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Week 4 - Muscle Structure Flashcards

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How many skeletal muscles make up the human body

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Human body contains up over 600 skeletal muscles. Which makes up 40-50% of body mass

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Functions of skeletal muscle

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  1. Force production for locomotion and breathing
  2. Force production for postural support
  3. Heat production during cold stress
  4. Acts as an endocrine organ
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What are the muscle actions?

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Flexors (decrease angle at the joint)
Extensors (increase angle at the joint)
Attached to bones by tendons (origin end(fixed), insertion end moves))

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Connective tissue surrounding skeletal muscle

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Epimysium - surrounds entire muscle
Perimysium - surrounds fascicles
Endomysium - surrounds muscle fibers
basement membrane - just below endomysium
Sarcolemma - muscle cell membrane

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What are myofibrils

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Contain contractile proteins, actin - thin filament, myosin - thick filament

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What does the sarcomere have

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Includes Z line, M line, H zone, A band and I band

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What the role of sarcoplasmic reticulum
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Storage cites for calcium
Terminal cistercae

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Whats the role of transverse tubules
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Extend from sarcolemma to sarcoplasmic reticulum

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Whats the role of satelite cells
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Play a key role in muscle repair. During muscle growth satelite cells increase the number of nuclei in mature muscel fibres

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What is the myonuclear domain
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Volume of sarcoplasm surrounding each nucleus. Each nucleus can support a limited myonuclear domain.
More myonuclei allows for greater protein synthesis

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Whats the impact of increased or decreased myonuclei
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Increased myonuclei -> muscle hypertrophy
Decreased myonuclei -> muscle atrophy

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What is the neuromuscular junction

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Junction between motor neuron and muscle fiber

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Whats the motor end plate

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Pocket formed around motor neuron by sarcolemma

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Whats the neuromuscular cleft

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Short gap between neuron and muscle fiber

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What is acetylcholine (ACh)
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It is a neurotransmitter released from the motor neuron.
Causes an end plate potential (EPP)
Depolarization of muscle fiber
Signal for muscle contraction

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What is the sliding filament model
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It is a model of muscle contraction. Muscle shortening occurs due to the movement of the actin filament over the myosin filament.
Reduction in the distance between Z lines of the sarcomere

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What is the cross bridge formation in the sliding filament model
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Actin and myosin form to create a power stroke

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18
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What is muscle fatigue

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A decline in muscle power output

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What leads to a decline in muscle power output

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Decrease in muscle force production at the cross-bridge level
Decrease in shortening velocity

20
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Why are the causes of fatigue multifactorial

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The cause of muscle fatigue depends on the exercise intensity that produce fatigue

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What are the steps of excitation-contraction coupling
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  1. Signal from motor nerve fiber enters synaptic knob.
  2. Synaptic vesicles release acetylcholine across synaptic cleft and to the ACh receptors on the sarcolemma of muscle fibre.
  3. Release of ACh causes excitation of muscle fibre, which then travels to the T tubule and causes depolarization.
  4. Depolarization opens calcium ion channels from sarcoplasmic reticulum and terminal cisterna of sarcoplasmic reticulum
  5. Calcium ions bind to troponin on actin molecule, which causes a shift in the position of tropomyosin so that the myosin binding sites on actin are exposed. An ATP is used in this step.
    6-8. Energized myosin cross-bridge binds to the active site on actin and pulls on the actin molecule to
    produce a back and forth movement.
  6. ACh release stops, and the muscle fiber is repolarised.
  7. Calcium is pumped from the cytosol into the sarcoplasmic reticulum
22
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What are the main characteristics of moderate intensity exercise

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Exercise intensity relative to lactate threshold - < lactate threshold
% maximal heart rate - 50 to 75%
%Vo2 max - <60%
Subjet perception of exercise intensity - light to somewhat hard

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What are the main characteristics of heavy intensity exercise

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Exercise intensity relative to lactate threshold - >lactate threshold
%maximal HR - 76 to 85%
%Vo2 max - 60 to 75%
Subject perception of exercise intensity - Hard

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What are the main characteristics of very heavy intensity exercise

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Exercise intensity relative to lactate threshold - >lactate threshold
%maximla heart rate - 86 to 100%
% Vo2 max - 76 to 100%
Subject perception of exercise intensity - Very hard

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What are the main characteristics of severe intensity exercise

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Exercise intensity relative to lactate threshold- > lactate threshold
%maximal heart rate - 100%
%Vo2 max >100%
Subject perception of exercise intensity - all out exercise

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What are some of the possible causes of fatigue due to heavy intensity exercise
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Decreased Ca2+ release from sarcoplasmic reticulum
Accumulation of metabolites that inhibit myofilament sensitivity to Ca2+

27
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What are some of the possible causes of fatigue due to moderate intensity exercise
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Increased radical production
Glycogen depletion

28
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What often causes EAMS

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Likely caused by hyperactive motor neurons in spinal cord
High intensity exercise can alter muscle spindle and golgi tendon organ function

29
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What are some strategies that can be used to alleviate EAMS

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Passive stretching often relieves this type of muscle cramp
Possible that activating ion channels in mouth/throat could send inhibitory signals to spinal cord, and thus inhibit overactive motor neurons

30
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What are the 3 main characteristics important to muscle fiber type function

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Oxidative capacity
Type of myosin isoform expressed
Abundance of contractile protein within the fibre

31
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What are some of the main characteristics of type 2x fast fibers

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Number of mitochondria - Low
Resistance to fatigue - Low
Predominant energy system - Anaerobic
ATPase activity - Highest
Vmax - Highest
Efficiency - Low
Specific Tension - High

32
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What are the key characteristics of Type 2a fast fibers

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Number of mitochondria - High/moderate
Resistance to fatigue - High/moderate
Predominant energy system - Combination
ATPase activity - High
Vmax - High
Efficiency - Moderate
Specific Tension - High

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What are the key characteristics of type 1 slow fibers

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Number of mitochondria - High
Resistance to fatigue - High
Predominant energy system - Aerobic
ATPase activity - Low
Vmax - Low
Efficiency - High
Specific Tension - Moderate

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How is the shortening speed different between fiber types

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Speed of shortening is greater in fast fibres
SR releases CA2+ at faster rate
Higher ATPase activity

35
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Whats the effects of motor unit amount and speed for force productio

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More motor units = greater force
fast motor units = greater force

36
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How are muscle fibres innervated

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Eahc mature fibre is innervated by a single axon

37
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What are the characteristics of motoneurons that supply larger faster motor units

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Larger cell bodies
Larger diameter axons
Greater number of axonal branches
Sparse afferent innervation
More complex and extensive motor end plate of neuromuscular junction

38
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What is the Henneman Size Principle

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Consistent pattern of recruitment. small = low force, large = high force
Progressive recruitment of units, force increased in a step-wise manner

39
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Whats the size principle of motor units

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Slow motor units have easily excited motor neurones
Fast motor units have higher threshold motor neurones - harder to excite

40
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What is the muscle force velocity relationship

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At any absolute force exerted by the muscle, the speed of movement is greater in
muscles with a higher percentage of fast-twitch fibers
Maximum velocity of shortening is greatest at the lowest force

41
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What is the muscle force-power relationship

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At any given velocity of movement, the
peak power generated is greater in a
muscle with a higher percentage of fast-
twitch fibers.

42
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Aging and muscle loss on muscle function

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Age-related muscle loss-sarcopenia
10% muscle mass lost between age 25 to 50 years
Additional 40% lost between age 50 to 80 years
Also a loss of fast fibers and gain in slow fibers
resistance training can delay age-related muscle loss

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Diabetes and muscle function

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Disease related muscle loss-cachexia
Associated with progressive loss of muscle mass
Adds to the age-related loss of muscle mass
Aerobic and resistance training are protective

44
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Cancer and muscle loss

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50% of cancer patietns suffer cachexia
Results in weakness, accounts for 20% deaths in cancer patients
Regular exercise and nutrition therapy may counteract cachexia

45
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Muscular dystrophy and muscle function

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Hereditary defects in muscle protein
Results in loss of muscle fibers and weakness
Duchene muscular dystrophy is most common in childhood

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