Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Severe face and arm muscle spasms (Muscular system (Movement of body…
Severe face and arm muscle spasms
Getting a new tattoo recently
Muscular system
Movement of body
Maintains posture
Circulation of blood
Nervous system
Transmits signals between different parts of the body
Integumentary system
Protection of the body from the outside world
Respiratory system
Allows us to breathe
Chain of events
Muscle is stimulated by somatic motor neurons
Axon travels from nervous system to skeletal muscle
Axon divides into branches
Axon branches end on muscle fiber- forms neuromuscular junction
Synaptic bulb (house synaptic vesicles)
Synaptic vesicles are filled with acetylcholine(ACh)
Voltage gated Calcium channels are embedded in the plasma membrane of synaptic bulb
Calcium comes into the s. bulb- flows down the concentration gradient
1 more item...
Neurotransmitters:
Acetylcholine
Exocytosis
Vesicles transported to cell membrane
Vesicle membrane attaches to cell membrane
Fusion of membrane to membrane release the contents outside the cell
Clostridium tetani
Anaerobic bacteria
Produces tetanolysin- local tissue destruction
Produces tetanospasmin- causes clinical tetanus
Cause servere muscular spams
tetanus toxin blocks the release of neurotransmitters
Can cause death by respiratory muscle failure
Twitch, summation, and tetany
Twitch:
Isolated muscle contraction
Summation:
Increase contractile strength; no relaxation
Tetany:
Stays contracted: no relaxation
Muscular:
Muscle spasms
Stiff muscles
Respiratory:
Lack of breathing
Shortness of breath
Whole body:
Fever
HTN
Nervous sys dysfunction
sweating
Rapid heart rate