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1. Compare and contrast the three different types of muscle tissue:
2. 4 Functions of muscle tissue
1. _____________________________ 2. _____________________________ 3.
_____________________________
4. _____________________________
3. Know the 4 properties of muscle tissue and what each one means
1. Electrical excitability - __________________________________
2. Contractility - _________________________________________
3. Extensibility - _________________________________________
4. Elasticity- _____________________________________________
4. Muscle Tissue components and Anatomy – be able to identify the following items:
• Know the fascial coverings (Epimysium, Perimysium, Endomysium) and what structures each
one surrounds
• Organization of muscle tissue from smallest to largest:
• Filament, myofibril, fiber, fascicle, skeletal muscle
• Tendons connect muscle to bone
5. Excitation – Contraction Coupling
• Secretion of the neurotransmitter, __________, from the motor neuron
, • Ach opens ligand-gated sodium channels on the sarcolemma ________ flows into cell
• __________________ is the enzyme that degrades the left over Ach in the synaptic cleft •
Generation of an action potential
• Action potential propagates down the t-tubules and opens voltage-gated calcium channels of
the sarcoplasmic reticulum, releasing _________ into the cytosol of the cell
• This ion from above binds to troponin and tropomyosin moving them off the actin exposing the
myosin binding site
• ____________ (thick filament) binds to ____________ (thin filament) Generation of a power
stroke
6. Muscle metabolism (3 ways to generate ATP), when is each one used?
1. _____________________________________________________ 2.
_____________________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________________
7. Twitch contraction: what is happening inside the muscle fiber/cell during:
1. Latent period: __________________________________________
2. Contraction period: ______________________________________
3. Relaxation period: _______________________________________
, 8. Frequency of stimulation
1. Wave summation – stimulations arrive at different times causing larger contractions
2. Unfused tetanus – when a muscle fiber is stimulated repeatedly and can only partially relax
between stimuli
3. Fused tetanus – a sustained contraction where individual twitches cannot be detected
2 Factors contributing to muscle fatigue a Inadequate release of
calcium from SR b Depletion of creatine phosphate, oxygen,
and nutrients c Buildup of lactic acid and ADP d Insufficient
release of Ach at the neuro muscular junction
10. Isotonic and isometric contractions: What is happening to the muscles (shortening, lengthening, or no
movement) during this types of contraction? Give 2 examples of this type of contraction:
1. Isometric: _______________________________________________________________
2. Isotonic concentric: ________________________________________________________
3. Isotonic Eccentric: _________________________________________________________
4. What does isotonic mean? ___________________________________________________
11. Types of skeletal muscle fibers
1. Slow oxidative fibers – red, high resistance to fatigue, posture muscles
2. Fast Oxidative-Glycolytic fibers – pink, intermediate resistance to fatigue, walking and sprinting
3. Fast Glycolytic fibers – white, low resistance to fatigue, short burst muscles