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Muscular System Activity

The document discusses the muscular system, focusing on the sarcomere's structure and the processes of muscle contraction and relaxation. It outlines the roles of calcium ions and ATP in muscle function, detailing how these elements contribute to the contraction mechanism. Additionally, it poses questions regarding the identification of contraction phases and the effects of acetylcholinesterase on muscle activity.

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Muscular System Activity

The document discusses the muscular system, focusing on the sarcomere's structure and the processes of muscle contraction and relaxation. It outlines the roles of calcium ions and ATP in muscle function, detailing how these elements contribute to the contraction mechanism. Additionally, it poses questions regarding the identification of contraction phases and the effects of acetylcholinesterase on muscle activity.

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Muscular System

The
Label the parts of the sarcomere: 1) Identify whether contraction or
relaxation is happening in figure 1 and
Figure 1
figure 2

2) Which sections or bands of the sarcomere


shorten as the muscle contracts?

3) Which sections or bands do not shorten,


but move closer together as the muscle
contracts?
Figure 2

4) During skeletal muscle contraction, thin


filaments are pulled towards the center of

The role of Ca+2 in muscle _____ band, causing the sarcomere to


Upon stimulation: _______(shorten/lengthen).
1) is released inside the muscle
fiber. Label the parts of the thin filament:
2) attaches to
causing a conformational change in
and
3) The binding sites of on
are exposed
The role of ATP in muscle
ATP is hydrolyzed, causing the
1 ATP binds to the 2 myosin head to ,, after
which it can bind to ________

The release of causes the Myosin The myosin head won’t detach from
3 head to pull back, creating the. 4 actin until a new molecule of
, after which the___________is released. binds. Myosin head hydrolyze ATP,
causing it to cock and stores energy
for the new _____.
____ is released and
binds to Action potential travels down
___________receptors surface membrane and down
on _________________ the ___________________
__________________ of the Action potential triggers the
release of _____ from the
muscle cell
_________________________

A new ATP binds to


________, allowing it to
be ___________ from
the actin

4.1 Ca2+ binds to


______ &
allows
___________ to
expose binding
sites on ______
Release of ____ 4.2 ____ binds
allows myosin to the myosin
__________ is pumped back to pull the actin, head and is split
into the sarcoplasmic producing a into _________,
reticulum ___________. causing the
______is then Myosin head binds to ________, creating a
myosin head to
released. _________________
be cocked.

1. Which steps from the diagram above require ATP?

2. Explain the role of acetylcholinesterase. What happens if lacking acetylcholinesterase?

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