Chapter 8; Bio 210 (Muscles) Flashcards
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Muscular System
responsible for movement of the body (Only skeletal muscle)
Skeletal Muscle 6 functions
1- produce movement 2-maintain posture 3-functioning of internal organs 4-guard entrances and exits in body 5-body temperature 6-nutrient reserves
Myofibrils
contractile level of muscle contraction
-made of smaller units called myofilaments
Actin (thin) and Myosin (thick) are
protein filaments (myofilaments) that form Sacromeres
Sacromeres
join end to end to form Myofibrils
Z lines
boundaries of a sacramere [_____]
A band
dark band inside Z lines [_____
I band
light band between z line and a band [{}____{}]
H Zone
where the myofilaments don’t over lap (in the middle)
[{}___ H zone ___{}]
Phases of Contraction
Resting
Excitation (action potential down t tubule excites it)
Excitation/ Contraction Coupling (Ca ions binds with tropin and removes tropamyosin exposing active site)
Contraction (thin slides past thick)
Resting
NMJ
junction between an axon and a motor neuron and a muscle fiber is nueromuscular junction
Motor Neurons
nerve cells with axons that connect nervous system to muscular system
T Tubule (Transverse tubule)
at each junction of A and I bands the sacrolemma indents (tube that holds in multiple myofibrils)
Sacrolemma
plasma membrane of skeletal muscle
Terminal cisterns of the SR
where the T tube runs between then branches off into tubules of SR
SR
sacroplasmic reticulum
Triad
region where cisterns border a T tube
Endomysium
areolar connective tissue surrounds EACH muscle fiber (
Perinysium
wraps several sheather muscle fibers (surrounds fascicles)
Epimysium
bounds together fascicles and sheaths the ENTIRE muscle (dense irregular connective tissue)
Tendon
provides durability and space to the muscles (pass over a joint and provide protection from bone)`
NMJ Process
- Axons branch off to the muscle with Terminal Branches
- Together the neuron and all stimulated muscle fibers make up a ‘Motor Unit’
- The neuron and muscle fibers don’t touch (synaptic cleft)
- Action Potential is released from axon terminals into the cleft
- The ACh diffisues and binds with recpetors on the sacrolemma
- Once joined with ACh, the permeability of sacrolemma changes
- Ion channels open depolarizing the sacrolemma and contraction occurs
Neuron and Muscle Cell
only TWO kinds of cells in body that can propagate action potentials
Motor Unit
ALL stimulated fibers and axons (can be more than one neuromuscular junction)