bio exam 4 part 3

  1. sliding filament theory
    • think and thin filaments never changes
    • sarcomere shortens (10%)
    • myosin moves toward barbed ends
  2. passive regulation of sarcomere length
    • spring-titin
    • links the z line to the M line
    • small forces straighten 
    • larger forces unfold domains
  3. characteristics of titin
    • 3MDa huge
    • 2 components
    • repeated structural models
  4. what happens when you add sarcomeres in series
    it amplifies length change
  5. what happens when you add sarcomeres in parallel
    you get more force
  6. how are contractions regulated
    calcium ions and troponin
  7. structure of troponin
    • heterotrimeric protein complex
    • TnI, TnC, TnT
  8. TnI
    troponin subunit that binds to inhibitor
  9. TnC
    troponin subunit that binds to calcium
  10. TnT
    troponin subunit that binds to tropomyosin
  11. what happens when there is lack of calcium
    • tropomyosin blocks A-M binding (lays in groove of actin filament)
    • Tnc not bound to calcium-TnI-TnT-tropomyosin - actin groove
  12. what happens when calcium is present
    Ca-TnC-TnI-TnT-tropomyosin moves to a different position that allows actin and myosin to interact
  13. what causes a long sustained contraction
    multiple calcium spikes
  14. what happens with myosin when contractions happen
    myosin heads dissociated several percentages
  15. what is a motor unit
    the smallest unit of muscle controlled by nerve impulse
  16. how to produce more force
    • higher frequencies of twitches (200 twitches/sec)
    • activate more muscle fibers
  17. basics of action potentials
    motor neuron-depolarized-nerve terminal synapse neuron vascular junction releases acetylcholine-depolarizes membrane of muscle fiber (sarcolema)
  18. function of Dihydropyridine receptor and where is it found
    • on plasma membrane of muscle cell
    • senses depolarization and transfers to Ryanadine receptor on membrane of sarcoplasmic reticulum and opens its calcium channel
  19. when calcium is released in muscle cell, does it reside free floating in cell or is it pumped back into SeR
    pumped up
  20. T-tubule
    • deep invagination of sarcolemma
    • helps depolarization signal to DHP reach RyR in ser
  21. triad junction
    interaction of 1 T-tubule with 2 SeR domains
  22. skeletal muscle depolarization speed
    fast, large force
  23. cardiac muscle organization and depolarization
    • less dense, less organized
    • individual heart beats are controlled by pace maker neuron cells in the heart
    • there are non-neuronal controls of the heart as well gradual control
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