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Post-lab for lab #4
Rabbit psoas muscle experiment
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Can a muscle contract without expenditure of ATP?
No, muscles can’t contract without ATP, muscle contraction needs at least some level of
ATP. The ATP is critical as it is the energy for a contraction to happen. If the muscle does
not have enough ATP, depending on if it's in the middle of a contraction, it can become
stuck in its contracted state. Or it can just be stuck in its relaxed state if it had not
contracted yet.
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Did any of your clumps of fibers contract and remain in a contracted state for about
an hour? If so, what may account for that in terms of the availability of ATP?
Looking at our data, no, our muscle fibers did not remain contracted as its length
increased compared to the measurements after the 45 seconds. The increase in length
meant that the muscles relaxed as opposed to it contracting. If it stayed contracted that
would mean that there wasn’t any ATP as contracted muscles without ATP would remain
in their contracted state and the length after 1 hr would have been the same as the 45 sec
measurement. Since it relaxed that meant that there was enough ATP to cause the muscle
to relax out of its contracted state. However after the 1 hr and when we added the
dropper, it gave the muscle fibers enough ATP to contract once again.
At start
After 45 seconds
ATP Only __________21__mm____
ATP Only _____20mm___________
Minerals Only _______21__mm____
Minerals Only __21 mm_________
ATP + Minerals ______22___mm___
Minerals + ATP. 22 mm________\
One hour later
Any change from the first 45”
length?
ATP Only _________21__mm____
ATP Only _______got longer________
Minerals Only _______23___mm___
Minerals Only ______got longer______
ATP + Minerals _____23___mm____
Minerals + ATP ______stayed the same______
After dropper 45 seconds
ATP Only ______20___mm_______
Minerals Only ____21__mm_______
ATP + Minerals _____22 mm_______
Muscle tone and isotonic (different) /isometric (stays the same) contractions
(MY DATA)
1. Both arms extended directly in front of the body (parallel to the floor).29 cm
2. Both arms flexed with palms facing upward (forearms parallel to the floor). 30 1/2 cm
3. Right arm extended and grasping a heavy textbook (parallel to the floor). 29 1/4 cm
4. Left arm extended and grasping a heavy textbook (parallel to the floor). 29 cm
5. Right arm flexed and grasping a heavy textbook (forearms parallel to the floor). 31 1/2 cm
6. Left arm flexed and grasping a heavy textbook (forearms parallel to the floor). 32 cm
7. Attempting to lift the black top of your table. 30 3/4 cm
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Indicate which activities were isotonic and which were isometric.
The activities that were isometric were lifting the heavy textbook and having your arm
extended. It exceeds muscle peak so that is why the muscle is not seen to be shortening.
The muscle diameter still stayed fairly the same as when I was not holding the heavy
textbook. The isotonic actions were having your arms flexed while grasping the heavy
textbook because it overcame the resistance allowing for the muscle to shorten.
Comparing the diameters when holding the textbook flexed versus not holding the
textbook flexed it seemed that carrying a load changed the diameter of my bicep. Also
when I was lifting the black top it also increased the diameter of my bicep as well.
EMG and muscle fatigue-
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Name two sources of electrical activity measured via EMG.
Neuron stimulation and muscle contraction
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Which entry or entries in your charts for fist clenches measure(s) only tone?
The background activity where we are not clenching and weakest clench in the rested
column were the entries that measured tone because they had the lowest level of
contractile activity in a rested muscle.
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Explain what caused the increase in mV as fist clench intensified
.
The increase in mV as fist clenching intensified was caused by an increase of calcium
ions entering through the voltage gated calcium channels. The increase of calcium
increased the levels of glutamate release. Glutamate causes EPSP which opens sodium
channels causing the depolarization of Vm. Glutamate is also increased by physical
exercise, which was happening as the fist clenching intensified (flexing of the fingers).
As the strength increases depolarization is occurring causing the increase in mV (the Vm
closer to zero).
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