Muscles
Types of muscles- skeletal Attached to bones of skeleton Voluntary Multinucleate cells Striated
Types of muscles- smooth Internal organs/tubes Involuntary Lack striations
Types of muscles- cardiac Only found in heart Involuntary Uninucleate cells Striated
Skeletal muscle
Structure of skeletal muscle
Within a muscle cell Sarcolemma- cell membrane Myofibril- contractile proteins, actin/myosin Wrapped by sarcoplasmic reticulum
Myofibril
Myosin Creates the movement Composed of protein chains that intertwine Long tail, two heads, hinge to allow heads to move 250 myosin molecules = thick filament
Actin Multiple actin molecules polymerize Two twist to form thin filaments One myosin head to one actin molecule
Combined
Sarcomere- light/dark repeat
Muscle contraction
Muscle contraction Tropomyosin- covers actin, prevents myosin from tightly binding Troponin- gatekeeper
Sliding filaments
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How much tension can be generated?
Moving bone Muscles must contract to move bones Attachment to bone Origin- stationary bone Insertion- movable bone
Can only pull on a bone, not push
Types of contractions Isometric- muscle contracts but does not change length Isotonic- muscle contracts and changes length Concentric- shortening Eccentric- lengthening Movement (a) Muscle contracts with force greater than resistance and shortens (concentric contraction) (c) Muscle contracts but does not change length (isometric contraction) (b) Muscle contracts with force less than lengthens (eccentric No movement
Smooth muscle
Smooth muscle Internal organs Many differences between skeletal and smooth muscle
Communicating with neighbors Uterus
Other differences Operate over varying lengths (e.g., bladder) Layers run in different directions Contract slower Sustained contractions without fatiguing Responds from chemical or electrical signal Lack specialized receptor regions Lack sarcomeres
Allows for deformation
Cardiac muscle
Cardiac muscle Features of smooth and skeletal muscle Striated, sarcomere Uninucleate Intercalated discs (gap junctions)