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Week 4 (Exam 2): Sensory Systems; Muscles & Skeletal Systems Flashcards

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sensory receptor cells

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sensory neurons with specialized membranes in which receptor proteins are embedded

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sensory organs

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a group of sensory receptors that converts particular physical & chemical stimuli into nerve impulses that are processed by a nervous system and sent to the brainmk

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sensory transduction

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the conversion of physical or chemical stimuli into nerve impulses

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chemoreceptors

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receptors that respond to molecules that bind to specific protein receptors on the cell membrane of the sensory receptor

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first step of smelling

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olfactory sensory neurons sense odorants that bind to specific receptors on chemosensitive hairs that project into the mucus

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second step of smelling

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action potentials produced in response to the binding of odorants to membrane receptors are sent to the olfactory interneurons

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third step of smelling

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interneurons integrate the odorant info received by olfactory receptors before sending it to the brain

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process of smelling

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odor molecules bind to sensory receptors —> intracellular G protein-coupled receptors activate —> opening of Na+ and Ca2+ ion channels —> depolarize the receptor & produce EPSPs —> interneurons in the olfactory bulb transmit the combined info to the brain

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is an action potential fired with taste buds?

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no

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mechanoreceptors

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respond to physical deformations of their membrane produced by touch, sound, stretch, pressure, or motion

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hair cells

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specialized mechanoreceptors that sense movement and vibration
-orient the animal’s body wrt gravity, detect motion, & hear

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stereocilia

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nonmotile cell-surface projections on hair cells whose movement causes a depolarization of the cell’s membrane

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statocysts

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a type of gravity sensing organ found in most invertebrates

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statolith

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a dense particle that moves freely within a statocyst, enabling it to sense gravity

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vestibular system

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a system in the vertebrate inner ear made up of 2 statocyst chambers and 3 semicircular canals

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components of the outer ear

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pinna, auditory canal, & tympanic membrane (eardrum)

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middle ear components

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malleus, incus, tapes

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function of the middle ear bones

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amplify the vibrations of the tympanic membrane & transmit them to a thin membrane of the cochlea

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cochlea

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a coiled chamber within the skull containing hair cells that convert sound (pressure) waves into an electrical impulse that travels to the brain

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what do vibrations in the membrane do?

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create fluid waves in the cochlea

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what do the fluid waves in the cochlea do?

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induce motion of the basilar membrane

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what does motion in the basilar membrane do?

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bends the stereocilia & stimuulates the hair cells to release EPSPs

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electromagnetic receptors

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respond to electrical, magnetic, or light stimuli

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photoreceptors

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molecules whose chemical properties are altered when they absorb light

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opsin
a photosensitive protein that converts the energy of light photons into electrical signals in the receptor cell - arranged in cylindrical groups in vertebrates
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retinal
a derivative of vitamin A that absorbs light & binds to rhodopsin
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rhodopsin
a transmembrane in the photosensitive receptor cells in the retina of vertebrates
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types of eyes
eyecups, compound eyes, single-lens eye
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eyecups
an eye structure found in flatworms that contains photoreceptors that point up & to the left or right
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compound eyes
consists of a number of ommatidia
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ommatidia
individual light-focusing elements -the number of ommatidia determines the resolution of the image
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single-lens eyes
works like a camera to produce a sharply defined image of the animal’s visual field
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retina
a thin tissue in the back of the vertebrate eye that contains the photoreceptors & other nerve cells that sense & initially process light stimuli
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rod cells
a type of photoreceptor cell on the vertebrate retina that detects light and shades ranging from white to shades of gray & black, but not color
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cone cells
a type of photoreceptor cell on the vertebrate retina that detects color
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which animals had the first muscle fibers?
cnidarians
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fiber
a muscle cell which produces forces on an animal’s body & exerts forces on the environment -uses ATP generated through cellular respiration
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what do all muscle fibers contain?
actin & myosin
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filaments
a thin thread of proteins that interacts with/ other filaments to cause muscles to shorten
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what are the two groups of muscles?
striated & smooth
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striated muscle appearance
striped under a light microscope due to regular thick (myosin) & thin (actin) filament spacing
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two types of striated muscle
skeletal & cardiac
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skeletal muscle function
connects to the body skeleton to move an animal’s limbs & torso -elongated & multinucleated
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cardiac muscle function
make up the walls of the atria & ventricles & contract to pump blood through the heart -less elongated -branched -contain fewer nuclei per cell
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where are smooth muscles found
in the walls of arteries, the respiratory system, the digestive, & excretory systems -appears uniform under the light microscope
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myofibrils
long rodlike structures in muscle fibers that contain parallel arrays of actin & myosin filaments
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where is tropomyosin found?
in the grooves formed by the actin helices
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what does troponin do
helps to make more tropomyosin -regularly spaced along the thin filament
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what does each myosin molecule consist of?
2 long polypeptide chains arranged in parallel to form a thick filament
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z discs
a protein backbone found regularly spaced along the length of a myofibril
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sarcomere
the region of myofilaments located within muscle myofibrils that span from one z disc to the next
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what is the basic contractile unit of a muscle?
the sarcomere
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what is at the middle of a sarcomere?
myosin thin filaments
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what is at the middle of thick filaments?
myosin heads that reversed their orientation in each half of the sarcomere
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how are the thin filaments related to the myosin thick filaments?
they overlap
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what links the myosin filaments to the z discs at the end of the sarcomere?
titin protein
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what gives striated muscle its appearance?
the regular pattern of actin & myosin filaments within sarcomeres along the length of the fiber
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what sort of lattice are thick and thin filaments arranged in?
hexagonal lattice
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sliding-filament model
the hypothesis that striated muscles produce force & change length by the sliding of actin filaments relative to myosin filaments
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when does actin-myosin overlap decrease?
when myofibrils are stretched
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when does actin-myosin overlap increase?
when myofibrils are relaxed
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what causes nearly all length change during a muscle contraction?
the sliding of actin filaments with respect to myosin filaments within individual sarcomeres
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what is a cross-bridge
the binding of the head of a myosin molecule to actin at a specific site between the myosin & actin filaments
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what is the cross-bridge cycle?
repeated sequential interactions between myosin heads that bind to & release from sites on actin filaments, forming & unforming cross-bridges, that cause the thin filament to slide relative to the thick filament & a muscle fiber to contract
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first step of the cross-bridge cycle
the myosin head binds ATP -myosin head detaches from actin & readies it for attachment to actin again
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second step of the cross-bridge cycle
the myosin head hydrolyzes ATP to ADP & inorganic phosphate -hydrolysis of ATP leads to a conformational change with the myosin head cocked back -ADP & inorganic phosphates remain bound to myosin head -myosin head is in a high-energy state
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third step of the cross-bridge cycle
myosin head binds to actin, forming a cross-bridge
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fourth step of the cross-bridge cycle
myosin head releases ADP & inorganic phosphate -results in the power stroke
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power stroke
the stage in the muscle cross-bridge in which the myosin head pivots & generates a force, causing the myosin & actin filaments to slide relative to each other
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what is the motor endplate?
the postsynaptic region on a muscle cell where acetylcholine birds w/ receptors
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first step of excitation-contraction coupling
action potential —> release of acetylcholine & depolarization of skeletal muscle cell
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second step of excitation-contraction coupling
depolarization is conducted into the interior of the fiber by the infoldings of the cell membrane
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third step of excitation-contraction coupling
depolarization —> release of Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticulum
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fourth step of excitation-contraction coupling
Ca2+ binds to the troponin, which causes movement of tropomyosin, exposure of myosin-binding sites on actin, & formation of cross-bridges to generate force & produce shortening of the muscle
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what is the sarcoplasmic reticulum?
a modified form of the endoplasmic reticulum surrounding the myofibrils of muscle cells
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what is the excitation-contraction coupling?
the process that produces muscle force & movement, by coupling the excitation of the muscle cell by a motor neuron to contraction of the muscle
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what are antagonist muscles?
muscle pairs that pull in opposite directions at a joint to produce opposing muscles
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flexion
the joint motion in which bone segments rotate closer together
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extension
the joint movement that moves bone segments apart
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agonist muscles
muscle pairs that combine to produce similar motions
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what does the muscle’s ability to generate force depend on?
how much it is stretched
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isometric
describes the generation of muscle force without a change in muscle length
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lengthening contraction
the contraction of a muscle against a load greater than the muscle’s force output, leading to a lengthening of the muscle
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triten contraction
a muscle contraction that results from a single action potential
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tetanus contraction
a muscle contraction of sustained force resulting from multiple action potentials
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motor unit
a vertebrate motor neuron & the population of muscle fibers that it innervates
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what senses do the three semicircular canals in the mammalian inner ear provide?
a sense of angular motion and balance
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what type of sensory receptor is a hair cell?
mechanoreceptor
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Aging can sometimes lead to an increase in the stiffness at the base of the basilar membrane. What affect would this have on a person's hearing?
The person would lose the ability to hear high-pitched sounds.
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What is the primary function of a statolith?
to determine the direction of gravity
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the conversion of physical or chemical stimuli into nerve impulses is known as
sensory transduction
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how are sound vibrations amplified in a vertebrate ear?
by movement of the tympanic membrane, the bones in the middle ear, and the fluid-filled region covered by the oval window
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hair cells function by:
releasing neurotransmitters
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what type of channel is associated with ion transport in stereocilia?
stretch-gated channel
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what determines the specific wavelength of light absorbed by a cone cell?
the type of opsin present in the membrane
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what structure is the opening in the eye through which light passes called
the pupil
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within the human eye, photoreceptors are located within the:
retina
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cone cells most likely evolved from:
rod cells
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is color vision in vertebrates made possible by cone cells?
yes
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what structure is the light-absorbing compound used by photoreceptors?
retinal
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You take a human smooth muscle cell and block the release of calcium from the sarcoplasmic reticulum. What effect does that have on contraction of that smooth muscle cell, and why?
contraction still occurs because Ca2+ can enter the cell directly through Ca2+ channels in the plasma membrane and bind to calmodulin
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what event does the power stroke correspond to in muscle contraction?
the sliding of actin relative to myosin filaments
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vertebrate smooth muscle cells are activated when Ca2+ binds to:
calmodulin
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why is calcium necessary for muscle contraction?
calcium is needed to activate troponin so that tropomyosin can be moved to expose the myosin-binding sites on the actin filament
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which molecule binds calcium?
troponin
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what stimulates a skeletal muscle cell to contract?
an impulse from a motor neuron
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ATP hydrolysis allows for what component of skeletal muscle contraction?
cocking of the myosin head to its high-energy position
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what is the basic contracting unit of a skeletal muscle
sarcomere
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what is a muscle fiber?
a single cell of a muscle
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what is tetanus?
a muscle contraction of sustained force resulting from repeated action potentials
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maximum force is generated by a muscle contraction when:
the sarcomere is at intermediate length before contraction begins
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in an antagonist muscle pair:
one muscle undergoes flexion, whereas the other undergoes extension
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during ___ bone segments move closer together, whereas during ___ bone segments move further apart
flexion; extension
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muscle contractions have ___ force at slower shortening velocities compared to higher shortening velocities
increased
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a single motor neuron and the population of muscle fibers that it innervates is called a:
motor unit
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when skeletal muscles contract such that bone segments move closer together, this action is known as:
flexion

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