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Skeletal Muscles
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Anatomy and innervation of skeletal muscle tissue
• Connective tissue components:– Fascia (“bandage”) –sheet or band of fibrous
C.T. under the skin or around organs– Superficial fascia (subcutaneous fascia):
• Areolar C.T. and adipose tissue• Stores water and fat• Reduces heat loss (insulates)• Protects against trauma• Framework for nerves and blood vessels
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• Deep fascia:– Dense irregular C.T. – holds muscles together
and separates them into groups– 3 layers:
• Epimysium – surrounds the whole muscle• Perimysium – separates muscle into
bundles of muscle fibers – fascicles• Endomysium – covers individual fibers
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• These three layers come together to form cords of dense, regular connective tissue called tendons. Tendons attach muscle to the periosteum of bones.
• When the connective tissues form a broad, flat layer, the tendon is called an aponeurosis.
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Microscopic Anatomy
• Muscle cells are called muscle fibers or myofibers
• Plasma membrane – sarcolemma
• Cytoplasm – sarcoplasm
• Myoblasts fuse to form one myofiber – several nuclei
• Myofibrils run lengthwise
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Myofibrils are made of filaments
• Thin filaments – primarily actin
• Thick filament – myosin
• Elastic filaments
• Sarcomeres are the basic, functional units of striated muscle fibers.
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Thick filaments
• Made of about 200 molecules of myosin
• Each myosin molecule has two “heads”
• Each head has an actin binding site and an ATP binding site
• The ATP site splits ATP and transfers energy to myosin head; which remains charged (“cocked”) until contraction.
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Thin Filaments
• Actin molecules form a helix– Each actin molecule has a myosin binding site
• Other proteins:
• Tropomyosin – long, filamentous protein, it wraps around the actin and covers the myosin binding sites
• Troponin – a smaller molecule bound to tropomyosin, it has calcium binding sites.
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Sarcoplasmic reticulum• Specialized smooth E. R.
• Tubes fuse to form cisternae
• In a relaxed muscle, S.R. stores Ca++ (Ca+
+ active transport pumps)
• When stimulated, Ca++ leaves through Ca+
+ release channels.
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Transverse tubules (T-tubules)
• Infoldings of sarcolemma that penetrate into muscle fiber at right angles to filaments. They are filled with extracellular fluid.
• T-tubules and the cisternae on either side form a triad.
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Blood and nerve supply
• Muscle contraction uses a lot of ATP
• To generate ATP, muscles need oxygen
• Each muscle fiber is in close contact with one or more capillaries
• Motor neurons – originate in brain and spinal cord; cause muscle contraction
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Motor unit
• A Motor Unit is made of one motor neuron and all the muscle fibers it innervates.
• These cells all contract together.
• A single motor unit can have 2 – 2,000 muscle fibers.
• Precise movements are controlled by small motor units, and large movements by large motor units.
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Neuromuscular Junction (NMJ)
• Nerves communicate with muscles and other organs at structures called synapses.
• Synaptic cleft – gap between neuron and sarcolemma
• Axon releases a chemical called a neurotransmitter – Acetylcholine (Ach)
• Axon branches into axon terminals.
• At the end of each axon terminal is a swelling called the synaptic end bulb.
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• The region across the synaptic cleft from the synaptic end bulb is called the motor end plate.
• The sarcolemma of the motor end plate is folded and contains many receptors for ACh .
• When a nerve impulse reaches the synaptic end bulbs, it causes synaptic vesicles to fuse with the membrane and release ACh by exocytosis.
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• Acetylcholine diffuses across the synaptic cleft, and binds with receptors on the motor end plate.
• This binding causes the receptor to change shape, and opens Na+ channels in the membrane.
• When enough Na+ channels are opened, an electrical current is generated and is carried along the sarcolemma. This is called a muscle impulse or muscle action potential. This electrical activity can be recorded in an electromyogram.
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Sliding Filament Mechanism
• When a nerve impulse reaches an axon terminal, the synaptic vesicles release
acetylcholine (ACh)
• ACh crosses the synaptic cleft and binds with
receptors on the motor end plate.
• This binding opens channels that allow
sodium to rush in, beginning a muscle action potential in the sarcolemma.
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• The action potential or impulse travels down the sarcolemma and into the T-tubules, causing the sarcoplasmic reticulum to release Ca++ into the sarcoplasm.
• The Ca++ binds to the troponin, which changes shape, pulling the tropomyosin away from the myosin binding sites on the actin.
• The activated myosin attaches to the actin, forming actin/myosin crossbridges.
• The myosin head moves toward the center of the sarcomere, pulling the actin filaments past the myosin. This is called a power stroke.
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• When the myosin heads turn, they release ADP, and ATP binds to the heads.
• When ATP binds, it causes the myosin to release the actin.
• ATP is split, and the myosin heads again bind to the actin, but further down the filament.
• The myosin again pulls the actin.
• This action is repeated many times.
• The Z lines (discs) get closer together as the actin and myosin filaments slide past each other, and the muscle fiber shortens.
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Relaxation
• ACh is broken down by an enzyme called acetylcholinesterase.
• Action potentials are no longer generated, so the Ca++ release channels in the S.R. close.
• Ca++ active transport pumps take Ca++ out of the sarcoplasm and into the S.R. where it binds to a protein called calsequestrin.
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• As the Ca++ levels in the sarcoplasm fall, troponin releases tropomyosin, which falls back and covers the myosin binding sites on the actin.
• The thin filaments slip back into their relaxed positions.
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Rigor mortis• After death, muscle cells begin autolysis, and
Ca++ leaks out of the S.R.
• This causes muscles to begin to contract.
• Since the body is dead, no more ATP is produced.
• Without the ATP to recharge the myosin heads, they remain linked to the actin, and neither relax nor contract any further.
• After about 24 - 72 hours it disappears as the tissues begin to disintegrate.
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Origin and Insertions
• Origin – the attachment of a muscle to the less movable part (torso, etc.)
• Insertion – the attachment of a muscle to the more movable part
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Interactions of muscles
• Prime mover – the muscle primarily responsible for a movement
• Synergist – stabilizes or assists prime mover
• Antagonist – opposes action of prime mover and must relax for prime mover to contract completely