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What is rigor mortis?

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Hardening of the muscles and stiffening of the body

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At a cellular level, what happens during rigor?

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No More ATP is being produced you you cannot get Ca2+ out of the sarcoplasm back into the terminal cisternae of the SR. Cross bridging is promoted, but no ATP is produced to release the heads of the myosin from the F actin active sites.

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When does rigor set in? When does it abate?

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3-4 hours post mortem

48-60 hours with the beginning of decomp

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What kind of paralysis does curare cause?

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Flaccid

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What is the mechanism of curare?

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Binds to ACh receptors

Mimics ACh, so ACh itself cannot bind to receptors

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What is the mechanism of botulism?

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Prevents release of ACh at neuromuscular junction
Botulin toxin
No ACh in synaptic gap

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What kind of paralysis does botulism cause?

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Flaccid paralysis

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What is the mechanism of tetanospasmin?

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Blocks glycine release (inhibiting)

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What kind of paralysis does tetanus cause?

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Spastic

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What is the mechanism of organophosphates?

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Inhibits AChE by binding to AChE

Muscles cannot relax

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What kind of paralysis is caused by pesticides?

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Spastic

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What is the mechanism of myasthenia graves?

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An autoimmune disease

Antibodies bind to ACh receptors, damaging them

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What kind of paralysis is caused by myasthenia graves?

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Flaccid paralysis

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What is the mechanism of polio?

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A virus destroys motor neurons in brainstem and ventral horn of the spinal cord

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What kind of paralysis comes from polio?

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Flaccid

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Muscles cannot turn all of the energy they consume into________ work, so they produce _____.

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Mechanical

Heat

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Most body heat is due to the ________ of skeletal muscle

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contractions

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When the body temperature falls, the _________ makes us shiver to increase heat up to _____%.

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Hypothalamus

400%

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In muscle histology, in what 3 places is ATP needed?

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1- To bind myosin head to actin
2- To release myosin head from actin
3- To reconcentrate Ca2+ in the terminal cisternae

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For muscle contraction, what must be bound to myosin?

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An ATP

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How is the ATP used by the myosin head?

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An enzyme is present in the head ( myosin ATPase) hydrolyzes this ATP
Energy released by this process activates the head which shifts into an extended high energy position

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For a muscle to relax, _____ breaks down any remaining ACh.

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AChE

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What is calsequestrin?

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A protein that binds to Ca++ for storage.

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What is muscle tone?

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The CNS continually monitors and adjusts the length of the resting muscles, maintaining a state of partial contraction

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In which three areas is an O2 debt repaid?
1- O2 bound to myoglobin 2- O2 bound to hemoglobin 3- O2 dissolved in blood plasma
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What is aerobic cell respiration?
Requires O2, yields 38 ATP
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What is anaerobic cell respiration?
Doesn’t require O2, yields 2 ATP
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What generates lactic acid?
Anaerobic cell respiration
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What are the two types of skeletal muscle fibers?
SO (slow oxidative) or slow-twitch or red fibers and | FG (fast glycolic) or fast twitch or white fibers
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Which muscle fiber is well adapted for aerobic respiration and have abundant mitochondria, many surrounding blood vessels?
SO
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______ fibers have lots of myoglobin and _____ fibers have little myoglobin/
SO | FG
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What are some examples of SO muscles?
Postural muscles, respiration muscles, muscles for mastication
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What kind of person has a greater % of SO muscles?
Distance runners
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FG muscles are adapted for anaerobic respiration, they have high _____ reserves
glycine
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FG muscles contract more ________, and produce ________ as a byproduct.
Rapidly | Lactic acid
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What kind of person has more FG fibers?
Basketball players and sprinters
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What is an isotonic contraction?
Contraction with a change in length, but not tension
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What are the two types of isotonic contraction?
Concentric Isotonic | Eccentric Isotonic
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What is isotonic concentric contraction? An example?
A muscle shortens as it maintains tension | Ex: “Lift up baby”
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What is isotonic eccentric contraction? An example?
A muscle lengthens as it maintains tension | Ex: “Put down baby”
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What is isometric muscle contraction?
Contraction without a change in length | “Tension building up to allow you to lift something”
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What kinds of muscles have isometric contraction?
Found in postural muscles- “keeping us from sinking to the floor”
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Which tissues have myocytes in them?
Cardiac and smooth muscle, only
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Which muscle types contain sarcomeres?
Skeletal and cardiac
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How do cardiac cells communicate with the cell next door?
Thru gap junctions and intercalated discs
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Describe the SR of the cardiac cell
Sarcoplasmic reticulum is less developed and the T tubules are larger
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Larger T tubules allow cardiac muscle to....
Admit more Ca++ from the ECF
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What is the pacemaker of the heart?
The SA node
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The heart uses ________ respiration and is rich in _______ and glycogen.
Aerobic | myoglobin
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In cardiac cells this body takes up approximated 25% of the interior volume
Mitochondria
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The heart is highly resistant to fatigue, and does not do __________.
Recruitment
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Where is smooth muscle found?
Found as circular and longitudinal layers in GI, urinary, and reproductive
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Why doesn't smooth muscle have sarcomeres?
Thick and thin filaments are present, but they are not aligned with each other, so they do not produce visible striations or sarcomeres
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How does smooth muscle get Ca++?
From the ECF. There are no T tubules.
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Which muscle type is capable of mitosis hyperplasia?
Smooth
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Why is mitosis and hyperplasia advantageous to smooth muscle?
An organ like the pregnant uterus can grow by adding more myocytes; Smooth muscle heals well
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How much can smooth muscle stretch?
A lot. Uterus: 8x Bladder: 2.5x
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How is smooth muscle innervated?
Some smooth muscle does not have a nerve supply, and instead contracts due to ANS, temperature, hormones, or as a response to its own stretching

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