9 Muscle Teaching Slides PDF
9 Muscle Teaching Slides PDF
9 Muscle Teaching Slides PDF
CHAPTER
Human
Anatomy
9
Muscles and
Muscle Tissue
PART A
& Physiology
SEVENTH EDITION
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Structure and Organization of Skeletal Muscle
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Skeletal Muscle
Each muscle is a discrete organ composed of
muscle tissue, blood vessels, nerve fibers, and
connective tissue
Figure 9.3c,d
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Ultrastructure of Myofilaments: Thick
Filaments
Thick filaments are composed of the protein
myosin
Each myosin molecule has a rod-like tail and two
globular heads
Tails – two interwoven, heavy polypeptide chains
Heads – two smaller, light polypeptide chains called
cross bridges
Figure 9.4a,b
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Ultrastructure of Myofilaments: Thin
Filaments
Thin filaments are chiefly composed of the protein
actin
Each actin molecule is a helical polymer of globular
subunits called G actin
The subunits contain the active sites to which myosin
heads attach during contraction
Tropomyosin and troponin are regulatory subunits
bound to actin
Figure 9.4c
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Arrangement of the Filaments in a Sarcomere
Longitudinal section within one sarcomere
Figure 9.4d
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Sarcoplasmic Reticulum (SR)
SR is an elaborate, smooth endoplasmic reticulum
that mostly runs longitudinally and surrounds each
myofibril
Paired terminal cisternae form perpendicular cross
channels
Functions in the regulation of intracellular calcium
levels
Figure 9.5
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T Tubules
T tubules are continuous with the sarcolemma
They conduct impulses to the deepest regions of
the muscle
These impulses signal for the release of Ca2+ from
adjacent terminal cisternae
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Excitation-Contraction (EC) Coupling
1. Action potential generated and
propagated along sarcomere to
T-tubules
2. Action potential triggers Ca2+
release
3. Ca++ bind to troponin;
blocking action of tropomyosin
released
4. contraction via crossbridge
formation; ATP hyrdolysis
5. Removal of Ca+2 by active
transport
6. tropomyosin blockage restored;
contraction ends
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Neurotransmitter released diffuses
Axon terminal across the synaptic cleft and attaches
to ACh receptors on the sarcolemma.
Synaptic
Synaptic cleft
vesicle Sarcolemma
T tubule
Ca2+ Ca2+
SR tubules (cut)
SR
Ca2+ Ca2+
2 Action potential in
T tubule activates
ADP voltage-sensitive receptors,
which in turn trigger Ca2+
Pi release from terminal
cisternae of SR
into cytosol.
Ca2+
Ca2+
6 Tropomyosin blockage restored, Ca2+ Ca2+
blocking myosin binding sites on
actin; contraction ends and
muscle fiber relaxes. 3 Calcium ions bind to troponin;
troponin changes shape, removing
Ca2+ the blocking action of tropomyosin;
actin active sites exposed.
Ca2+
4 Contraction; myosin heads alternately attach to
actin and detach, pulling the actin filaments toward
the center of the sarcomere; release of energy by
ATP hydrolysis powers the cycling process.
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Role of Ionic Calcium (Ca2+) in the Contraction
Mechanism
At low intracellular Ca2+
concentration:
Tropomyosin blocks
the binding sites on
actin
Myosin cross bridges
cannot attach to
binding sites on actin
The relaxed state of the
muscle is enforced
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Role of Ionic Calcium (Ca2+) in the Contraction
Mechanism
At higher intracellular
Ca2+ concentrations:
Additional calcium
binds to troponin
(inactive troponin
binds two Ca2+)
Calcium-activated
troponin binds an
additional two Ca2+ at
a separate regulatory
site
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Role of Ionic Calcium (Ca2+) in the Contraction
Mechanism
Calcium-activated
troponin undergoes a
conformational change
This change moves
tropomyosin away from
actin’s binding sites
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Role of Ionic Calcium (Ca2+) in the Contraction
Mechanism
Myosin head can now
bind and cycle
This permits contraction
(sliding of the thin
filaments by the myosin
cross bridges) to begin
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Sequential Events of Contraction
Cross bridge formation – myosin cross bridge
attaches to actin filament
Working (power) stroke – myosin head pivots and
pulls actin filament toward M line
Cross bridge detachment – ATP attaches to myosin
head and the cross bridge detaches
“Cocking” of the myosin head – energy from
hydrolysis of ATP cocks the myosin head into the
high-energy state
Thin filament
ADP
ATP ADP Thick filament
hydrolysis
Pi
4 As ATP is split into ADP and Pi, the myosin 2 Inorganic phosphate (Pi) generated in the
head is energized (cocked into the high-energy previous contraction cycle is released, initiating
conformation). the power (working) stroke. The myosin head
pivots and bends as it pulls on the actin filament,
sliding it toward the M line. Then ADP is released.
ATP
Myosin head
ATP
(low-energy
configuration)
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Contraction of Skeletal Muscle Fibers
Contraction – refers to the activation of myosin’s
cross bridges (force-generating sites)
Shortening occurs when the tension generated by
the cross bridge exceeds forces opposing
shortening
Contraction ends when cross bridges become
inactive, the tension generated declines, and
relaxation is induced
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Muscle Metabolism: Anaerobic Glycolysis
When muscle contractile activity reaches 70% of
maximum:
Bulging muscles compress blood vessels
Oxygen delivery is impaired
Pyruvic acid is converted into lactic acid
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Microscopic Anatomy of Smooth Muscle
SR is less developed than in skeletal muscle and
lacks a specific pattern
T tubules are absent
Plasma membranes have pouchlike infoldings called
caveoli
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Contraction of Smooth Muscle
Whole sheets of smooth muscle exhibit slow,
synchronized contraction
They contract in union, reflecting their electrical
coupling with gap junctions
Action potentials are transmitted from cell to cell