BISC208 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Myocyte, Atp Hydrolysis, T-Tubule

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Vertebrates have three types of muscles that are classified according to structure, function, and control mechanisms: Cardiac muscles- found only in heart and provides force to pump blood. Smooth muscle- surrounds and forms part of the lining of hollow organs and tubes. Skeletal muscle- found throughout body and directly involved in movements and locomotion. Muscle fibers- a grouping of muscle cells bound together in bundles by a succession of connective tissue layers. Each muscle fiber arises from several cells that fuse to form a single mature cell with multiple nuclei. Each fiber contains numerous cylindrical bundles known as myofibrils. Myofibrils extend from one end of the fiber to the other and are linked to the tendons at the ends of the fiber. Each myofibril contains numerous functional structure called thick and thin filaments arranged in a repeating pattern. One complete unit of the repeating pattern is known as a sarcomere.

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