Muscular System Flashcards
what are the 4 main functions of muscle
producing body movements. stabilising body positions.
storing and moving substances.
generating hear
what are the 3 types of muscle
skeletal
cardiac
smooth
describe skeletal muscle
connect to bone via tendons.
long cylindrical multinucleated cells.
obvious striations.
rapid and powerful contractions.
under voluntary control
describe cardiac muscle
makes up walls of heart.
branching and usually uninucleate.
striated cells.
under involuntary control.
describe smooth muscle
lining of organs, arteries and airways.
spindle-shaped, uninucleate cells.
non-striated.
under involuntary control.
name the structure of skeletal muscle (in order)
myofibril - muscle fibre - fascicles - muscle
name the layers of skeletal muscle (in order)
endomysium, perimysium , epimysium
what is the sarcolemma
the plasma membrane of a muscle cell
what are t-tubules
infolding of sarcolemma - quickly spread an AP through muscle fibre
what is the sarcoplasm
the cytoplasm of a muscle cell; contains large amounts of glycogen and myoglobin
what wraps around each myofibril
sarcoplasmic reticulum
function of sarcoplasmic reticulum
when muscle is at rest, it stores calcium.
when stimulated, calcium is released
function of myofilaments and sarcomeres
myofibrils contain this and thin filaments arranged into sarcomeres - thin are composed of actin, thick are composed of myosin
what are the 5 different bands/discs/zonese/lines
Z disc
I band
A band
H zone
M line
describe thick filaments (myosin)
thick filament composed of myosin
has a tail and two heads
contains binding sites for actin and for ATP
describe thin filaments (actin)
composed of actin, troponin, tropomyosin.
actin contains binding site for myosin.
tropomyosin blocks myosin binding site.
tropomyosin held in place by troponin
what are the 3 phases of muscle contraction
neuromuscular junction; AP travels along motor neuron and moves across synapse.
Excitation-contraction coupling; AP travels along sarcolemma, causing release of calcium
Cross-bridge cycling; myosin head bind with actin, allowing for contraction
describe the process of neuromuscular junction
- AP travels along a motor neuron to the axon terminal
- change in memb pot causes voltage-gated Ca channels to open
- Ca enters the axon terminal
- Ca signals neurotransmitter filled vesicles to move towards the memb
- Vesicles mere with memb and release neurotransmitter via exocytosis
- neurotransmitter diffuses across synaptic cleft
- neurotransmitter binds to ligand-gated Na channels on muscle
describe the process of excitation-contraction coupling
- AP arrives at the axon terminal and ACh is released
- ACh binds to the ligand-gated Na channels and Na enters the muscle
- AP runs along sarcolemma and t tubules initiating release of Ca
- Ca binds to troponin, moving tropomyosin and exposing the binding site on actin
- Myosin binds to actin and pulls the thin filaments toward the thick filaments
- AP stops and Ca is transported out of the sarcoplasm
- Troponin moves the tropomyosin back to the blocking the binding sites on actin
describe the process of cross-bridge cycling
- myosin heads break down ATP and become reorientated
- Myosin heads bind to actin forming cross bridges
- myosin heads rotate towards the centre of the sarcomere (power stroke)
- APT binds to myosin heads , causing myosin to detach from actin
what are the 4 factors that increase contractile force (aka more cross bridges attached)
large number of muscle fibres recruited
large muscle fibres
high frequency of stimulation
stretch of sarcomere
what are the 6 muscle contractions
agonist
antaogonist
synergist
muscle tone
isotonic
isometric
what is agonist
the contracting or shortening muscle
what is antagonist
the relaxing or lengthening muscle
what is the synergist
assists the agonising muscle
what is muscle tone
continuous and partial contraction of muscleq
what is isotonic
contraction involving muscle shortening or lengthening
describe Type I Fibres (skeletal muscle)
slow oxidative.
low tension produced.
high resistance to fatigue.
slow time to peak force.
slow duration of contraction
what is isometric
contraction without a change in muscle length
describe Type IIA Fibres (skeletal muscle)
fast oxidative/glycolytic.
moderate tension produced.
high resistance to fatigue.
fast time to peak force.
fast duration of contraction.
describe Type IIX fibres (skeletal muscle)
fast glycolytic.
high tension produced.
low resistance to fatigue.
fast time to peak force.
fast duration of contraction.
what are the 3 types of energy for contraction
ATP-CP
Anaerobic Glycolysis
Aerobic
describe ATP-CP
uses creatine phosphate stored in muscle to produce ATP.
creatine phosphate -> ADP + P -> ATP + creatine.
no oxygen required.
15 seconds of energy.
describe anaerobic glycolysis
uses glucose in the blood to produce ATP.
Glucose -> 2 ATP and 2 Pyruvic acid.
no oxygen required.
2mins of energy.
describe aerobic energy
uses carbs, fat and protein to produce ATP.
oxygen required.
36-38 ATP
ATP can continue to be produced until fuel stores depleted.
what are varcosities
the swellings in the neuron that contain vesicles with neurotransmitter - they form diffuse junctions
what are gap junctions
basically the space instead of t-tubules (in skeletal muscle).
nuerotransmitters are released by varsities and bind to ligand-gated Na channels
why do smooth muscle have less developed sarcoplasm reticulum
they can’t hold as much calcium; gets calcium from extracellular fluid
how does a smooth muscle contraction compare to a skeletal muscle contraction
types of neuromuscular junctions and varcosities.
gap junctions vs t-tubules.
Ca coming from sarcoplasmic reticulum vs extracellular fluid.
Ca binds to calmodulin vs troponin.
power stroke causes contraction; spiralling vs shortening
identify the 5 external structures of the eye
eyelid
eyelashes
eyebrows
lacrimal caruncle
conjunctiva