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INTRODUCTION
• Muscle cells, like neurons, can be excited
chemically, electrically, and mechanically to
produce an action potential that is transmitted
along their cell membrane.
• They have a contractile mechanism that is
activated by the action potential.
• The contractile proteins actin and myosin are
abundant in muscle, where they bring about
contraction.
• The actin-binding protein myosin and actin make
up one of the molecular motors that converts the
energy of ATP hydrolysis into movement of one
cellular component along another.
TYPES OF MUSCLE
• Muscle is generally divided into three types, skeletal,
cardiac, and smooth.
Self Study
In questions 1-5, select the single best answer.
(B) spreads inward to all parts of the muscle via the T tubules
(C) causes the immediate uptake of Ca2+ into the lateral sacs of the sarcoplasmic reticulum
(D) acting as a "relaxing protein" at rest by covering up the sites where myosin binds to actin
(A) actin
(B) myosin
(C) troponin
(D) tropomyosin
(E) myelin
(C) produces more tension when the muscle contracts isometrically than when the muscle contracts
isotonically
(D) produces more work when the muscle contracts isometrically than when the muscle contracts
isotonically