- Function of Tropomyosin ? In the resting state, the tropomyosin molecules cover the active sites of the actin strands, preventing attraction between the actin and myosin filaments .
- Function of T-tubular ? conduct the action potential from the surface of the muscle to the muscle fibrils inside.
- Factors affecting neuromuscular transmission: 1. Calcium: facilitates but Mg inhibits neuromuscular transmission. 2. Hypoxia: decrease neuromuscular transmission. 3. Hypoglycaemia: decrease neuromuscular transmission. 4. Drugs: Anti-choline estrases : facilitate neuromuscular transmission. Curare: bind with Ach receptors blocking them → inhibit transmission. Succinyl-choline: initial stimulation of neuromuscular transmission then blocking by producing sustained state of depolarization. Botulinum toxin: inhibit Ach release inhibit transmission.
- Properties of neuromuscular transmission ? 1) Unidirectional: from the nerve to the muscle not the reverse. 2) Delay: of about 0.5 msec. which is the time needed for the release of acetylcholine until the generation of action potential. 3) Easily fatigued: when depletion of the transmitter takes place. 4) Blocked by curare. 5) Mg prevents the release of the transmitter at the MEP→ decrease the neuromuscular transmission.
Complete : - Muscle contraction occurs by ...... sliding myosin over actin
- The structural unit of the muscle is the............ Muscle cell (fibrer)
- True or false , muscle contraction occurs by sliding myosin over actin False Actin over myosin
- Ca-calmodulin complex is a second messanger
- True or false Unidirectional is from muscle to nerve False➡️from nerve to muscle
- In neuromuscular transmission delay is happened by 0.5msec
- The Easily fatigue is the neuromuscular junction