Muscular system Chapter 6
Types of muscle tissue skeletal smooth cardiac
Skeletal muscle anatomy basics Muscle fiber (= muscle cell) Fascicle Muscle (the whole organ) Tendons
(wrapped by perimysium) Epimysium Figure 9.1 Connective tissue sheaths of skeletal muscle: epimysium, perimysium, and endomysium. Bone Perimysium Endomysium (between individual muscle fibers) Muscle fiber Fascicle (wrapped by perimysium) Epimysium Tendon in middle of a fascicle Blood vessel (a) (b)
Microscopic anatomy of individual skeletal muscle fiber
The sarcomere the functional unit of skeletal muscle made of:
Actin regulatory proteins troponin tropomyosin
Sliding filament model of contraction: the contraction
Remember the splitting of ATP? Results in an ADP molecule, a P group, and energy
Sliding filament model of contraction: the contraction
What happens if. . . there is no Ca2+? there is no ATP?
What causes muscle contraction in the first place? neuromuscular junction
Neuromuscular junction
Muscle coordination synergists antagonists
Pathologies Muscular dystrophy
Smooth muscle