Sarcolemma, sarcoplasm and sarcoplasmic reticulum refer to a particular type of cell in our body. Which is this cell and to what parts of that cell do these names refer to?
Answer
The terms are referred to muscle fibre Sarcolemma– Plasma membrane Sarcoplasm– Cytoplasm Sarcoplasmic reticulum– Endoplasmic reticulum.
Skull is also known as brain box. The main role of skull is to give protection to brain. Apart from this the human skull is positioned in a way which makes it easy for humans to stand erect. This type of position is called Frankfurt plane.
Since these muscles have large amount of oxygen stored in myoglobin and a number of mitochondria that can use the oxygen to produce ATP, these muscles are called aerobic muscles.
Certain muscles have low concentration of myoglobin which gives them a white appearance. They depend on anaerobic process for energy and are called as anaerobic muscles.
Certain muscles have high concentration of myoglobin which gives it a red appearance. They also contain plenty of mitochondria which utilize large amounts of oxygen to produce ATP. Because of this they are also called aerobic muscles.
The continuous contraction and relexation in muscles cause movement in organs. If it continues for longer time then anaerobic conditions are created in muscle cells and an aerobic respiration begins due to which lactic acid is formed. Thus, accumulation of lactic acid causes muscle fatigue. After taking some rest in some course of time liver degrades the lactic acid and person is relieved from pain.
Why is muscle fibre a syncitium? How are myofilaments arranged in it?
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Muscle fibre is a syncitium as the sarcoplasm contains many nuclei. Myofilaments are parallelly arranged and are present in large number in muscle fibre.