Chapter 9 exam 4 Flashcards
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Produce skeletal movement Maintain body posture and position Support soft tissues Guard entrances and exits Maintain body temperature Provide nutrient reserves
functions of skeletal muscle
Skeletal muscle fibers Connective tissues that harness contraction forces Blood vessels that nourish the muscle fibers Nerves that control contractions
skeletal muscles
bundle of collagen fibers that merge; attach muscle to specific bone
tendons
sheet of collagen fibers that merge; attach muscle to a broad area of bone(s)
aponeurosis
collagen fibers that surround the entire muscle and separate it from other tissues and organs
Epimysium
fibrous layer that divides the skeletal muscle into compartments
perimysium
Delicate connective tissue that surrounds an individual muscle cell/fiber; interconnects adjacent muscle fibers
endomysium
- Myoblasts (embryonic cells) fuse, forming multinucleate cells 2. These cells develop into skeletal muscle fibers 3. Unfused myoblasts can remain in the endomysium as myosatellite cells 4. Myosatellite cells aid in muscle repair by fusing with damaged muscle fibers
Muscle development
Sacrolemma Sarcoplasm
Plasma membrane in muscle cells Cytoplasm in muscle cells
bundles of proteins (myofilaments) that give skeletal muscles striations
Myobiril
Thin filaments Attached to the Z line by Actinin
Actin
Thick filaments 300 molecules arranged with their tails pointing toward the M line
Myosin
part of sarcomere made of thick filaments; H band + M line
Sarcomeres A band
part of the sarcomere made of thin filaments
I band
joining area of 2 sarcomeres
Z lines
muscle fiber contraction slides thin filaments across thick filaments
Sliding filament theory
H and I bands get smaller Zones of overlap get larger Z lines move closer together A band width remains the same
Sliding filament theory as to why they matter
Different distribution of (+) and (-) charges on either side of the sarcolemma
Transmembrane potention
move changes from the sarcolemma into the muscle cell
Transverse Tubules (T tubules)
specialized site where nervous system and muscle fiber meets
Neuromuscular junction (NMJ)
The synaptic cleft and sarcolemma have…
AChE
The synaptic terminal has vesicles containing….
ACh
- Ca+ move into the myosin/actin zone 2. Ca+ bind to troponin, which changes the position of the troponin, allowing interaction with myosin 3. Myosin head binds to the G-actin site (= cross bridge formation) 4. Myosin head pivots toward M line as energy is released 5. ATP binds to myosin head, breaking the bond between myosin and actin 6. Reduction of ATP to ADP + P reactivates myosin head, preparing it to bind again
ATP in muscle contraction
stimulation (action potential, release of Ca+)
Latent Phase of Muscle Tension