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Musculoskeletal (Orthopedics) | Medicine (MD/DO) School Study Aid

Muscle Types

Skeletal Muscle

Somatic Nervous System

Striated

Multinucleate

Cardiac Muscle

Autonomic Nervous System

Myogenic

Gap Junctions

Uninucleate

Smooth Muscle

2 mins

Skeletal Muscle Contraction Initiation

Somatic Motor Neuron Releases Acetylcholine

Acetylcholine Causes Sodium Influx

Cell Reaches All-or-Nothing Threshold

Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels Undergo Conformational Change

Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Causes Calcium Flood

Calcium Flood Enters Myofibrils

1 min

Skeletal Muscle Contraction Action

Calcium Binds Troponin

Active Site Exposed

Many Mitochondria Produce ATP

Myosin Head Binds

Power Stroke

Myosin Head Releases Active Site

ATP Consumed

1 min

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