Skeletal Muscle Contraction Muse
Muscle cells are composed of many long fibers Epimysium Epimysium Bone Perimysium Tendon Endomysium Muscle fiber in middle of a fascicle (b) Blood vessel Fascicle (wrapped by perimysium) Endomysium (between individual muscle fibers) Perimysium Fascicle Muscle fiber (a) Muscle cells are composed of many long fibers
Cells are polynucleate and surrounded by sarcolemma Mitochondrion Myofibril Dark A band Light I band Nucleus (b) Diagram of part of a muscle fiber showing the myofibrils. One myofibril is extended from the cut end of the fiber. Cells are polynucleate and surrounded by sarcolemma
Skeletal Muscle Fibers
The overlap of fiber elements causes the striated appearance Z disc Z disc
The Sarcomere Smallest contractile unit (functional unit) of a muscle fiber The region of a myofibril between two successive Z discs Composed of thick and thin myofilaments made of contractile proteins
Positions of the fibers relative to each other Thin (actin) filament Z disc H zone Z disc Thick (myosin) filament I band A band Sarcomere I band M line (c) Small part of one myofibril enlarged to show the myofilaments responsible for the banding pattern. Each sarcomere extends from one Z disc to the next. Sarcomere Z disc M line Z disc Thin (actin) filament Elastic (titin) filaments Thick (myosin) filament (d) Enlargement of one sarcomere (sectioned lengthwise). Notice the myosin heads on the thick filaments. Thin filaments = actin Thick filaments = myosin
Actin is partially covered by tropomysosin
Myosin is a tree of heads Myosin thick filament
10_10 The signal to contract Action potential arrives at neuromuscular junction. acetocholine released ligand gated sodium channels open and action potential continues along sarcolemma 10_10
1 Action potential is propagated along the sarcolemma and down the T tubules. 1 Steps in E-C Coupling: Sarcolemma Voltage-sensitive tubule protein T tubule Ca2+ release channel Terminal cisterna of SR Ca2+ Figure 9.11, step 3
Sarcoplasmic reticulum releases Ca2+ Part of a skeletal muscle fiber (cell) I band A band I band Z disc H zone Z disc Myofibril M line Sarcolemma Triad: • T tubule • Terminal cisternae of the SR (2) Sarcolemma Tubules of the SR Myofibrils Mitochondria Sarcoplasmic reticulum releases Ca2+
The Contraction Cycle Five Steps of the Contraction Cycle Exposure of active sites on actin Formation of cross-bridges Pivoting of myosin heads Detachment of cross-bridges Reactivation of myosin
The length of the sarcomere shrinks as the filaments undergo the contraction cycle
Cross bridge detachment requires ATP hydrolysis
Once detached, residual energy from detachment re-cocks myosin head
Tension builds quickly
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Repeated action potentials lead to maximum tension
Different fiber types can be fast or slower to develop full tension .
Metabolic sources of energy for muscle contraction 10_12 10_12