MUSCLE STRUCTURE AND PHYSIOLOGY J. Rosenbluth, April 2012
MUSCLE Skeletal muscle fibers Gross properties of skeletal muscle Contraction mechanism Excitation-contraction coupling Gross properties of skeletal muscle Pathology/Clinical examples
Myofibrils
Skeletal muscle band pattern
Double “antiparallel” array of myofilamnts (H.E.Huxley)
Sliding filament model
Myosin filament formation
Low-angle X-ray diffraction of skeletal muscle (meridional pattern)
Decorated F-actin
Antiparallel array of myofilaments
Double hexagonal array (vertebrate skeletal muscle)
Crossbridge position during relaxation (top) vs contraction (bottom)
Cross-bridge Cycle Attached Released Cocked Force generating
Triads (amphibian)
Skeletal muscle triad (amphibian)
Triad structure
Actin filament with Tr and Tm
Tropomyosin movement
Pennate Muscles
Length-Tension Relationship
Load-Velocity Relationship
Twitch vs Tetanic Tension
Fiber types (cat gastrocnemius)
Twitch contraction times
Skeletal Muscle Fatigue
“Winging” (facio-scapulo-humeral dystrophy)
“Pseudohypertrophy” (Duchenne dystrophy)
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
Spinal muscular atrophy