Muscle Flashcards

1
Q

What are the three types of muscle

A

skeletal, cardiac, smooth

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2
Q

Which muscle is fatigue resistant

A

smooth

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3
Q

What is epimysium

A

tough connective tissue

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4
Q

What does epimysium surround

A

outside of whole muscle

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5
Q

What is perimysium

A

connective tissue sheath

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6
Q

What does perimysium surround

A

bundles of myocytes - fasicles

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7
Q

What surrounds skeletal muscle

A

different fibrous tissues

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8
Q

Describe the characteristics of skeletal muscle

A

multi-nucleate, long unbranched, striated

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9
Q

What are transverse tubules

A

gaps between sarcoplasmic reticulum

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10
Q

What are dense irregular connective tissues

A

epimysium, perimysium

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11
Q

what is endomysium

A

thin connective tissue

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12
Q

What does endomysium surround

A

each myocyte

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13
Q

How does skeletal muscle contract

A

under voluntary control

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14
Q

What is the sarcolemma

A

Plasma membrane around muscle

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15
Q

What do invaginations of the sarcolemma form

A

transverse tubules

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16
Q

What is the sarcolemma comprised of

A

cisterns and t-tubules

17
Q

What is the function of the sarcolemma

A

calcium store

18
Q

Describe smooth muscle

A

single nucleus, unbranched, X striations

19
Q

What is the contraction of smooth muscle

A

involuntary

20
Q

What is present in smooth muscle

A

actin, myosin inbetween Z bodies

21
Q

What is the structure of cardiac muscle

A

striated, intercalated discs

22
Q

What are intercalated discs

A

biological rivets

23
Q

Describe cardiac myocytes

A

functional syncytium

24
Q

How do cardiac myocytes contract?

A

rapid succession, contract large population of cells at once

25
Q

What makes up skeletal and cardiac muscle

A

filaments - myosin, actin

26
Q

What are the bands in sarcomeres

A

Z, A and I

27
Q

What is the I band

A

light, actin only

28
Q

What is the A band

A

dark, actin and mysoin

29
Q

What is the functional unit of a filament

A

sarcomere

30
Q

What is myosin made of

A

light and heavy molecular weight meromyosin

31
Q

What does tropomyosin wrap around

A

F actin

32
Q

What happens when calcium interacts with troponin

A

conformational shape change - exposes binding site

33
Q

Describe cytosolic calcium levels

A

low

34
Q

What do action potentials release from the sacroplasmic reticulum

A

calcium

35
Q

What does the presence of calcium and ATP prevent

A

continual muscle contraction