow twitch, slow fatiguing fibers are rich in mitochondria, get energy from oxidative phosphorylation, and stain for SDH

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Type II Muscle FIbers

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White, fast twitch fibers get energy from glycolysis and stain darkly with myosin-ATPase reaction, used in short bursts of athletic activity

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NADH Stain

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Stains mitochondria, coloring type I fibers darker nlue

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Pallor

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Post mortem change, may be secondary to anemia, common in neonates and especially calves

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Red Discoloration

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Post mortem change due to rhabdomyolysis or putrefaction

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Rigor Mortis

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Post mortem contraction of muscles, starts in the jaws and moves caudally, starting after 2 hours and peaking after 24

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Disturbances of Growth

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Atrophy, hypertrophy, and hyperplasia

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Reaction to Injury

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Degeneration/necrosis, calcification, and regeneration

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Congenital Inherited Defects

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Arthrogryposis, muscular dystrophy, PSM, PSS

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Nutritional Myopathy

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White Muscle disease

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Exertional Myopathies

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Azoturia, HYPP, canine rhabdomyolysis, capture myopathy, compartment syndrome

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Traumatic Myopathies

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Downer syndrome, post-anesthetic myopathy, crush syndrome

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Bacterial Inflammatory Diseases

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Malignant edema, black leg

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Parasitic Inflammatory Diseases

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Trichinosis, cysticercosis, sarcocystosis, toxoplasmosis

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Idiopathic Inflammatory Diseases

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Canine masticatory myositis, canine dermatomyositis

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Primary Neoplasia

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Rhabdomyoma, rhabdomyosarcoma

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Denervation Atrophy

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Damage to the nerve causes rapid loss of muscle mass, long standing denervation can result in fibrosis and steatosis, polio myelitis

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Disuse Atrophy

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Innervation is intact but atrophy is related to immobilization of the body part

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Atrophy of Cachexia

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Depletion of fat stores and reduction of type II fibers in muscle mass occurs slowly over time

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Laryngeal Hemiplasia

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Roarer horses, left crico-arytenoideus dorsalis muscle atrophies due to recurrent laryngeal neuropathy

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Hypertrophy

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Increased size in muscle fibers due to increased work load, can be enhanced by steroids

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Hyperplasia

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Increased number of muscle fibers

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Double Muscling

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Beef cattle have hyperplasia due to an inherited defect in the myostatin gene, cases dystocia, bully whippet syndrome in whippet dogs

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Degeneration

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Sequel to myofiber injury that occurs segmentally along the myofiber, can be reversible with preservation of basement membrane and satellite cells

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Necrosis

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Destruction of basement membrane and satellite cells causes irreversible damage in cases of severe injury

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Rhabdomyolysis

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Release of myoglobin in the interstitium

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Microscopic Myofiber Degeneration

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Swollen rounded cells, more eosinophilic, sarcoplasm becomes more homogenous, hypercontraction

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Calcification

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Sequel to degeneration, mitochondrial calcium overload causes white, chalky, gritti foci

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Muscle Repair

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Intact basement membrane provides framework for satellite cells to become myoblasts and form multinucleated cellular bands

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Scarring

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Disruptive trauma causes fibrous connective tissue to replace muscle during repair

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Nuclear Rowing

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Sign of muscle regeneration, myoblasts line up during repair

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Determining Lesion Cause

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Assessing distribution and duration of lesions

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Monophasic Lesion

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Acute injury and regeneration occurs all at once

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Polyphasic Lesion

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Chronic injury and regeneration occurs in different stages

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Focal Monophasic Injury

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Occurs due to a single incident; IM injection

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Multifocal Monophasic Injury

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Single exposure to strenuous exercise or muscle toxin

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Polyphasic Muscle Injury

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White muscle disease, muscular dystrophy, ongoing injury causes both degeneration and regeneration to be observed

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Arthrogryposis

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Aborted cattle and sheep with rigid joints and grotesque limbs, associated with damage to CNS and denervation of muscles or in-utero toxins or infections

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Muscle Dystrophy

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Genetic, progressive degenerative muscle disease, inadequate regeneration

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Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy

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Mouse, dog, cat, and human lack dystrophin that strengthens muscle and protects it

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X-Linked Dystrophin Defect

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Affected golden retrievers have muscle degeneration and fibrosis, characteristic splaying of forelimbs

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Equine Polysaccharide Storage Myopathy

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Quarter horses exhibit hind limb lameness, reduced muscle mass, and PAS accumulation in type II fibers

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Porcine Stress Syndrome

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Mutation in the skeletal muscle ryanodine receptor gene causes heavy-muscle pigs to overheat, not breathe, cardiac collapse, and death when stressed.

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PSS Pathogenesis

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Defect in the ryanodine receptor causes uncontrolled Ca release and excessive muscle contraction and heat

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Extramuscular PSS Lesions

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Acute heart failure, pulmonary edema and congestion, hydropericardium, hydrothorax, hepatic congestion

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PSS Muscular Lesions

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Pale, swollen, wet muscles of the back thighs and shoulders, and retraction caps and myofiber degeneration

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White Muscle Disease

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Vit E/Selenium deficiency in young ruminants and piglets allows oxidative damage to skeletal muscles and heart, lameness and reluctance to move

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White Muscle Disease Affected Muscles

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intercostals, diaphragm, thigh and shoulder muscles, tongue and neck in nursing calves

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White Muscle in Lambs

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Right side of the heart

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White muscle in calves

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Left side of the heart

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Exertional Myopathies

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Muscle damage initiated by muscle activity

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Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis

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Linked to Impressive quarter horse descendants, alteration in sodium channel allowed potassium release leading to transient muscle spasms, flaccid paralysis, and death

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Equine Exertional Rhabdomyolysis

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Monday morning disease, heavy horse breeds worked hard during the week have sweating, heavy breathing, and stiff hind leg muscles after resting on weekends

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Exertional Rhabdomyolysis Death

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Tearing of muscles releases nephrotoxin myoglobin, leading to death

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Capture Myopathy

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Acute disease in wildlife that are chased during capture or transport leading to muscle degeneration, necrosis, and hemorrhage, myoglobinuric nephrosis may occur

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Compartment Syndrome

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Ischemic damage in muscles surrounded by heavy tissue sheaths when subject to vigorous contraction, areas of scarring occur instead of regeneration

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Compartment Syndrome Poultry

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Occurs in supracoracoideus in poultry after vigorous wing flapping

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Downer Syndrome

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Ischemic necrosis of ventral and limb muscles after recumbency in cows and heavy animals

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Equine Post Anesthetic Myopathy

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Ischemic damage in horses after anesthetic is used

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Crush Syndrome

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Similar to Downer’s, caused by acute trauma

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Rupture of Diaphragm

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Sudden increase of intra-abdominal pressure in dogs, cats, and horses

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Rupture of Gasctrocnemius

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Spontaneous rupture in racing greyhounds and horses

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Tearing of Adductor

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Occurs in cows that do the splits on slippery floors, severe damage to basement membrane results in fibrosis

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Malignant Edema

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Gas gangrene, wound infection with anaerobic clostridia, inducing extensive muscle necrosis, secondary to deep puncture in domestic ruminants

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Black Leg

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Activation of latent Clostridium chauvoei spores after being ingested causes rapid death in cattle, air bubbles will be palpable in scapular or thigh area

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Black Leg Lesions

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Characteristic in thigh and scapular region, also in tongue and heart

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Trichinosis

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Larvae encyst in tongue, masseter, diaphragm, intercostals, and ocular muscles of pork, bears, and aquatic animals and infect human when poorly cooked

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Cysticercosis

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Taenia tapeworm larvae encysted in muscle of intermediate hosts, causes cysticercosis in humans when eggs are ingested

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Sarcocystosis

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Cone shaped protozoal bradyzoites in cysts in striated muscle, may lead to abortion

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Toxoplasma

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Can cause muscle lesions, important cause of abortion in sheep

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Masticatory Myositis

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Antibodies formed against type 2M myosin causing swollen painful jaw and atrophy, german shepherds predisposed

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2M Myosin

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Unique myosin isoform in masticatory muscles

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Acute Masticatory Myositis

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Eosinophilic myositis

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Acute masticatory myositis

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Atrophic myositis

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Dermatomyositis

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Dermatitis and myositis in masticatory muscles in collies and shelties, spontaneous recovery

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Rhabdomyoma

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Benign congenital tumor originating in the heart, common in cattle, sheep, and pigs

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Rhabdomyosarcoma

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Metaplastic tumors arise from areas with no striated muscle, occurs in head and neck in young animals

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