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Muscle Physiology By S3 B.N.Y.S(2nd Year) S-VYASA University
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
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…
Movement Stability Thermogenesis Body movement Respiration Constriction of organs and vessels Heart beat Functions of Muscle Tissue
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
Types of muscles
Agonist Antagonist Classification of skeletal muscle
	Moves a body segment in the intended direction  causes a movement Agonist
	Muscle opposing  the agonists, acts in the opposite direction Antagonist
Anatomy of skeletal muscle
Actin
Myosin
Neuromuscular Junction
Sliding Filament Mechanism of Muscle Contraction
mu
Tone of the Muscle
Natural firmness of muscles when they are not flexed Tightness of a muscle Some fibers are always contracted Hypertonia Atonia Tone of the Muscle
Isotonic contraction Isometric contraction Contractions based on tone
Stretch Reflex
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
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
 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
Golgi Tendon
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
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
Questions
Textbook of Medical Physiology                                                         -Guyton & Hall www.youtube.com Bibliography
Muscle physiology

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Muscle physiology

  • 1. Muscle Physiology By S3 B.N.Y.S(2nd Year) S-VYASA University
  • 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
  • 8. Moves a body segment in the intended direction causes a movement Agonist
  • 9. Muscle opposing the agonists, acts in the opposite direction Antagonist
  • 10.
  • 12.
  • 13.
  • 14. Actin
  • 17.
  • 18. Sliding Filament Mechanism of Muscle Contraction
  • 19.
  • 20.
  • 21.
  • 22.
  • 23.
  • 24.
  • 25.
  • 26.
  • 27.
  • 28. mu
  • 29. Tone of the Muscle
  • 30. Natural firmness of muscles when they are not flexed Tightness of a muscle Some fibers are always contracted Hypertonia Atonia Tone of the Muscle
  • 31. Isotonic contraction Isometric contraction Contractions based on tone
  • 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
  • 40. Textbook of Medical Physiology -Guyton & Hall www.youtube.com Bibliography