MUSCLES LECTURE 14 CHAPTER 12 MECHANISMS OF CONTRACTION
MUSCLE STRUCTURE
Skeletal muscle cells (fibers) are multinuclear and have striations - under voluntary control; but also responds to reflexes.
STRUCTURE OF SKELETAL MUSCLE Figure 12.1
You should know everything on this slide from anatomy: --- Origin/Insertion --- flexor muscles/extensor muscles --- prime mover = agonist; in a flexion, the flexor is the agonist, and the extensor is the antagonist.
What’s Inside A Muscle Fiber (cell)?
Myofibrils contain myofilaments arranged into sarcomeres
Titin Filaments and M Lines M = Midline
Arrangement of Thick and Thin Filaments
HOW DOES A MUSCLE WORK?
Fig. 7.23
Fig. 7.26
Fig. 7.28
Review: Stimulating a Muscle Fiber
Stimulating a Muscle Fiber
ROLE OF CALCIUM
CLOSE UP OF POWER STROKE
REVIEW OF INTERACTION OF MYOSIN WITH ACTIN Click here to watch
Sliding Filament Theory of Muscle Contraction When a muscle contracts, sarcomeres (distance between the Z-lines shortens).
Muscle Relaxation a. Action potentials cease. b. Calcium release channels close c. Ca 2+ -ATPase pumps move Ca 2+ back into SR (active transport). d. No more Ca 2+ is available to bind to troponin e. Tropomyosin moves to block the myosin heads from binding to actin
Motor Units