Muscle Physiology part 1

  • The brain controls motor units, and motor units innervate muscle fibers
  • The number of motor units varies from muscle to muscle and a single motor unit can inebriate anywhere from 2-3 fibers up to several thousand muscle fibers.
  • Actin and myosin are the “base” contractile components that make up a sarcomere
  • A series of sarcomere create myofibril, which is bundled by tissue called sarcolemma, which form a single muscle fiber. Muscle fibers are bundled by tissue called fascicles, that bundled together form skeletal muscle.
  • Actin and Myosin produce force through continual crossbridging, pulling, and releasing.
  • Concentrics are more energy taxing. (More metabolic byproduct)
    Eccentrics cause more muscle damage, require less metabolic expenditure, and involve more passive tissue.