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    This document summarizes the key differences between three main types of muscle: smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and skeletal muscle. It discusses their locations, appearances, motor end plates, fiber structures, sources of calcium, excitation and contraction mechanisms, action potentials, and other distinguishing characteristics. The main points are that smooth muscle is involuntary, cardiac muscle is found in the heart and exhibits pacemaking, and skeletal muscle is voluntary and attached to bones.

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    This document summarizes the key differences between three main types of muscle: smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and skeletal muscle. It discusses their locations, appearances, motor end plates, fiber structures, sources of calcium, excitation and contraction mechanisms, action potentials, and other distinguishing characteristics. The main points are that smooth muscle is involuntary, cardiac muscle is found in the heart and exhibits pacemaking, and skeletal muscle is voluntary and attached to bones.

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    Differences between Skeletal,

    Cardiac and Smooth Muscle.


    By Khalid Shakeel Babar

    Roll No 7

    Gomal Medical College


    Location
    Appearance
    Motor End Plate
    • Cardiac Muscle • Skeletal Muscle
    • Smooth Muscle

    • Axon that innervate • Axon that innervate


    • Axon that innervate
    cardiac muscle do not skeletal muscle
    smooth muscle do not
    form end plate, terminal form end plate, will
    form end plate, terminal
    axons have multiple have pre synaptic
    axons have multiple
    varicosities of and post synaptic
    varicosities of autonomic
    nerve fibers diffuse on autonomic nerve fibers areas and receptors
    top sheet of muscle- diffuse on top sheet of on post synaptic
    Diffuse Junction. muscle-Diffuse membrane.
    Junction.
    • Varicosities contain • The transmitter
    norepinephrine and • Varicosities contain released is
    acetylcholine. norepinephrine and acetylcholine
    acetylcholine.
    Fibers
    • Smooth Muscle • Cardiac Muscle • Skeletal Muscle
    • Actin filaments are more • Actin filaments are • Actin filaments are
    than Myosin filaments equal in number to equal in number to
    and are attached to dense Myosin filaments. Myosin filaments.
    bodies. • Cylindrical and
    • Myosin filaments have long.
    • Lattice-work,
    side polar cross bridges so • Myosin filaments
    combine and
    that bridges on one side have cross bridges
    recombine, form
    hinges in one direction and pull in one
    syncytium and
    and the other in opposite direction.
    intercalated disc.
    direction. • This allows skeletal
    • This allows smooth muscle to contract
    muscle to contract almost almost 30 % of
    80 % of their length. their length.
    SR and Source of Ca
    • Smooth Muscle • Cardiac Muscle • Skeletal Muscle

    • SR is moderately • SR is extensively • SR is extensively


    developed. SR lie near developed. developed.
    the cell membrane. • It has T-tubule • It has T-tubule
    Small invagination of system.
    cell membrane, called system, bigger in
    Caveoli represent size/diameter. • AP of T-tunule
    transverse tubule system • AP of T-tunule causes release of Ca
    of Smooth Muscle. causes release of Ca which excite actin
    • AP transmitted to which excite actin myosin coupling.
    Caveoli excite Ca myosin coupling. • Source of Ca is SR
    release from SR. • Source of Ca is SR T-tubule.
    • Source of Ca is mainly T-tubule system, IC
    ECF.
    source, EC source.
    Excitation and Contraction
    • Smooth Muscle • Cardiac Muscle • Skeletal Muscle

    • Excitation by nervous • Excitation • Excitation


    signals, hormonal exclusively by exclusively by
    stimulation, stretch of nervous signals. nervous signals.
    muscle.

    • Contraction is • Contraction is
    • Contraction is voluntary. Contain
    involuntary and having involuntary. Contain
    troponin complex. troponin complex.
    Calmodulin in place of
    troponin.
    • ATPase activity is • ATPase activity is
    • ATPase activity is little. average. much.
    • Pacemaker is present. • Pacemaker is • Pacemaker is not
    Slow present. Fast present
    Action Potential
    • Cardiac Muscle • Skeletal Muscle
    • Smooth Muscle

    • RMP -85 to -90mV • RMP -90mV


    • RMP -50 to -60 mV

    • AP Plateau type • Spike Potential


    • Two Types
    • 1-Spike Potential
    • Duration 0.2-0.3sec. • Duration 1-2 msec
    • 2-AP with Plateaus

    • Duration- variable
    The End

    Thank You

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