Comparative Vertebrate Physiology Muscle physiology
Characteristics Muscles only shorten Work as antagonists Convert chemical into mechanical energy
Types Striated Non-straited skeletal cardiac smooth skeletal, cardiac
Muscle types Differences in muscle types Innervation - somatic or autonomic Refractory periods - long and short Control - ANS or SNS
Skeletal muscle 40 - 45% body mass Structural layers
Muscle cell (fiber) Sarcolemma Sarcoplasm Myofibrils glycogen myoglobin Myofibrils sacromeres
Sarcoplasm Sarcoplasmic reticulum (Stores and release Ca++) T tubule (AP conduction) Triad (SR + T tubule)
Myofibril
Muscle contraction
Myosin protein Head and tail Head binds to actin
Actin protein Tropomyosin Troponin affinities attached to binding sites Troponin affinities Ca++ tropomyosin actin
Excitation contraction coupling
Sliding filament theory Cross bridge attachment Power stroke Cross bridge detachment