Muscles Flashcards
(39 cards)
Striated muscle
cardiac
skeletal
Smooth
blood vessels, vas deferens, airways, uterus
Skeletal muscles
multi-nucleated
increase fibre size during growth
muscle cells are replaced after injury by
satellite cells
Myosin
Thick
Z line/ cross bridge movement
Actin
thin filament
Cross bridge binds to actin
cross bridge moves
ATP binds to Myosin causing cross-bridge to detach
hydrolysis of ATP energizes cross-bridge
What covers the myosin binding site
tropomyosin
Tropomyosin is held in place by
troponin
Calcium can bind to troponin and..
alter its shape - troponin will pull tropomyosin away
If calcium is removed, tropomyosin will be able to…
block the myosin binding site again
Motor unit =
Motor neurones + motor fibres
Contraction with constant length
isometric
contraction with shortening length
isotonic
contraction with increasing length
lengthening
Latent period is the
time before excitation-contraction occurs
contraction time occurs between
start of tension and time when we have peak tension
Contraction time depends on
calcium
less overlap of filaments = less
tension
too much overlap of filaments =
they begin to interfere with each other
hydrolysis of ATP energises
X-bridges
ATP in contractions
ATP binds to myosin
dissociated bridges bound to actin
new cycle may begin
Fatigue prevents muscles using up
ATP - which could cause rigor (muscles would not be able to activate new X-bridge cycles)
Factors causing fatigue
contraction failure
increase in lactic acid
increase in ADP and Pi inhibiting the X-bridge cycle (delaying myosin detachment from actin filaments)