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Skeletal Muscle: Structure and Function

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Human body contains how many skeletal muscles?   over 400; which constitute 40-50% of total body weight  
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3 Functions that Skeletal Muscle perform:   1) Force generation for locomotion and breathing 2) force generation for postural support 3) heat production during periods of cold stress  
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Muscles attach to bone via...   tendons!  
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origin of muscle-   one end of muscle attached to bone that does not move  
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insertion point of muscle-   opposite muscle fixed to a bone that moves during muscle contraction  
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muscles that decrease joint angle are   flexors  
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muscles that increase joint angle are   extensors  
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epimysium   surrounds entire muscle  
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perimysium   surrounds individual bundles of muscle fibers  
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endomysium   connective tissue around each individual muscle fiber  
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basement membrane   just below endomysium, surrounding each muscle fiber- extra layer of protective tissue  
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sarcolemma   cell membrane surrounding muscle fiber cell  
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satellite cells   play role in muscle growth and repair, contribute to muscle growth during strength training  
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myonuclear division   cytoplasm surrounding each nucleus  
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more nuclei allow for..   greater protein synthesis  
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myofibrils   contain contractile proteins actin (thin) and myosin (thick)  
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a sarcomere includes..   Z line, M line, H zone, A band, I band  
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Sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR)   storage sites for calcium  
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transverse tubules extend from   sarcolemma ---> SR  
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motor unit-   the motor unit and the muscle fibers it innervates  
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neuromuscular junction   junction between motor neuron and muscle fiber  
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motor end plate   pocket formed around motor neuron by sarcolemma  
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neuromuscular cleft-   short gap between neuron and muscle fiber  
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acetylcholine being released from a motor neuron causes what..   EPP- End Plate Potential  
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EPP is ALWAYS..   large enough to exceed threshold and is signal to begin contractile process  
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The Sliding Filament Model   best explains the process of muscular contraction; andrew huxley and colleagues, actin and myosin interaction  
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First step of The General Process of Muscular Contraction   Myofilaments actin and myosin do not change length during muscle contraction  
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Second step of Muscular contraction   during contraction, actin myofilaments at each end of the sarcomere slide past the myosin filaments toward each other. Z discs become closer together as the sarcomere shortens.  
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Third step of Muscular contraction   As actin myofilaments slide over the myosin myofilaments, the H zones and I bands narrow. The A bands stay the same, they do NOT narrow.  
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Fourth step of muscular contraction   In a fully contracted muscle, the ends of the actin myofilaments overlap and the H zone disappears.  
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3 Sources of ATP production in muscle contraction:   1) phosphocreatine 2) glycolysis 3) oxidative phosphorylation  
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Excitation-Contracting coupling   sequence of events in which a nerve impulse (AP) reaches the muscle membrane and leads to shortening by cross-bridge activity  
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breakdown of ATP for contraction energy is by what enzyme??   myosin ATPase (located of head of myosin cross-bridges)  
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power stroke   a single contraction cycle  
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when muscles are relaxed...   actin and myosin have a weak binding state  
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The 2 Regulatory Proteins which Control Muscular contraction (regulate interaction between actin and myosin)   troponin and tropomyosin  
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where are troponin and tropomyosin located?   on the actin molecule  
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in relaxed muscle, which protein blocks the active sites on actin molecules where myosin cross-bridges must attach?   tropomyosin  
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what is released from the SR that diffuses into muscles to bind to troponin?   Calcium  
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What is the trigger step in the detailed outline of muscular contraction?   When the AP reaches the SR and calcium is released and diffuses into the muscle to bind to the protein troponin.  
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The trigger for contraction to occur is linked to release of stored Ca++ from where?   lateral sac aka terminal cisternae of SR  
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In a resting (relaxed) muscle, the concentration of Ca++ is ..   very low  
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The contraction cycle can be repeated as long as...   there is free Ca++ available to bind to troponin and ATP can be hydrolized to provide the energy  
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what is muscle fatigue?   decline in muscle power output, decrease in force generation, decrease in shortening velocity  
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what causes muscle fatigue?   build up of hydrogen, lactic acid, high intensity, accumulation of ADP + Pi and free radicals, long duration exercises (2-4 hrs), disturbances in muscle/ extracellular electrolyte homeostasis  
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what are muscle cramps?   spasmodic, involuntary muscle contraction  
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what causes muscle cramps?   electrolyte depletion and dehydration theory  
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