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Function of Muscles (3)

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  1. power locomotion
  2. produce heat
  3. produce electricity
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3 types of muscle classification:

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  1. red vs. white
  2. tonic vs. twitch
  3. skeletal vs. cardiac vs. smooth
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What is the difference between red vs white muscles?

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metabolism

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Describe red (dark) meat

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  1. resistant to fatigue (endurance)
  2. high mitochondria
  3. highly vascularized
  4. lots of myoglobin
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Describe myoglobin

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  1. carries oxygen to muscle tissues
  2. has 1 protein subunit & is quaternary in structure
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Describe white meat

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  1. fatigues easily
  2. less mitochondria
  3. less vascularization
  4. less of myoglobin
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Tonic fibers:

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  1. slow contraction & low force (resist fatigue)
  2. common in reptiles and amphibians -
  3. rare in mammals
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Twitch fibers:

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  1. fast contraction & high force (fatigue easily)
  2. common in mammals
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Location of tonic fibers in mammals

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  1. eye muscles
  2. middle ear mucles
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Types of twitch fibers (3)

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  1. Type I - slow-twitch oxidative fiber
  2. Type IIa - fast-twitch oxidative
  3. Type IIb - fast-twitch glycolytic
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How do the twitch fiber types differ?

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myosin isoform

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Oxidative vs. glycolytic :

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oxidative can do phosphorylation & electron transport chain because they have mitochondria vs. glycolytic must use glycolysis since there are no mitochondria

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Oxidation vs. reduction

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oxidation is lost (lose electron) vs. reduction is gained (gain electron)

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Glycolysis vs. krebs vs. ETC

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Glycolysis - occurs in cytoplasm - 2 net ATP ( no O2 needed)
Krebs - occurs in mitochondria - 2 net ATP (needs O2)
ETC - occurs in mitochondria w/ NADH/FADH2 - 34 net ATP (needs O2)

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What is carb loading?

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build-up glycogen stores in liver & skeletal muscles for quick easy access to energy (prior to marathon etc.)

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Type I

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Slow-twitch oxidative fiber
1. does not stop at glycolysis
2. lots of mitochondria
3. endurance
4. reddish color
5. many capillaries
6. little glycogen
7. high myoglobin

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Type IIb

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Fast-twitch glycolytic
1. glycolysis only
2. power & quickness not endurance
3. few mitochondria
4. few capillaries
5. high glycogen
6. low myoglobin

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Type IIa

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Fast-twitch oxidative
1. hybrid of other 2 (not very common)
2. contract fast, resist fatigue
- ex. someone who trains for the Tour de France

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Marathon training alters fiber composition. What changes would occur?

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Increase in Type I (slow-twitch oxidative) and Increase in vascularization

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What are the 3 types of muscle fibers?

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  1. cardiac
  2. skeletal
  3. smooth
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Skeletal muscle fiber features (5)

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  1. locomotory muscles
  2. voluntary
  3. striated
  4. multinucleate
  5. many mitochondria
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Cardiac muscle fiber features (10)

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  1. short, branched fibers
  2. striated
  3. 1-2 nuclei per fiber/cell
  4. many mitochondria
  5. few neuromuscular joints
  6. fibers join at intercalated discs
  7. form thick myocardium
  8. involuntary
  9. hormonal & nervous control
  10. self-stimulation via sinoatrial node (SA node)
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How do cardiac muscle fibers connect and communicate?

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electrically linked by gap junctions

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Locations of smooth muscle

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  1. GI tract
  2. arrector pili
  3. iris of eye
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intercalated disc (cardiac)
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desmosome (cardiac)
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intercalated disc (cardiac)
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cardiac muscle (cardiac)
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sarcolemma (cardiac)
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nucleus (cardiac)
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mitochondrion (cardiac)
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gap junction
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Smooth Muscle Features (8)
1. short, almond (spindle) shaped 2. single nucleus 3. involuntary 4. no striations 5. myofilaments, but no sarcomeres 6. myofilaments attach to dense bodies (equivalent to sarcomere) 7. slow, sustained contraction 8. controlled by hormones & nerves
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What is the relative speed of smooth muscle contraction and relaxation compared to skeletal & cardiac muscle?
slow
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What are the 2 contraction patterns of smooth muscle
1. phasic contraction 2. tonic contraction
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Phasic contraction & example
relaxed/uncontracted is normal state (contract & then be done) - peristalsis in esophagus
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Tonic contraction & example
contracted is normal state & occasionally relaxes - pyloric sphincter
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What are the Fascia layers
1. superficial fascia (hyodermis) 2. deep fascia 3. subserous fascia
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Deep fascia function & structure
fx: wrap around muscles & keeps them separate from each other (slide no friction) - also separates muscles, nerves, and vessels structure: dense, regular CT
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Subserous fascia function & structure
fx: inside lining of body cavity (makes up coelom) structure: areolar CT & parietal peritoneum (secretes serous fluid)
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tendon (DR)
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deep fascia
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fascicle
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muscle fiber/cell
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endomysium
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perimysium
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epimysium (DI)
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Parts of a muscle from biggest to smallest with membrane
Muscle (epimysium) -> Muscle fascicle (perimysium) -> muscle fiber (endomysium) -> myofibril (sarcolemma) -> myofilaments = actin & myosin
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Myofibril components (4)
1. sacrolemma =
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Myofibril components (4)
1. sarcolemma = plasma membrane 2. sarcoplasm = cytoplasm 3. sarcoplasmic reticulum = Smooth ER 4. t-tubule (transverse) = continuous with sarcolemma & openings through sarcolemma
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What repairs organelles and fixes the damage done to muscle fibers?
satellite cells
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What are the 2 myofilaments?
1. thick filaments (myosin ~250 strands) 2. thin filaments (actin - 2 helix strands)
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Define sarcomere:
contracting part of a myofibril (contractile unit)
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What blocks the actin head from binding, allowing the muscles to relax?
tropomyosin
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What's the function of the sarcoplasmic reticulum?
store calcium for contraction
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Nebulin
helps align actin
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Z-disk
separates one sarcomere from the next
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M-line
center/middle of sarcomere - anchor
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Titin
provides elasticity & stabilized myosin
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H-zone
wide band around M-line - it changes shape - has only myosin no actin
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Relate muscle state and size of H-zone
muscle contracts - H zone decreases muscle relaxes - H zone increases
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I-band
thin filament only
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A-band
has entire thick filament
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Which sarcomere regions stay the same during contraction?
A-band
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Which sarcomere regions decrease in length during contraction?
H-zone (gone), I-band (smaller)
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troponin
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actin
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thin filament
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tropomyosin
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myosin head
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thick filament
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Z disk
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M line
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Identify (blue line, green line, red circular line, purple thick band)
Blue - nebulin Green - titin Red - actin Purple - myosin
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Which band is dark and which band is light?
A band is dark due to thick filament - I band is light from lack of thick filament
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Identify parts of sarcomere
A. M line B. I band C. A band D. H zone E. Z disk
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What stimulates muscles?
motor neurons
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Motor unit
all fibers stimulated by same motor neuron
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Neuromuscular junction
attachment from neuron to muscle fiber (attaches at motor end plate)
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A. synaptic knob B. synaptic cleft C. motor end plate D. synaptic vesicles E. sarcolemma F. sarcoplasm G. Acetylcholine (Ach) H. Ach receptor I. Acetylcholinesterase (AChE)
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Process of muscle contraction (7 steps)
1. Ach released at motor end plate. Initiates an action potential down t-tubule 2. Ca 2+ ions released from sarcoplasmic reticulum 3. Ca 2+ bind troponin. Tropomyosin shifts exposing myosin-binding sites on actin 4. myosin heads pivot and pull thin filament toward M line 5. ATP binds to myosin heads, causing it to detach from actin 6. Cycle repeats if Ca 2+ still bound to troponin and myosin binding site open on actin 7. If AChE breaks down Ach in synaptic cleft, the impulse stops. Ca 2+ returns to SR & tropomyosin shifts to block myosin binding sites.
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Rigor Mortis
Ca 2+ in SR starts to release as body decomposes which causes a contraction and then they get stuck (myosin heads bound and no ATP to release them) - after awhile enough decomposition would occur to detach and relax
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Muscle relaxers action
blocks release of Ca2+ from SR
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Troponin Test (T-Test)
troponins signal heart attack- find troponins in blood that shouldn't be there notify to the MI
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What determines force of muscular contraction?
1. myosin-actin overlap in sarcomere 2. elastic components of muscle 3. cross-sectional area
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What is the optimal sarcomere length & overlap of actin/myosin? Why?
2.0-2.3 μm - because there is a perfect amount of actin to attach to myosin heads (no actin where there are no myosin heads and no myosin heads where there is no actin)
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Speed of shortening is greater in long muscles (3)?
- equal time to get to 1/2 resting length - speed= distance/time - sarcomeres have additive effect on speed
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2 different types of fiber orientation
1. parallel 2. pennate
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Parallel fiber orientation:
- fibers parallel to tension - move light load
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Pennate fiber orientation:
- fibers oblique to tension - move heavy load - more fibers in a small space
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Different types of pennate orientation and examples
bipennate - rectus femoris multipennate - deltoid
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What is a physiological cross section?
it runs perpendicular to muscle fibers - pennate increases
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Antagonistic muscles define and example
muscles that work against each other - biceps (flexor) vs triceps (extensor)
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Flexion
moves bones closer together
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Extension
moves bones away fromeach other
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Synergistic muscles define and example
both muscles have the same action but have different insertion points (biceps brachii & brachialis)
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How does exercise affect muscles (4)?
1. small increase in fiber #'s (not adding more cells) 2. increase muscle cross-sectional area (increase width) 3. most increase. in muscle mass due to adding myofilaments (increase muscle fiber diameter) 4. if you don't use it you lose it
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How does aging affect muscles (3)?
1. skeletal muscle fibers decrease in diameter (loss of myofibrils, myoglobin, glycogen, strength and endurance) 2. increased thickness of connective tissue (less flexibility) 3. speed of recovery decreases (loss of satellite cells)

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