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SIUE Smooth Muscle

Kyles Lecture Physiology Smooth Muscle

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contraction is activated by Calcium
Smooth muscle contains actin & myosin, but NO troponin
Smooth muscle can contract up to ___ % 80% (or 2/3) it's size
Multi unit smooth muscle are (name examples) Iris, cilla, and piloerector muscles
Single Unit Smooth muscle are (name examples Hollow organs (visceral) GI gut, ureters, urethra, blood vessels, uterus, bile ducts
Calcium pump in smooth muscle is slower than in skeletal
Sarcoplasm Reticulum less extensive than skeletal muscle
Calcium source for smooth contraction diffusion through ECF
Positive feedback mechanism Ca++ influx, very few Na+ gates
Resting potential 50-60
Neurotransmitters ACh & NE
Regulatory protein Calmodulin
Nerve Junction diffuse junctions that secrete their transsmitter substance into the matrix of smooth muscle
Varocosities found on terminal axons, similar to vesicles on skeltal muscle, contain neurotransmitter ACh and NE; multiple sites of neurotransmitter release
Diffuse Junctions branch diffusely on top of a sheet of muscle, not a specialized NMJ. inner layers are excited by upper layers.
Gap junctions site of direct eletrical connection, synytical smooth muscle (if one nerve fires, the rest fire)
Stimuli Nervous stimuli (multi unit), vasodilation, hormonal stimuli, ions, lactic acid, angiotensin, ADH, oxytosin
Force of conraction in smooth muscle Very strong compared to smooth muscle (think the uterus)
Spread of contraction/relaxion is? Slower in the smooth, 30 x slower than skeletal
Energy requirements 10-300 x Less than needed in skeletal
Myosin actin interation is Longer in smooth than skeletal
Cross bridge cycling is Slower in smooth (compared to skeletal)
Actin to Myosin Ratio 15:1
Smooth muscle sustantained contraction can occur from latch mechanism
Depolarization of the multi-unit smooth musclce can occur without and action potential. Most of these muscle fibers can be stimulated by neurotransmitter release alone. There muscle fibers are too small to generate ap
Calamodulin & activation of A/M Calamodulin binds with Ca++, C/C complex activates myosin kinase which then phosphorolates the myosin head and allows for myosin/actin interaction.
Multiunit smooth muscle characteristics separate, descrete fibers that are innervated separately & controlled by a single nerve (nervous stim onlY) ending. contracts independantly, sledom contract spontaneously
Singleunit smooth muscle characteristics large number of fibers that act (contrat) together as a single unit, usually controlled by non-nervous stimuli, have many gap junctions
Dense bodies actin is bound together, act as intracellular bridges that transmit the forces of contraction
Action potentials occur in single units, not multiunits
Actions potentials in Single Unit have spike potentials, action potentials with plateau, calcium involvement has voltage gated calcium channels.
Slower and longer Action potential is due to calcium channels staying open longer and are slower than the Na+ channels in skeletal muscle
Action potentials with a plateau results from delayed repolarization, causes a prolonged contraction which is typically seen in vascular, uterus, and ureters.
Slow wave potential causes spontaneous AP in some smooth muscle which cause a slow wave rhythm (pacemaker waves) seen in the gut
Local tissue factors that are responsible for vasodilation that stimulates multiunit smooth muscle ions - lack of O2, excess CO2, excess H+ excess K+, decrease in Ca+ adenosine, and mild to moderate temp decrease
Hormonal factors that affect contraction ACh, NE, Epinephrine, angiotensin, vasopressin, ADH, oxytosin, histamine, serotonin
Hormones have gated receptors that are excitatory (contraction) or inhibitory (relaxation) important in heart and uterus.
Contact Junction prevalent in multiunit. has short latency signals which act quickly, varicosities with neurotransmitters sit directly on the muscle which is how eye muscles work so fast.
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