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Chapter 10 - Muscles Flashcards

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Three Types of Muscles

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  1. Skeletal
  2. Cardio
  3. Smooth
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Muscular System

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only skeletal muscles

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Myology

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study of the skeletal muscles

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Skeletal Muscle

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  • Voluntary
  • Striated
  • Attached to bone
  • Muscle cell = “muscle fiber” or “myofiber”
  • Mutinucleated
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Cardiac Muscle

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  • Involuntary
  • Striated
  • Cell = “cardiocyte” or “myocyte”
  • Short, branched cells
  • Intercalated discs w/ gap junctions
  • Typically mononucleated
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Smooth Muscle

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  • Involuntary
  • Non-striated
  • Fusiform cell shape
  • Mononucleated
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Functions of Muscle

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  1. Movement (body parts, communication)
  2. Stability
  3. Heat production
  4. Control of body openings & passages
  5. Store nutrients (amino acids, glycogen)
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Properties of Skeletal Muscle

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  1. Excitability (responsiveness)
  2. Conductivity (electrical impulse)
  3. Contractility (shorten)
  4. Extensibility (stretch)
  5. Elasticity (recoil)
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Fascia

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wraps muscle group

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Epimysium

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wraps muscle

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Perimysium

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wraps fascicle

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Endomysium

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wraps muscle cell

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Skeletal Muscle Shapes

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  1. Fusiform - tapered ends
  2. Parallel - uniform width
  3. Triangular (convergent) - tapered at one end
  4. Pennate - feather-shaped
  5. Circular - forms rings around body openings
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Muscle Attachments

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  1. Indirect - tendon, connects into periosteum and matrix
  2. Aponeurosis - broad sheet of tendon (e.g. scalp, wrist, abdomen)
  3. Direct - muscle to bone, w/ collagen fiber
  4. Other tissues, i.e. dermis
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Origin

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muscle attachment at relatively stationary end

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Insertion

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muscle attachment at more mobile end

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Belly

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muscle area between origin and insertion

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Functional Groups of Muscles

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  1. Prime Mover - produce main force of action
  2. Synergist - aids prime mover, may stabilize joint
  3. Antagonist - opposes prime mover (antagonistic pair act on opposite sides of joint)
  4. Fixator - prevents bone movement
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Lever Model for Muscles

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Lever = bone
Fulcrum = joint
Effort of Force = muscle
Resistance = object moved

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First Class Lever

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  • “Seesaw”
  • E.g. extension of neck
    • Fulcrum in middle (atlanto-occipital joint)
    • Resistance is weight of head
    • Effort by neck muscle to hold head erect
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Second Class Lever

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  • “Wheelbarrow”
  • E.g. bouncing child on thight
    • Fulcrum = hip
    • Resistance is weight of child in middle
    • Effort from quads
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Third Class Lever

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  • “Paddling Canoe”
  • Most common
  • E.g. Paddling
    • Fulcrum = elbow
    • Resistance is weight in hand
    • Effort from biceps & brachialis
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Sarcolemma

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muscle fiber plasma membrane

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Transverse (T) Tubules

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conduct impulses from the sarcolemma down into the cell

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Sarcoplasm
cytoplasm of skeletal muscle cell (fiber) * Myofibrils (contain myofilaments) * Glycogen (carbohydrate) * Myoglobin (red pigment)
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Sarcoplasmic Reticulum
endoplasmic reticulum of skeletal muscle cell (fiber) * terminal cisternae (enlarged areas of sarcoplasmic reticulum surrounding the T tubules) * Ca++ reservoir
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Types of Myofilaments
1. Myosin | 2. Actin
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Myosin
- Myofilament - Thick, contractile - Heads project from bundled tails of hundreds of molecules
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Actin
- Myofilament - Thin, contractile - Fibrous (F) Actin = resembles necklace - Globular (G) Actin = resemble one head of necklace - Active site = myosin binding site area on G actin
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Skeletal Muscle Regulatory Proteins
1. Tropomyosin ("gate") - blocks active sites when muscle is relaxed 2. Troponin ("lock") - attaches to tropomyosin, binds calcium ("key") when excited
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Muscle Striations
narrow stripes (light and dark) that run perpendicular to the length of the cell
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A Band
area of myosin and actin overlap
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H Band
central region of A band that is lighter due to lack of actin
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M Line
midline of A band (and H band) that anchors myosin filaments together
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I Band
area of actin filaments
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Z Disc
midline of I Band, protein that anchors actin filaments together, define boundaries of a sarcomere
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Sarcomere
basic unit of striated muscle tissue
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Motor neuron's synaptic knob contains vesicles with _____________.
Acetylcholine (ACh)
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Junctional folds of muscle cell's membrane contain _________ _________.
Acetylcholine (ACh) Receptors
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Motor Unit
- Consists of one motor neuron and multiple muscle fibers - Behaves as a single, functional unit - Fibers from one unit are dispersed in muscle
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Phases of Contraction and Relaxation
1. Excitation 2. Excitation-Contraction Coupling 3. Relaxation
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Excitation of a Muscle
1. nerve signal arrives at knob 2. knob releases ACh, which binds to muscle's receptors, opening ion gates and exciting muscle 3. excitation spreads down and through muscle cell
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Excitation-Contraction Coupling
1. electrical impulse triggers calcium release from SR 2. calcium binds troponin, which moves tropomyosin to expose actin 3. myosin breaks down ATP and extends head 4. myosin form cross-bridge with actin 5. myosin pulls actin in power stroke, then detaches, reattaches, pulls again, etc.
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Relaxation of a Muscle
1. nerve signal stops | 2. SR reabsorbs calcium, tropomyosin blockade resumes, and tension subsides
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At rest, muscle receives about ___________ of heart's output.
one-quarter
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During heavy exercise, muscular system receives more than _______________ of heart's output.
three-quarters
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Muscle Growth and Atrophy
- resistance exercise stimulates production of more myofilaments, thus more myofibrils - growth by hypertrophy - exercise also stimulates production of mitochondria, myoglobin, glycogen, and blood vessels - unused muscles atrophy
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Two Classes of Muscle Fibers
Type I = Slow Oxidative (SO) | Type II = Fast Glycolytic (FG)
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Slow Oxidative Muscle Fibers
- slow-twitch, red, Type I - small diameter - aerobic ATP production - abundant: mitochondria, myoglobin, capillaries - resistant to fatigue - predominate in postural muscles (e.g. soleus, back muscles)
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Fast Glycolytic Muscle Fibers
- fast-twitch, white, Type II - large diameter - anaerobic ATP production - abundant glycogen - fatigue quickly - predominate in quick response muscles (e.g. gastrocnemius, bicep)
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Myopathies
diseases of the muscle
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Muscular Dystrophy
- several types of skeletal muscle degeneration - most common * Duchenne * Hereditary (sex-linked)
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Myasthenia gravis (MG)
- autoimmune disease - affects women age 20-40 - destruction of ACh receptors
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How Muscles are Named
1. Size (e.g. brevis = short) 2. Shape (e.g. teres = round) 3. Location (e.g. brachii = of the arm) 4. Number of heads (e.g. biceps = two heads) 5. Orientation of the fibers (e.g. rectus = straight) 6. Action (e.g. flexor = muscle that flexes joint)
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