Muscle 3 Flashcards
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- Identify muscle types that contain gap junctions and explain the role of gap junctions in these muscles.
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2
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- Describe how tension is graded in cardiac and smooth muscle (two mechanisms) and how this is different from the gradation of tension for skeletal muscle.
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3
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- Describe a muscle motor unit and how its average size relates to the function of that muscle.
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4
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- Explain the molecular basis of malignant hyperthermia, the related protein mutation, the reason for the temperature rise, and the type of compound that will prevent the temperature rise.
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5
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- Explain the molecular basis of familial hypertrophic cardiac myopathy, including the mutated proteins associated with this myopathy.
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6
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- Explain the genetic and molecular basis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, including the mutated protein associated with this myopathy and how this protein contributes to muscle structural integrity.
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