CH 6 The Muscular System

Outline:
 6.1 Function and Characteristics of Muscles
 6.2 Skeletal Muscles Working in Pairs
 6.3 Contraction of Muscles

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 6.1 Function and Characteristics of Muscles

 All muscles are

• Excitable:
• Contractile:
• Extensible:
• Elastic:

 Three types of muscle

• Skeletal
• Cardiac
• Smooth
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 6.1 Function and Characteristics of Muscles

 Skeletal muscles
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 6.2 Skeletal Muscles Working in Pairs

 Synergistic

 Antagonistic

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 6.2 Skeletal Muscles Working in Pairs

 Tendon
 Origin of muscle
 Insertion of muscle

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 6.3 Contraction of Muscles

 Muscle fibers
 Fascicle
 Myofibrils

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 6.3 Contraction of Muscles

 Each myofibril has 2 types of myofilaments:

1. Myosin
2. Actin
 Sarcomeres
 Z line

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 What is the structural and contractile unit of
a skeletal muscle called?
a. Myofilament
b. Myofibril
c. Sarcoplasmic reticulum
d. Sarcomere

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 6. What is the structural and contractile unit
of a skeletal muscle called?
Answer:
d.Sarcomere
Explanation:
Myofilaments are parts of a sarcomere; myofibrils
contain sarcomeres; and the sarcoplasmic
reticulum is a separate organelle.

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 6.3 Contraction of Muscles

 Sliding Filament Model

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIH8uOg8ddw

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 6.3 Contraction of Muscles

 Sarcoplasmic Reticulum
 Transverse tubules (T tubules)

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 Which of the following occur during the
power stroke of muscle contraction?
a. Acetylcholine binds to receptors.
b. Myosin heads pull on actin filaments.
c. Calcium is pumped out of the sarcomere.
d. ATP is split by the myosin head into ADP and Pi.

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 9. Which of the following occur during the
power stroke of muscle contraction?
Answer:
b.Myosin heads pull on actin filaments.
Explanation:
According to the sliding filament model, myosin
heads bind with actin and then move, pulling actin
toward the midline of the sarcomere, thus
shortening the sarcomere.

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 6.3 Contraction of Muscles

Initiating muscle contraction

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 6.3 Contraction of Muscles

 Activating myosin head

 Cross bridge forms
 Power stroke
 Release

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 6.3 Contraction of Muscles

 Neuromuscular Junction

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 6.3 Contraction of Muscles

 Neuromuscular Junction

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