CH 1 Flashcards
master concepts related to structure and function of muscular and neuromuscular system related to exercise (46 cards)
EPIMYSIUM
CONNECTIVE TISSUE THAT SURROUNDS THE MUSCLE
FASCICULI
BUNDLES OF MUSCLE FIBERS
PERIMYSIUM
CONNECTIVE TISSUE THAT SURROUNDS FASCICULI
ENDOMYSIUM
CONNECTIVE TISSUE THAT SURROUNDS INDIVIDUAL MUSCLE FIBER
SARCOLEMMA
MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE
HOW MANY NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTIONS DOES ONE MUSCLE CELL HAVE?
ONE
A SINGLE MOTOR NEURON INNERVATES HOW MANY MUSCLE CELLS?
MANY
SARCOPLASM
CYTOPLASM OF MUSCLE FIBER THAT CONTAINS CONTRACTILE COMPONENTS
MYOFIBRILS
CONTAIN CONTRACTION APPARATUS OF MUSCLE CELL
MYOSIN
THICK FILAMENTS
ACTIN
THIN FILAMENTS
MYOSIN CROSS BRIDGES
GLOBULAR HEADS THAT PROTRUDE FROM THE MYOSIN FILAMENT
A-BAND
DARK BAND CORRESPONDS TO ALIGNMENT OF MYOSIN FILAMENTS
I-BAND
LIGHT BAND, CORRESPONDS TO AREAS IN 2 ADJACENT SARCOMERES THAT CONTAIN ONLY ACTIN
Z-LINE
THIN DARK LINE RUNNING VERTICALLY THROUGH I-BAND
H-ZONE
AREA IN CENTER OF SARCOMERE WHERE ONLY MYOSIN FILAMENTS ARE PRESENT
SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM
SYSTEM OF TUBULES THAT HOUSE CALCIUM
T TUBULES
CONTINUOUS WITH SARCOLEMMA AT SURFACE OF THE CELL
SLIDING FILAMENT THEORY RESTING PHASE
MOST OF CALCIUM IS IN SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM, NO TENSION IN MUSLCE
SLIDING FILAMENT THEORY
- SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM STIMULATED TO RELEASE CALCIUM
- CALCIUM BINDS WITH TROPONIN, CAUSING TROPOMYOSIN ON ACTIN TO SHIFT AND REVEAL ATTACHMENT SITES
- MYOSIN CROSSBRIDGE HEAD ATTACHES TO ACTIN
- MYOSIN CROSSBRIDGES FLEX, PULLING ON ACTIN, RESULTING IN MUSCLE CONTRACTION
ATP
ENERGY SOURCE REQUIRED FOR CROSS BRIDGE FLEXION, DETACHMENT, AND RECOCKING
WHAT IS REQUIRED FOR MUSCLE CONTRACTION TO CONTINUE?
ADEQUATE AMMOUNTS OF CALCIUM, ATP, AND MYOSIN ATPase
SLIDING FILAMENT THEORY
RELAXATION PHASE
OCCURS WHEN MOTOR NERVE STIMULATION STOPS ND CALCIUM IS PUMPED BACK INTO SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM. MYOSIN AND ACTIN FILAMENTS RETURN TO UNBOUND STATE
EXTENT OF CONTROL OF A MUSCLE DEPENDS ON WHAT?
NUMBER OF MUSCLE FIBERS WITHIN EACH MOTOR UNIT