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Muscle Tissue
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10-1 An Introduction to Muscle Tissue
• Learning Outcomes
• 10-1 Specify the functions of skeletal muscle tissue.
• 10-2 Describe the organization of muscle at the
tissue level.
• 10-3 Explain the characteristics of skeletal muscle
fibers, and identify the structural components of
a sarcomere.
• 10-4 Identify the components of the neuromuscular
junction, and summarize the events involved in
the neural control of skeletal muscle contraction
and relaxation.
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10-1 An Introduction to Muscle Tissue
• Learning Outcomes
• 10-5 Describe the mechanism responsible for tension
production in a muscle fiber, and compare the
different types of muscle contraction.
• 10-6 Describe the mechanisms by which muscle
fibers obtain the energy to power contractions.
• 10-7 Relate the types of muscle fibers to muscle
performance, and distinguish between
aerobic and anaerobic endurance.
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10-1 An Introduction to Muscle Tissue
• Learning Outcomes
• 10-8 Identify the structural and functional differences
between skeletal muscle fibers and cardiac
muscle cells.
• 10-9 Identify the structural and functional differences
between skeletal muscle fibers and smooth
muscle cells, and discuss the roles of smooth
muscle tissue in systems throughout the body.
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An Introduction to Muscle Tissue
• Muscle Tissue
• A primary tissue type, divided into:
• Skeletal muscle tissue
• Cardiac muscle tissue
• Smooth muscle tissue
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10-1 Functions of Skeletal Muscle Tissue
• Skeletal Muscles
• Are attached to the skeletal system
• Allow us to move
• The muscular system
• Includes only skeletal muscles
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10-1 Functions of Skeletal Muscle Tissue
• Six Functions of Skeletal Muscle Tissue
1. Produce skeletal movement
2. Maintain posture and body position
3. Support soft tissues
4. Guard entrances and exits
5. Maintain body temperature
6. Store nutrient reserves
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10-2 Organization of Muscle
• Skeletal Muscle
• Muscle tissue (muscle cells or fibers)
• Connective tissues
• Nerves
• Blood vessels
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10-2 Organization of Muscle
•
Organization of Connective Tissues
•
Muscles have three layers of connective tissues
1. Epimysium
2. Perimysium
3. Endomysium
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10-2 Organization of Muscle
• Epimysium
• Exterior collagen layer
• Connected to deep fascia
• Separates muscle from surrounding tissues
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10-2 Organization of Muscle
• Perimysium
• Surrounds muscle fiber bundles (fascicles)
• Contains blood vessel and nerve supply to
fascicles
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10-2 Organization of Muscle
• Endomysium
• Surrounds individual muscle cells (muscle fibers)
• Contains capillaries and nerve fibers contacting
muscle cells
• Contains myosatellite cells (stem cells) that repair
damage
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Figure 10-1 The Organization of Skeletal Muscles
Skeletal Muscle (organ)
Epimysium Perimysium
Endomysium
Nerve
Muscle
fascicle
Muscle Blood
fibers vessels
Epimysium
Blood vessels
and nerves
Tendon
Endomysium
Perimysium
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Figure 10-1 The Organization of Skeletal Muscles
Muscle Fascicle (bundle of fibers)
Perimysium
Muscle fiber
Epimysium
Blood vessels
and nerves
Endomysium
Tendon
Endomysium
Perimysium
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Figure 10-1 The Organization of Skeletal Muscles
Muscle Fiber (cell)
Capillary Myofibril
Endomysium
Sarcoplasm
Epimysium
Mitochondrion
Blood vessels
and nerves
Tendon
Myosatellite
cell
Sarcolemma
Nucleus
Axon of neuron
Endomysium
Perimysium
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10-2 Organization of Muscle
• Organization of Connective Tissues
• Muscle Attachments
• Endomysium, perimysium, and epimysium come
together:
• At ends of muscles
• To form connective tissue attachment to bone
matrix
• I.e., tendon (bundle) or aponeurosis (sheet)
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10-2 Organization of Muscle
• Blood Vessels and Nerves
• Muscles have extensive vascular systems that:
• Supply large amounts of oxygen
• Supply nutrients
• Carry away wastes
• Skeletal muscles are voluntary muscles, controlled
by nerves of the central nervous system (brain and
spinal cord)
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10-3 Characteristics of Skeletal Muscle Fibers
• Skeletal Muscle Cells
• Are very long
• Develop through fusion of mesodermal cells
(myoblasts)
• Become very large
• Contain hundreds of nuclei
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Figure 10-2 The Formation of a Multinucleate Skeletal Muscle Fiber
Muscle fibers develop
through the fusion of
mesodermal cells
called myoblasts.
Myoblasts
A muscle
fiber forms
by the
fusion of
myoblasts.
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Muscle fiber
Sarcolemma
Nuclei
Myofibrils
Myosatellite cell
Nuclei
Mitochondria
Immature
muscle fiber
Myosatellite cell
A diagrammatic view and a
micrograph of one muscle fiber.
Up to 30 cm
in length
Mature muscle fiber
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Figure 10-2a The Formation of a Multinucleate Skeletal Muscle Fiber
Muscle fibers develop
through the fusion of
mesodermal cells
called myoblasts.
Myoblasts
A muscle
fiber forms
by the
fusion of
myoblasts.
Myosatellite cell
Nuclei
Immature
muscle fiber
Myosatellite cell
Up to 30 cm
in length
Mature muscle fiber
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Figure 10-2b The Formation of a Multinucleate Skeletal Muscle Fiber
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Muscle fiber
Sarcolemma
Nuclei
Myofibrils
Mitochondria
A diagrammatic view and a
micrograph of one muscle fiber.
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10-3 Characteristics of Skeletal Muscle Fibers
• The Sarcolemma and Transverse Tubules
• The sarcolemma
• The cell membrane of a muscle fiber (cell)
• Surrounds the sarcoplasm (cytoplasm of muscle
fiber)
• A change in transmembrane potential begins
contractions
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10-3 Characteristics of Skeletal Muscle Fibers
• The Sarcolemma and Transverse Tubules
• Transverse tubules (T tubules)
• Transmit action potential through cell
• Allow entire muscle fiber to contract
simultaneously
• Have same properties as sarcolemma
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10-3 Characteristics of Skeletal Muscle Fibers
• Myofibrils
• Lengthwise subdivisions within muscle fiber
• Made up of bundles of protein filaments
(myofilaments)
• Myofilaments are responsible for muscle contraction
• Types of myofilaments:
• Thin filaments
• Made of the protein actin
• Thick filaments
• Made of the protein myosin
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10-3 Characteristics of Skeletal Muscle Fibers
• The Sarcoplasmic Reticulum (SR)
• A membranous structure surrounding each myofibril
• Helps transmit action potential to myofibril
• Similar in structure to smooth endoplasmic reticulum
• Forms chambers (terminal cisternae) attached to T
tubules
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10-3 Characteristics of Skeletal Muscle Fibers
• The Sarcoplasmic Reticulum (SR)
• Triad
• Is formed by one T tubule and two terminal
cisternae
• Cisternae
• Concentrate Ca2+ (via ion pumps)
• Release Ca2+ into sarcomeres to begin muscle
contraction
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Figure 10-3 The Structure of a Skeletal Muscle Fiber
Myofibril
Sarcolemma
Nuclei
Sarcoplasm
MUSCLE FIBER
Mitochondria
Terminal cisterna
Sarcolemma
Sarcolemma
Sarcoplasm
Myofibril
Myofibrils
Thin filament
Thick filament
Triad Sarcoplasmic T tubules
reticulum
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Figure 10-3 The Structure of a Skeletal Muscle Fiber
Myofibril
Nuclei
Sarcolemma
Sarcoplasm
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MUSCLE FIBER
Figure 10-3 The Structure of a Skeletal Muscle Fiber
Mitochondria
Terminal cisterna
Sarcolemma
Sarcolemma
Sarcoplasm
Myofibril
Myofibrils
Thin filament
Thick filament
Triad Sarcoplasmic T tubules
reticulum
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Figure 10-3 The Structure of a Skeletal Muscle Fiber
Mitochondria
Sarcolemma
Myofibril
Thin filament
Thick filament
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Figure 10-3 The Structure of a Skeletal Muscle Fiber
Terminal cisterna
Sarcolemma
Sarcoplasm
Myofibrils
Triad Sarcoplasmic T tubules
reticulum
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10-3 Structural Components of a Sarcomere
• Sarcomeres
• The contractile units of muscle
• Structural units of myofibrils
• Form visible patterns within myofibrils
• A striped or striated pattern within myofibrils
• Alternating dark, thick filaments (A bands) and light,
thin filaments (I bands)
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10-3 Structural Components of a Sarcomere
• Sarcomeres
• The A Band
• M line
• The center of the A band
• At midline of sarcomere
• The H Band
• The area around the M line
• Has thick filaments but no thin filaments
• Zone of overlap
• The densest, darkest area on a light micrograph
• Where thick and thin filaments overlap
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10-3 Structural Components of a Sarcomere
• Sarcomeres
• The I Band
• Z lines
• The centers of the I bands
• At two ends of sarcomere
• Titin
• Are strands of protein
• Reach from tips of thick filaments to the Z line
• Stabilize the filaments
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Figure 10-4a Sarcomere Structure, Part I
I band
A band
H band
Z line Titin
A longitudinal
section of a
sarcomere,
showing bands
Zone of overlap
M line
Sarcomere
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Thin
Thick
filament filament
Figure 10-4b Sarcomere Structure, Part I
I band
A band
H band
A corresponding
view of a
sarcomere in a
myofibril from a
muscle fiber in the Myofibril
gastrocnemius
Z line
muscle of the calf
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Zone of overlap M line
Sarcomere
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Z line
Figure 10-5 Sarcomere Structure, Part II
Sarcomere
Myofibril
A superficial view
of a sarcomere
Thin
filament
Actinin
filaments
Thick
filament
Titin
filament
Attachment
of titin
Z line
Cross-sectional views of different
portions of a sarcomere
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I band
M line
H band
Zone of overlap
Figure 10-6 Levels of Functional Organization in a Skeletal Muscle
Skeletal Muscle
Myofibril
Surrounded by:
Sarcoplasmic
reticulum
Surrounded by:
Epimysium
Epimysium
Contains:
Muscle fascicles
Consists of:
Sarcomeres
(Z line to Z line)
Sarcomere
I band
A band
Muscle Fascicle
Contains:
Thick filaments
Surrounded by:
Perimysium
Perimysium
Thin filaments
Contains:
Muscle fibers
Z line
M line
H band
Muscle Fiber
Endomysium
Surrounded by:
Endomysium
Contains:
Myofibrils
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Titin Z line
Figure 10-6 Levels of Functional Organization in a Skeletal Muscle
Skeletal Muscle
Surrounded by:
Epimysium
Epimysium
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Contains:
Muscle fascicles
Figure 10-6 Levels of Functional Organization in a Skeletal Muscle
Muscle Fascicle
Perimysium
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Surrounded by:
Perimysium
Contains:
Muscle fibers
Figure 10-6 Levels of Functional Organization in a Skeletal Muscle
Muscle Fiber
Endomysium
Surrounded by:
Endomysium
Contains:
Myofibrils
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Figure 10-6 Levels of Functional Organization in a Skeletal Muscle
Myofibril
Surrounded by:
Sarcoplasmic
reticulum
Consists of:
Sarcomeres
(Z line to Z line)
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Figure 10-6 Levels of Functional Organization in a Skeletal Muscle
Sarcomere
I band
A band
Contains:
Thick filaments
Thin filaments
Z line
M line
H band
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Titin Z line
10-3 Structural Components of a Sarcomere
• Thin Filaments
• F-actin (filamentous actin)
• Is two twisted rows of globular G-actin
• The active sites on G-actin strands bind to myosin
• Nebulin
• Holds F-actin strands together
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10-3 Structural Components of a Sarcomere
• Thin Filaments
• Tropomyosin
• Is a double strand
• Prevents actin–myosin interaction
• Troponin
• A globular protein
• Binds tropomyosin to G-actin
• Controlled by Ca2+
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Figure 10-7ab Thick and Thin Filaments
Sarcomere
H band
Actinin Z line
Titin
Myofibril
The gross structure of a thin
filament, showing the
attachment at the Z line
Z line
M line
Troponin Active site
Nebulin
Tropomyosin G-actin
molecules
F-actin
strand
The organization of G-actin subunits
in an F-actin strand, and the position
of the troponin–tropomyosin complex
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Figure 10-7a Thick and Thin Filaments
Actinin Z line
Titin
The gross structure of a thin
filament, showing the
attachment at the Z line
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Figure 10-7b Thick and Thin Filaments
Troponin Active site
Nebulin
Tropomyosin G-actin
molecules
F-actin
strand
The organization of G-actin subunits
in an F-actin strand, and the position
of the troponin–tropomyosin complex
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10-3 Structural Components of a Sarcomere
• Initiating Contraction
• Ca2+ binds to receptor on troponin molecule
• Troponin–tropomyosin complex changes
• Exposes active site of F-actin
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10-3 Structural Components of a Sarcomere
• Thick Filaments
• Contain about 300 twisted myosin subunits
• Contain titin strands that recoil after stretching
• The mysosin molecule
• Tail
• Binds to other myosin molecules
• Head
• Made of two globular protein subunits
• Reaches the nearest thin filament
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Figure 10-7cd Thick and Thin Filaments
Titin
The structure of
thick filaments,
showing the
orientation of the
myosin molecules
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M line
Myosin
head
Myosin tail
Hinge
The structure of a myosin molecule
10-3 Structural Components of a Sarcomere
• Myosin Action
• During contraction, myosin heads:
• Interact with actin filaments, forming crossbridges
• Pivot, producing motion
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10-3 Structural Components of a Sarcomere
• Sliding Filaments and Muscle Contraction
• Sliding filament theory
• Thin filaments of sarcomere slide toward M line,
alongside thick filaments
• The width of A zone stays the same
• Z lines move closer together
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Figure 10-8a Changes in the Appearance of a Sarcomere during the Contraction of a Skeletal Muscle Fiber
I band
Z line
A band
H band
Z line
A relaxed sarcomere showing
location of the A band, Z
lines, and I band.
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Figure 10-8b Changes in the Appearance of a Sarcomere during the Contraction of a Skeletal Muscle Fiber
I band
A band
Z line
H band
Z line
During a contraction, the A band stays the
same width, but the Z lines move closer
together and the I band gets smaller. When
the ends of a myofibril are free to move,
the sarcomeres shorten simultaneously
and the ends of the myofibril are pulled
toward its center.
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10-3 Structural Components of a Sarcomere
• Skeletal Muscle Contraction
• The process of contraction
• Neural stimulation of sarcolemma
• Causes excitation–contraction coupling
• Muscle fiber contraction
• Interaction of thick and thin filaments
• Tension production
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Figure 10-9 An Overview of Skeletal Muscle Contraction
Neural control
Excitation–contraction coupling
Excitation
Calcium
release
triggers
Thick-thin
filament interaction
Muscle fiber
contraction
leads to
Tension
production
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ATP
Figure 10-9 An Overview of Skeletal Muscle Contraction
Neural control
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Figure 10-9 An Overview of Skeletal Muscle Contraction
Excitation
Calcium
release
triggers
Thick-thin
filament interaction
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ATP
Figure 10-9 An Overview of Skeletal Muscle Contraction
Muscle fiber
contraction
leads to
Tension
production
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10-4 Components of the Neuromuscular Junction
• The Control of Skeletal Muscle Activity
• The neuromuscular junction (NMJ)
• Special intercellular connection between the
nervous system and skeletal muscle fiber
• Controls calcium ion release into the sarcoplasm
A&P FLIX Events at the Neuromuscular Junction
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Figure 10-11 Skeletal Muscle Innervation
Motor neuron
Path of electrical impulse
(action potential)
Axon
Neuromuscular
junction
Synaptic
terminal
SEE BELOW
Sarcoplasmic
reticulum
Motor
end plate
Myofibril
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Motor end plate
Figure 10-11 Skeletal Muscle Innervation
The cytoplasm of the synaptic
terminal contains vesicles
filled with molecules of
acetylcholine, or ACh.
Acetylcholine is a
neurotransmitter, a chemical
released by a neuron to change
the permeability or other
properties of another cell’s
plasma membrane. The
synaptic cleft and the
motor end plate contain
molecules of the enzyme
acetylcholinesterase (AChE),
which breaks down ACh.
Vesicles
The synaptic cleft, a
narrow space, separates
the synaptic terminal of
the neuron from the
opposing motor end
plate.
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Junctional AChE
fold of
motor end plate
ACh
Figure 10-11 Skeletal Muscle Innervation
The stimulus for ACh release
is the arrival of an electrical
impulse, or action potential,
at the synaptic terminal. An
action potential is a sudden
change in the transmembrane
potential that travels along
the length of the axon.
Arriving action
potential
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Figure 10-11 Skeletal Muscle Innervation
When the action potential
reaches the neuron’s synaptic
terminal, permeability
changes in the membrane
trigger the exocytosis of ACh
into the synaptic cleft.
Exocytosis occurs as vesicles
fuse with the neuron’s plasma
membrane.
Motor
end plate
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Figure 10-11 Skeletal Muscle Innervation
ACh molecules diffuse
across the synatpic cleft and
bind to ACh receptors on the
surface of the motor end
plate. ACh binding alters the
membrane’s permeability to
sodium ions. Because the
extracellular fluid contains a
high concentration of
sodium ions, and sodium
ion concentration inside the
cell is very low, sodium ions
rush into the sarcoplasm.
ACh
receptor site
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Figure 10-11 Skeletal Muscle Innervation
The sudden inrush of
sodium ions results in the
generation of an action
potential in the
sarcolemma. AChE quickly
breaks down the ACh on
the motor end plate and in
the synaptic cleft, thus
inactivating the ACh
receptor sites.
Action
potential
AChE
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10-4 Components of the Neuromuscular Junction
• Excitation–Contraction Coupling
• Action potential reaches a triad
• Releasing Ca2+
• Triggering contraction
• Requires myosin heads to be in “cocked” position
• Loaded by ATP energy
A&P FLIX Excitation-Contraction Coupling
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Figure 10-10 The Exposure of Active Sites
SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM
Calcium channels
open
Myosin tail
(thick filament)
Tropomyosin
strand
Troponin
G-actin
(thin filament)
Active site
Nebulin
In a resting sarcomere, the
tropomyosin strands cover
the active sites on the thin
filaments, preventing
cross-bridge formation.
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When calcium ions enter
the sarcomere, they bind
to troponin, which
rotates and swings the
tropomyosin away from
the active sites.
Cross-bridge
formation then occurs,
and the contraction
cycle begins.
10-4 Skeletal Muscle Contraction
• The Contraction Cycle
1. Contraction Cycle Begins
2. Active-Site Exposure
3. Cross-Bridge Formation
4. Myosin Head Pivoting
5. Cross-Bridge Detachment
6. Myosin Reactivation
A&P FLIX The Cross Bridge Cycle
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Figure 10-12 The Contraction Cycle
Contraction Cycle Begins
The contraction cycle, which
involves a series of interrelated
steps, begins with the arrival of
calcium ions within the zone of
overlap.
Myosin head
Troponin
Tropomyosin
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Actin
Figure 10-12 The Contraction Cycle
Active-Site Exposure
Calcium ions bind to troponin,
weakening the bond between
actin and the troponin–
tropomyosin complex. The
troponin molecule then changes
position, rolling the tropomyosin
molecule away from the active
sites on actin and allowing
interaction with the energized
myosin heads.
Sarcoplasm
Active
site
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Figure 10-12 The Contraction Cycle
Cross-Bridge Formation
Once the active sites are
exposed, the energized
myosin heads bind to them,
forming cross-bridges.
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Figure 10-12 The Contraction Cycle
Myosin Head Pivoting
After cross-bridge formation,
the energy that was stored in
the resting state is released
as the myosin head pivots
toward the M line. This action
is called the power stroke;
when it occurs, the bound
ADP and phosphate group
are released.
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Figure 10-12 The Contraction Cycle
Cross-Bridge Detachment
When another ATP binds to
the myosin head, the link
between the myosin head and
the active site on the actin
molecule is broken. The
active site is now exposed
and able to form another
cross-bridge.
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Figure 10-12 The Contraction Cycle
Myosin Reactivation
Myosin reactivation
occurs when the free
myosin head splits ATP
into ADP and P. The
energy released is used to
recock the myosin head.
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Figure 10-12 The Contraction Cycle
Resting Sarcomere
Zone of overlap
(shown in sequence above)
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Figure 10-12 The Contraction Cycle
Contracted Sarcomere
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10-4 Skeletal Muscle Contraction
• Fiber Shortening
• As sarcomeres shorten, muscle pulls together,
producing tension
• Muscle shortening can occur at both ends of the
muscle, or at only one end of the muscle
• This depends on the way the muscle is attached at
the ends
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Figure 10-13 Shortening during a Contraction
When both ends are free to move, the ends of a
contracting muscle fiber move toward the center of
the muscle fiber.
When one end of a myofibril is fixed in position, and
the other end free to move, the free end is pulled
toward the fixed end.
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10-4 Skeletal Muscle Relaxation
• Relaxation
• Contraction Duration
• Depends on:
• Duration of neural stimulus
• Number of free calcium ions in sarcoplasm
• Availability of ATP
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10-4 Skeletal Muscle Relaxation
• Relaxation
• Ca2+ concentrations fall
• Ca2+ detaches from troponin
• Active sites are re-covered by tropomyosin
• Rigor Mortis
• A fixed muscular contraction after death
• Caused when:
• Ion pumps cease to function; ran out of ATP
• Calcium builds up in the sarcoplasm
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10-4 Skeletal Muscle Contraction and Relaxation
• Summary
• Skeletal muscle fibers shorten as thin filaments
slide between thick filaments
• Free Ca2+ in the sarcoplasm triggers contraction
• SR releases Ca2+ when a motor neuron
stimulates the muscle fiber
• Contraction is an active process
• Relaxation and return to resting length are
passive
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Table 10-1 Steps Involved in Skeletal Muscle Contraction and Relaxation
Steps in Initiating Muscle Contraction
Motor
Synaptic
terminal end plate
Steps in Muscle Relaxation
T tubule Sarcolemma
Action
potential
reaches
T tubule
ACh released, binding
to receptors
Sarcoplasmic
reticulum
releases Ca2
Active site
exposure,
cross-bridge
formation
ACh broken down by AChE
Sarcoplasmic
reticulum
recaptures Ca2
Ca2
Actin
Myosin
Active sites
covered, no
cross-bridge
interaction
Contraction
ends
Contraction
begins
Relaxation occurs,
passive return to
resting length
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