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which muscles can regenerate?

A

smooth (uterus)

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which muscles cannot regenerate easily?

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skeletal

cardiac

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what do the intercalated discs represent?

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where one cardiac cell joins with another

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which type of muscle is most prominent?

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smooth muscle

skin, uterogenital, etc, etc

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endomysium

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wrapping that surrounds a single muscle fiber

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perimysium

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wrapping that surrounds a fascicle (bundle of single muscle fibers)

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epimysium

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wrapping that surrounds an entire muscle

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thick filament

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myosin

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thin filament

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actin (globular actin)
tropomyosin
troponin

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dark band

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A- band
(anisotropic)
-thick and thin filament

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light band

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I-band
(isotropic)
-only thin filament

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which type of fiber moves during muscle contraction?

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thin filament

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why is the z-line so important?

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distance between z to z gets shorter when contraction takes place

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sarcomere

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from z-to-z

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titin

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muscle protein that is attached to the thick filament in the sarcomere (helps recoil)

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what does the H zone contain?

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only myosin (no thin filament)

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which band disappears when muscle contracts

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I-band

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where is Ca stored in the skeletal muscle fiber?

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sarcoplasmic reticulum

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sarcoplasmic reticulum

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modified smooth ER inside muscle cells

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sarcolema

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plasma membrane of muscle cell

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transverse tubules (t-tubules)

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go into the muscle cells from outside to in

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what are the three subunits of troponin?

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troponin C (binds to calcium)
troponin T (binds to tropomyosin)
troponin I
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what kind of tissue is epimysium?

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dense irregular CT

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what kind of tissue is perimysium?

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dense irregular CT

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what kind of tissue is endomysium?
loose areolar
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fascia
supports and surrounds entire organs and muscles
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superficial fascia
separates muscle from skin | loose areolar CT
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deep fascia
holds muscles with similar functions together | dense irregular CT
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compartment syndrome
muscle swells, but fascia does not give, which occludes blood supply because of pressure on tissues - treatment is fasciotomy - swelling peaks 48-72 hours after trauma
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aponeurosis
broad, sheath-like tendon
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what does the m-line contain?
thick filament with protein
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what are the structural proteins in muscle?
``` actin, myopsin, dystrophin, attaches to myofibrils and the other end is attached to plasma membrane (anchors myofibrils) titin, myomesin ```
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muscular dystrophy
duchennes-x-linked recessive -genetic defect where dystrophin is abnormal, architecture of the muscle is out of wack and muscle fibers degrade and normal muscles turn into adipose tissue
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myoglobin
cell that carries oxygen to the muscles (supposed to be inside the cell)
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who is the primary intracellular cation?
potassium (K+)
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rabdomyolosis
breakdown of muscle fibers that leads to myoglobin in blood which is toxic to kidneys and can cause kidney damage - trauma - overexcersion
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sudden surge of potassium from muscle cells can cause
stopping of heart | renal failure
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glycogen
storage form for glucose | -stored in skeletal muscle and liver
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which type of filament is more prominent in muscle?
thin filament
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what type of design does thin filament make around thick filament?
hexagonal
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concentric
contraction with shortening
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isometric
contraction without shortening
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eccentric
contraction with lengthening
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how do the ends of muscles move?
one end stays stationary while the other end shortens
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what are the two binding sites on myosin?
1. thin filament | 2. ATP
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what happens during the resting state?
concentration of cytoplasmic calcium is low (stored in sarcoplasmic reticulum) myosin are in an energized state
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allosteric modification
adjacent binding sites modify the affinity of binding in other sites (when ATP binds to myosin head, it decreases affinity to bind to tropomyosin site)
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excitation-contraction coupling
sarcolemma of the muscle fibers leads to cross-bridge formation and contraction
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what type of leakage channels does sarcolemma have?
Na+ (goes out) and K+(has more of these) (goes in)
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what established gradient of Na and K
sodium potassium pump
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what is the resting membrane potential?
-70mV
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action potential completes before what?
contraction
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what is the threshold?
-55mV
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what is the maximum gradient of an AP?
+30mV
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what is the triad?
t-tubule is connected to sarc. reticulum on either side
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what is the foot protein involved in calcium release?
ryanodine receptor (forms a calcium channel)
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what is responsible for returning calcium to the SR?
calcium-ATPases
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motor end plate
area that is modified in the skeletal muscle that has the receptor for the nerve transmitters -contains envagination called junction folds
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motor neuron terminal
contains acetylcoline
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motor unit
single motor neuron and all the muscle fibers it innervates
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somatic motor (efferent) neurons
cell bodies in brain and ventral gray matter of spinal cord largest diameter axons in body myelinated
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nicotinic receptors
cholinergic receptors at the motor end plate
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cholinergic receptors come in two types
nicotinic receptors | muscurinic receptors
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what ions are allowed to flow when an acetylcholine comes through the motor end plate?
Na and K
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what clears out acetylcholine?
acetylcholinesterase
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acetylcholinesterase inhibitors
used for Alzheimers medicines | -may slow illness slightly, but does not do much else
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IPSP
inhibitory post synaptic potential
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what types of ion channels are present in sarcolemma and along axons of neurons
individual voltage gated sodium and potassium channels
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curare
binds to nicotinic receptor but does not open Na channels - is not degraded - muscle paralysis including respiratory muscles
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gallamine
similar to curare | used to induce muscle paralysis during surgery when the airway is controlled
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organophosphates
insecticides and nerve cases inhibits acetylcholinesterase -maintain depolarization -receptors become insensitive
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botox
prevents vesicular fusion needed to acetylcholine release from motor neuron synaptic end bulb

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