exam 5 Flashcards
during muscle fatigue, there is a substantial decreases in ATP in the cell T/F
false
in a resting smooth muscle cell, tropomyosin covers the active sites on actin T/F
false
skeletal muscle fibers can change their phenotype T/F
true
smooth muscles cells have T-tubules T/F
false
the muscles for eye movement only have fast-glycolytic fibers T/F
false
the myosin head has affinity for actin in a smooth muscle cell when the light chains of myosin are
phosphorylated
a skeletal muscle cell that is not fatigued
Will always generate the same tension in response to a single action potential
at any point in the cross bridge cycle, the myosin head has
about equal affinity for ADP and ATP
delayed onset muscle soreness is caused by
micro tears in the muscle and inflammation
compared to normal, during muscle fatigue
calcium levels are higher in the cytoplasm
smooth muscle contraction is ____ skeletal muscle contraction
slower than
which fibers tend to be larger ( have a larger diameter)?
type IIb fibers
which type of contraction is most likely to cause skeletal muscle hypertrophy
eccentric contraction
which type of fiber would fatigue the quickest
type IIb fibers
which type of fiber would have the most glycogen
tyle IIb fibers
which type of fiber would have the most mitochondria
type I fibers
which type of fiber would have the most myoglobin
type I fibers
a person who eats a standard diet of 50% of calories from carbohydrates, 20% from proteins, and 30% from fat runs a marathon in 4.5 hours. What would be true about the fuel this skeletal muscles use to generate ATP?
in the first 2 hours the skeletal muscles will use glucose for energy, then switch to using fatty acids
at a skeletal muscles optimum length for contraction
all the myosin heads are next to actin
if a skeletal muscle is longer than its optimum length for contraction
a- all the myosin heads are next to actin
b-the actin molecules may be bumping up against each other or overlapping
c-titan is being compressed
d- none of the above
none of the above
if a skeletal muscle is shorter than its optimum length for contraction
the actin molecules may be bumping up against each other or overlapping
titin is being compressed
the constant tension maintained in a skeletal muscle by keeping some muscle fibers in tetanus is called
muscle tone
what binds to myosin light chain kinase to activate this enzyme in smooth muscle cells
ca2+ - calmodulin complex
what does calcium bind to in smooth muscle that leads to contraction
calmodulin
what is actin bound to specifically in smooth muscle
dense bodies
what term is used to mean that a muscle partly,, but not fully, relaxes before contracting again, then partly relaxes before contracting again and so forth for a period of time
unfused tetanus
what term is used to mean that a muscle stays fully contracted for a period of time
fused tetanus
list the three types of fatigues in order from most common to least common
central command
muscle fatigue
synaptic fatigue
list the three ways a skeletal muscle has of phosphorylating ADP in order from fastest to slowest
phosphocreatine
glycolysis
oxidative phosphorylation
list the three ways a skeletal muscle has of phosphorylating ADP in order from most efficient to least efficient. state how many ATP molecules you can get from each original substrate with each method
oxidative phosphorylation- 36 ATP/ glucose
glycolysis- 2 ATP/ glucose
phosphocreatine- 1 ATP/ phosphocreatine
what happens in synaptic fatigue
the motor neuron realizes acetylcholine faster than it can be made
It is normal for muscles to go into tetanus. T/F
true
The shorter the muscle is when it contracts, the more force it will generate.
T/F
false
The velocity of muscle shortening decreases as the load increases.
T/F
true
In general, white meat should be slightly sweeter than dark meat.
T/F
true
The thin myofilament in smooth muscle does NOT contain
troponin
the action potential in a skeletal muscle fiber is over before the muscle starts to contract T/F
true
frequency coding is based on
higher calcium levels in the skeletal muscle cell
the level of calcium in the cytoplasm of a skeletal muscle cell is constant when the cell is in fused tetanus t/f
false
the heavier the load, the more myosin heads involved in cross bridge cycling T/F
false
the use of fatty acids to generate ATP always requires oxygen T/F
true
fast glycolytic fibers are also called
type IIb fibers
fast- oxidative glycolytic fibers are also called
type II a fibers
slow-oxidative fibers are also called
type I fibers
increasing the concentration of potassium in the t-tubule would cause the action potentials in the T-tubules to
repolarize slower
A smooth muscle cell will only contract if the neuron that innervates it fires an action potential. T/F
false
Which type of smooth muscle has finer control over the tension in an organ?
multiunit
Which type of motor neuron innervates the intrafusal fibers of a skeletal muscle.
gamma motor neurons
The calcium channel that is important for autorhythmicity in some types of smooth muscle opens directly in response to
depolarization
The potassium channel that is important for audtorhythmicity is some types of smooth muscle opens directly in response to
increased cytoplasmic calcium
calcium must come through the L-type calcium channel to open ryanodine receptors in cardiac muscle T/F
true
cardiac muscle has sarcomeres T/F
true
in normal physiology, a smooth muscle cell always generates the same amount of tension in response to a single action potential T/F
false
in normal physiology, there is always some level of tension in vascular smooth muscle T/F
true
in response to a single action potential, enough calcium enters the cytoplasm of a cardiomyocyte to saturate troponin T/F
false
myosin light chain phosphatase is activated when the calcium-calmodulin complex binds to it T/F
false
Smooth muscle generates less tension is the muscle is shorter or longer than its optimum length T/F
false
some cells in the heart have audtorhythmicity T/F
true
some smooth muscle cells display a latch state that is similar to rigor mortis T/F
true
summation and tetanus is common in cardiomyocytes T/F
false
the heart need neuronal input in order to contract T/F
false
the smooth muscle cell must fire an action potential in order to contract T/F
false
audtorhythmicity never occurs in
multiunit smooth muscle
an unexpected shortening of a muscle would cause the alpha motor neuron to an antagonistic muscle to
increase its firing rate
an unexpected shortening of a muscle would cause the alpha motor neuron to that muscle to
decrease its firing rate
cardiac muscle is more similar to
unitary smooth muscle
relaxation is slower in
smooth muscle
if a voluntary contraction causes a muscle to shorten as much as the brain expected the muscle to shorten, then the muscle spindle afferent will have _____ firing rate compared to before the voluntary contraction
no change in
if I want to pick up a ball that ends of being heavier than I expect, then when I first start to pick up the ball the muscle spindle afferent will have _____ firing rate compared to before I started to pick up the ball
an increased
the potassium channels in smooth muscle cells that are involved in audtorhythmicity open directly in response to
increase cytoplasmic calcium
muscle spindle afferents to the spinal cord release
glutamate
what protein is found in the intercalated discs that is important for the function of cardiac muscle
connexins
describe neuronal varicosities
multiple swelling along the end of an axon that forms synapses and release neurotransmitter