Muscular Contractions Contracting and Relaxing Skeletal Muscle
Anatomy of a Muscle Fiber (Cell) Sarcolemma Myofibril Sarcomere Z line
Anatomy of a Sarcomere Actin Myosin
Contraction Overview Lovely artwork courtesy of David Goodsell and the RCSB Protein Data Bank
Steps of a Muscle Contraction Nerve causes release of acetylcholine (ACh)
Steps of a Muscle Contraction Reception of ACh causes an action potential (electrical nerve signal) in muscle cell
Steps of a Muscle Contraction Action potential causes release of calcium in muscle cell Meanwhile…
Steps of a Muscle Contraction Calcium binds, forming troponin complex and revealing myosin binding sites.
Steps of a Muscle Contraction Sliding filament theory
Contraction Overview Lovely artwork courtesy of David Goodsell and the RCSB Protein Data Bank
Relaxation Acetylcholinesterase breaks down Ach Active transport prepares the muscle cell for future action potentials Active transport removes free calcium from muscle cells ATP breaks actin-myosin linkage
Relaxation
Interference Botox & botulism – block acetylcholine release Rigor mortis – can’t keep calcium out of cells so muscles contract, lack of ATP prevents myosin from releasing actin