CAS BI 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Endoplasmic Reticulum, Neuromuscular Junction, Muscle Contraction

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In muscle cells the electrical impulses make the mechanism for contraction: sarcolemma on the outside. Connection between the sarcolemma and neuron- close but not touching. When the electrical signal travels down the neuron and releases the chemical, the chemical doesn"t have far down to go: calcium is stored within sarcoplasmic reticulum. In the absence of calcium, muscle contraction is impossible: calcium is necessary to allow the the myofilaments to interact, atp (cellular energy) is necessary for both contraction and relaxation to occur. Changes in striations during contraction: when contracted you don"t see difference in striation. Muscular innervation: when your brain decides to contract a muscle, it sends 2 neurons, one from the brain to the spinal cord and one from the spinal cord to the muscle. Your brain can only determine how much contraction will happen based on how many neurons it excites. Fast and slow fibers: muscles cells that can get to their state of contraction faster and slower.

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Describe the process of skeletal muscle contraction by assembling the following 10 events in the proper order. Your answer must be written in complete sentences- do not just list the letters or the events- write it out. Begin your description with an action potential traveling down a motor neuron and end with the muscle in it's relaxed state.

A) T and T system undergoes a conformational change, exposing the myosin binding sites on actin

B) myosin heads/cross bridges bind to actin and flex, shortening the sacromere

C) the motor neuron triggers an action potential at the neuromuscular junction

D) calcium ions bind to the T and T system

E) actin filaments are pulled toward the center of the sacromere, shortening the muscle fiber

F) muscle fiber is stimulated at the neuromuscular junction

G) myosin head/cross-bridges bind to actin

H) APs travel down the T-tubules to the sarcoplasmic reticulum

I) in response to an AP, calcium ions are released into the cytosol/space around the myofibrils

J) calcium ions actively transported into the sarcoplasmic reticulum

K) myosin head continues to attach, flex, release, extend, and reattach as long as calcium ions are present

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The junction specialized for the transmission between a neuron and another cell is called a (1) _____ ______. Usually, the signal being sent to the receiving cell is carried by chemical messengers called (2) _____. (3) _____ is an example of this type of chemical messenger, which diffuses across the synaptic cleft, combines with protein receptor molecules on the muscle cell membrane, and soon thereafter is rapidly broken down by enzymes. At an (4) ____ synapse, the membrane potential is driven toward the threshold value and increases the likelihood that depolarization and an action potential will occur. At an (5) ____ synapse, the membrane potential is driven away form the threshold value, and the receiving neuron becomes hyperpolarized and is less likely to achieve an action potential. A specific transmitter substance can have either excitatory or inhibitory effects depending on which type of protein channel it opens up in the (6) ____ membrane. (7) ____ are neuromodulators that inhibit perceptions of pain and may have roles in memory and learning, emotional states, temperature regulation, and sexual behavior. (8) ____ ________ at the cellular level is the moment-by-moment tallying of all excitatory and inhibitory signals acting on a neuron. Incoming information is (9) ____ by the cell bodies, and the charge differences across the membranes are either enhanced or inhibited. Some narrow-diameter neurons are wrapped in lipid-rich (10) _______ produced by specialized neuroglial called Schwann cells; each of these is separated from the next by a(n) (11) ________ ________ - a small gap where the axon is exposed to extracellular fluid. A (12) ____ is an involuntary sequence of events elicited by a stimulus. During a (13) _______ ________, a muscle contracts involuntary whenever conditions cause a stretch in length; many of these help you maintain an upright posture despite small shifts in balance. Imbalances can occur at chemical synapses; a neurotoxin produced by Clostridium tetani blocks the release of GABA and glycine, thus freeing the motor neurons from (14) _____ control, which may cause tetanus â a prolonged, spastic paralysis that can lead to death. A. Excitatory H. Stretch reflex B. Inhibitory I. Summed C. Myelin J. Neurotransmitters D. Chemical synapse K. Postsynaptic E. Synaptic integration L. Endorphins F. Exposed node M. Acetylcholine (ACh)

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