Week 2 - Muscle Flashcards
Microscopic appearance of SKELETAL muscle
Long cylindrical fibre
Many peripherally located nuclei
Unbranched
Striated
Microscopic appearance of SMOOTH muscle
Fibre thickest in middle
Tapered at each end
1 centrally positioned nucleus
Not striated
Microscopic appearance of CARDIAC muscle
Branched
Cylindrical fibre
1 centrally located nucleus
Interacalated discs join neighbouring fibres
Striated
Fibre diameter for skeletal muscle
Very large
10-100 micrometers
Fibre diameter for cardiac muscle
Large
10-20 micrometers
Fibre diameter for smooth muscle
Small
3-8 micrometers
Connective tissue components for skeletal muscle
Endomysium
Perimysium
Epimysium
Connective tissue components for cardiac muscle
Endomysium
Perimysium
Connective tissue components for smooth muscle
Endomysium
Which muscle types have contractile proteins organised into sarcomeres?
Skeletal
Cardiac
Sarcoplasmic reticulum for muscle types
Skeletal - Abundant
Cardiac - Some
Smooth - Very little
Which muscle fibre type doesn’t have T tubules?
Smooth muscle
Where is the source of Ca2+ for contraction in skeletal muscle?
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
Where is the source of Ca2+ for contraction in cardiac muscle?
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
+
Interstitial fluid
Where is the source of Ca2+ for contraction in smooth muscle?
Sarcoplasmic reticulum + interstitial fluid
What are the regulator proteins for contraction in each of the muscle types?
Skeletal - Troponin + tropomyosin
Cardiac - Troponin + tropomyosin
Smooth - Calmodulin + myosin light chain kinase.
Contraction regulation for skeletal muscle
Acetylcholine released by somatic motor neurones
Contraction regulation for cardiac + smooth muscle
Acetylcholine + norepinephrine released by autonomic motor neurones
+ several hormones
Define the origin point
Proximal attachment that usually remains stationary during contractions
Define the insertion point
Distal attachment that usually moves towards the other during contraction.
Define myology
Scientific study of muscles
What are the functions of muscular tissue
Producing body movements
Stabilising body positions
Storing + moving substances w/in the body
Generating heat.
FUNCTIONS OF MUSCULAR TISSUE
Explain stabilising body positions
Skeletal muscle contractions stabilise joints + maintain body positions.
Postural muscles contract continuously when you are awake.
FUNCTIONS OF MUSCULAR TISSUE
Explain Storing + moving substances w/in the body
Storage is accomplished by sustained contractions of sphincters.
Temporary storage of food in stomach or urine in urinary bladder is possible due to smooth muscle sphincters closing off the outlets of these organs.
Cardiac muscle contractions of the heart pump blood through the bv of the body.
Contraction + relaxation of smooth muscle in the walls of bv help adjust bv diameter = regulating the rate of blood flow.
FUNCTIONS OF MUSCULAR TISSUE
Explain Generating heat.
As muscular tissue contracts, it prod. Heat = thermogenesis.
Involuntary contractions of skeletal muscles, shivering, can ⬆️ rate of heat prod.
What 4 properties enable muscular tissue to function + contribute to homeostasis
Electrical excitability
Contractility
Extensibility
Elasticity
Define electrical excitability
= Ability to prod APs when responding to certain stimuli.
What are the 2 main types of stimuli that trigger APs?
Autorythmic electrical signals arising in the muscular tissue itself
Chemical stimuli i.e neurotransmitters, hormones or even local changes in pH.
Define contractibility
Ability of muscular tissue to contract forcefully when stimulated by an AP.
Contraction = generates tension while pulling on its attachment points.
If this is great enough to overcome the resistance of the object, the muscle shortens + movement occurs.
Extensibility
Ability of muscular tissue to stretch (w/in limits) w.out being damaged.
Elasticity
Ability of muscular tissue to return to its original length + shape after contraction or extension.
Subcutaneous layer / hypodermis
Separates muscle from skin
Composed of:
- areolar connective tissue
- adipose tissue.
What is the purpose of the Subcutaneous layer / hypodermis
Pathway for nerves, bv + lymphatic vessels to enter + exit muscles.
What does the adipose tissue in the Subcutaneous layer / hypodermis store + do?
Most bodys TG
Serves as an insulating layer
Protects muscles from physical trauma.
Describe the fascia
Dense sheet of irregular connective tissue
What does the fascia allow?
free movement of muscles
What are the 3 layers of connective tissue extending from the fascia to protect + strengthen skeletal muscle
Epimysium
Perimysium
Endomysium
Epimysium
Outer layer, consists of dense irregular connective tissue