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19 Cards in this Set
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3 TYPES OF MUSCLE TISSUE
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SKELETAL
SMOOTH CARDIAC |
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SKELETAL MUSCLE FUNCTIONS (6)
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-PRODUCE SKELETAL MOVEMENT
-MAINTAIN POSTURE AND BODY POSITION -SUPPORT SOFT TISSUE -GUARD ENTRANCES AND EXITS -MAINTAIN BODY TEMPERATURE -STORE NUTRIENTS |
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LAYERS OF MUSCLE (3)
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-EPIMYSIUM
-PERIMYSIUM -ENDOMYSIUM |
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EPIMYSIUM
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OUTERMOST LAYER OF DENSE COLLAGEN FIBERS THAT ENCASES THE WHOLE MUSCLE
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PERIMYSIUM
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CONNECTIVE TISSUE FIBERS THAT DIVIDE THE SKELETAL MUSCLE INTO SERIES OF CPMPARTMENTS, EACH CONTAINING A BUNDLE OF FIBERS
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ENDOMYSIUM
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SURROUNDS EACH INDIVIDUAL MUSCLE CELL
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TENDON
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AT THE TERMINAL ENDS OF THE MUSCLE THE PERIMYSIUM AND THE ENDOMYSIUM COMBINE TO FORM THE TENDON OR APONEROUSIS( A FLAT BAND OF TISSUE LIKE A TENDON)
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CHARACTERISTICS OF SKELETAL MUSCLE
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-MULTI NUCLIATED
-STRIATED -RUN IN PARALLEL |
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COMPONTENTS OF SKELETAL MUSCLE TISSUE
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-SARCOLEMMA
-TRANSVERSE TUBULES(T-TUBULES) -MYOFIBRILS (THIN AND THICK FILAMENTS) -SARCOMERES |
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SARCOLEMA
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IS THE PLASMA MEMBRANE OF THE INDIVIDUAL MUSCLE FIBER
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TRANSVERSE TUBULES
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T-TUBE IS A INVAGINATION(FOLDS INWARD) OF THE PLASMA MEMBRANE FOUND IN SKELETAL AND CARDIAC MUSCLE CELLS. THESE INVAGINATIONS ALLOW DEPOLORIZATION OF THE MEMBRANE TO QUICKLY PENETRATE TO THE INTERIOR OF THE CELL.
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TRANSVERSE TUBULES (CONT)
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T0TUBULES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CONDUCTING THE IMPULSE DOWN THE MUSCLE CELL FOR RAPID CONTRACTION THROUGHOUT THE MUSCLE CELL.
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MYOFIBRILS
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-LIE INSIDE THE MUSCLE FIBER ITSELF
-MYOFIBRILS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MUSCLULAR CONTRACTION -EACH MUSCLE FIBER CONTAINS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF MYOFIBRILS ----THIN FILAMENTS = ACTIN ----THICK FILAMENTS = MYOSIN |
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SACROMERES
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-ARE REPEATING SEGMENTS OF THICK AND THIN FILAMENTS THAT RUN ALONG INSIDE OF THE MYOFIBRIL
-RUN FROM Z LINE TO Z LINE |
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SKELETAL MUSCLE AND RELATED COMPONENTS
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SKELATAL MUSCLE IS CONSIDERED TO BE PRIMARILY VOLUNTARY, HOWEVER IN THE CASE OF THE DIAPHRAM(MUSCLE INVOLVED IN RESPIRATION) THE CONTROLLING FACTORS ARE PRODUCED FROM THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
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STEPS OF EXCITATION
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-CALCIUM IS RELEASED FROM THE SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM
-CALCIUM THEN TRIGGERS INTERATION BETWEEN THICK AND THIN FILAMENTS -TENSION IS THEN PRODUCED AND MOVEMENTS IS CREATED |
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TYPES OF MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS
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-ISOMETRIC- NO LENGHT CHANGE
-ISOTONIC-THERE IS LENGTH CHANGE IN THE MUSCLE --ECCENTRIC-LENGTHENING --CONCENTRIC- SHORTENING -ISOKINETIC- TYPE OF CONTRACTION WHERE THE SPEED OF MOVEMENT IS FIXED AND RESISTANCE VARIES WITH THE FORCE EXERTED. |
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ENERGY SOURCES
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-CREATINE PHOSPHATE
-AEROBIC METABOLISM -GLYCOLYSIS |
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CREATINE PHOSPHATE
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-IS A PHOSPHORYLATED CREATINE MOLECULE THAT IS AN IMORTANT ENERGY STORE IN SKELETAL MUSCLE. IT IS USED TO ANAEROBICALLY(WITHOUT OXYGEN) GENERATE ATP FROM ADP FORMING CREATINE FOR THE 2-7 SECONDS FOLLOWING AN INTENSE EFFORT
-VERY SHORT LIVED |