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Muscle tissue is 1 of the 4 main tissue types and is responsible for __ and __ of force.

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Movement; generation

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Muscle tissue is composed of __ __ or __ that create a movement of the bone to which they are attached when they contract.

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Contractile cells; fibres

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Motion results when the muscles alternate b/w __ and __; the skeletal system provides the leverage and supportive framework for this movement.

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Contraction; relaxation

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List the 4 characteristics of muscle tissue

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Excitability, contractility, extensibility, and elasticity

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Excitability

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Muscle tissue has the capacity to respond to the stimulation of nervous impulses or hormones

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Contractility

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Muscle tissue has the capacity to shorten or contract with force

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Extensibility

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Muscle tissue can stretch beyond (within reason) resting length

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Elasticity

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Muscle tissue returns (recoils) to resting length after being stretched

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List the 3 types of muscle tissue

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Skeletal muscle tissue, cardiac muscle tissue, smooth (visceral) muscle tissue

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Skeletal muscle tissue

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Is primarily attached to bones. It is striated and voluntary.

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Cardiac muscle tissue

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Forms the wall of the heart. It is striated and involuntary.

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Smooth (visceral) muscle tissue

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Is located in the viscera. It nonstriated (smooth) and involuntary.

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Describe the 5 key functions of muscle

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  1. Produces body movements
  2. Stabilizes body positions
  3. Regulates organ volume
  4. Moves substances within the body
  5. Generates heat
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Superficial __ separates muscles from skin, functions to provide a pathway for nerves and blood vessels, stores fat, and protects muscles from trauma.

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Fascia (sub Q layer)

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Deep __, which lines the body wall and limbs and holds muscles w/similar functions together, allows for the free movement of muscles; carries nerves, blood vessels and lymph vessels; and fills the spaces between muscles.

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Fascia

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List the 3 types of connective tissue

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Epimysium, perimysium, endomysium

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Epimysium

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Covers the entire muscle

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Perimysium

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Covers the fasciculi

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Endomysium

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Covers individual muscle fibres

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__ and __ attach muscle to bone or muscle to other muscle.

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Tendons; aponeuroses

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__ (containing motor neurons) convey impulses for muscular contraction.

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Nerves

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__ provides nutrients and oxygen for contraction.

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Blood

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__ muscle fibres arise from myoblasts. A few myoblasts persist in mature skeletal muscle as satelite cells.

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Skeletal

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Skeletal muscle consists of fibres (cells) covered by a __.

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Sarcolemma

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__ __ are tiny invaginations of the sarcolemma that quickly spread the muscle action potential to all parts of the muscle.
T tubules
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__ is the muscle cell cytoplasm which contains a large amount of glycogen for energy production and myoglobin for oxygen storage.
Sarcoplasm
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Each fibre contains __ that consist of thin and thick filaments (myofilaments).
Myofibrils
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The __ __ encircles each myofibril. It is similar to smooth endoplasmic reticulum in non muscle cells; and in the relaxed muscle, it stores calcium ions.
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
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Myofibrils are composed of thick and thin filaments arranged in units called __
Sarcomeres
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Sarcomeres are the basic functional units of a myofibril and show distinct dark (_ band) and light (_ band) areas.
A; I
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A Z disc passes through the centre of the _ band.
I
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Myosin
Main component of thick filaments functions as a motor protein.
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Motor proteins __ or __ their cargo to achieve movement by converting energy from ATP into the mechanical energy of motion or force.
Push or pull
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Actin
The main component of thin filaments, has myosin binding sites where myosin heads attach to produce the sliding together of the filaments.
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Describe the neuromuscular junction (NMJ)
Muscle action potentials arise at the neuromuscular junction, which is the synapse between a somatic motor neuron and a skeletal muscle fibre.
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A __ __ is a nerve and the muscle fibres it stimulates.
Motor unit
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A __ is a region of communication between 2 neurons or a neuron and a target cell. The 2 neurons or a neuron and a target cell are separated by a gap, or a synaptic cleft.
Synapse
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The neurotransmitters at an NMJ is __
Acetylcholine ACh
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A __ __ __ elicits a muscle action potential through the release of acetylcholine, the activation of ACh receptors, the production of a muscle action potential and the termination of ACh activity
Nerve action potential
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Watch the video on muscles to understand the sliding filament mechanism
Did you watch both parts you cheater?
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A sustained partial contraction of portions of a relaxed skeletal muscle results in a firmness known as __ __.
Muscle tone
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At any given moment, a few muscle fibres within a muscle are contracted, while most are relaxed. This small amount of contraction is essential for maintaining __.
Posture
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List 3 sources for ATP production in cells
Creating phosphate, anaerobic cellular respiration, aerobic cellular respiration
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Creating phosphate
Can power maximal muscle contraction for about 15 seconds and is used for maximal short bursts of energy. Creatine phosphate is unique to muscle fibres.
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Anaerobic cellular respiration (glycosis)
Can provide enough energy for about 30-40 seconds
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Aerobic cellular respiration (reactions requiring oxygen)
Completes the oxidation of glucose via cellular respiration and provides energy for prolonged activity
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Muscle tissue has 2 sources of oxygen:
Diffusion from the blood and release by myoglobin inside muscle fibres
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The inability of a muscle to maintain its strength of contraction or tension is called __ __ which occurs when a muscle cannot produce enough ATP to meet its needs.
Muscle fatigue
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Define a twich
A twitch contraction is a brief contraction of all the muscle fibres in a motor unit in response to a single action potential.
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A twitch contraction I closed 3 periods:
Latent, contraction and relaxation
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__ __ is the increased strength of a contraction, which is the result of the application of a second stimulus before the muscle has completely relaxed after a previous stimulus.
Wave summation
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A sustained muscle contraction that permits partial relaxation b/w stimuli is called __ (__) __.
Incomplete (unfused) tetanus
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A sustained contraction that lacks even partial relaxation b/w stimuli is called __ (__) __.
Complete (fused) tetanus
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On the basis of structure and function, skeletal muscle fibres are classified as:
Slow oxidative Fast oxidative-glycolytic Fast glycolytic fibres
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Isotonic contraction
A contraction that occurs when the tension in the muscle remains the same but the muscle shortens. Lifting a textbook from a table (or cup of coffee)
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Isometric contraction
Is a contraction that occurs when tension is applied to a muscle but it does not shorten. Carrying a box of books (trying to pick up a building)
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Cardiac muscle tissue is only found in the __ __.
Heart wall
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Cardiac muscle fibres connect to adjacent fibres by intercalated discs that contain __ and __ __.
Desmososomes; gap junctions
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Cardiac muscle contractions last longer than the skeletal muscle twotch due to the prolonged delivery of __ __ from the sarcoplasmic reticulum and the extracellular fluid.
Calcium ions
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Cardiac muscle fibres contract when stimulated by their own __ __.
Autorhythmic fibres
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Smooth muscle tissue is non striated and involuntary. List it's 2 types:
Visceral (single unit) smooth muscle | Multiunit smooth muscle
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Visceral (single unit) smooth muscle
Found in the walls of hollow viscera and small blood vessels; it's fibres are arranged in a network; and the fibres contract as a unit.
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Multiunit smooth muscle
Is found in large blood vessels, large airways, arrector pili muscles, and the iris of the eye. The fibres operate singly rather than as a unit.
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In smooth muscle, the regulator protein that binds calcium ions in the cytosol is __.
Calmodulin
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The prolonged presence of calcium ions in the cytosol of smooth muscle fibres provides for smooth __ __, a state of continued partial contraction.
Muscle tone
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Smooth muscle fibres can stretch considerably w/o developing tension; this phenomenon is called the __-__ __.
Stress-relaxation response

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