2. Contents… Introduction Functions of muscle tissue Properties of muscle tissue Types of muscles Agonist and antagonist Anatomy of skeletal muscle Neuromuscular junction Sliding Filament Mechanism of Muscle Contraction Tone of the Muscle Stretch Reflex Golgi Tendon Questions Bibliography
3. Latin- Musculus (Mouse) Muscle is a contractile tissue It contains contractile filaments that move past each other and change the size of the cell Introduction…
4. Movement Stability Thermogenesis Body movement Respiration Constriction of organs and vessels Heart beat Functions of Muscle Tissue
5. Excitability capable of response to chemical signals, stretch or other signals & responding with electrical changes across the plasma membrane Conductivity local electrical change triggers a wave of excitation that travels along the muscle fiber Contractility -- shortens when stimulated Extensibility -- capable of being stretched Elasticity -- returns to its original resting length after being stretched Properties of Muscle tissue
33. Intrafusal muscle fibersare skeletal muscle fibres that comprise the muscle spindle and are innervated by gamma motor neurons. These fibers are proprioceptors that detect the amount and rate of change of length in a muscle. These fibers are walled off from the rest of the muscle by a collagen sheath. This sheath has a spindle or "fusiform" shape, hence the name "intrafusal." Intrafusal Muscle Fibre
34. Extrafusal muscle fiber is a term given to standard muscle fibers as to distinguish them from intrafusal muscle fibers. Extrafusal muscle fibers are innervated by alpha motor neuron and generate tension by contracting, thereby allowing for skeletal movement. Extrafusal Muscle Fibers
35. motor neuron supply intrafusal fibers When a muscle is stretched stretch receptors in the intrafusal fibres are stimulated Impulse is transmitted to the spinal cord motor neuron is stimulated muscle is contracted Stretch Reflex
37. Sensory receptor that inhibits tension development in a muscle and initiates tension development in the antagonist muscles KEY: sense tension stimulated by the presence of active tension in a muscle Golgi Tendon Organ
38. Inhibits muscle tension in the muscle generating too much force and initiates development of muscle tension in the antagonist muscle (excites) Golgi Tendon Organ- Action