Skeletal Muscle Cell

Skeletal Muscle Cell There are millions of different types of cells in the world. They are located everywhere. Some are more known than others. The skeletal muscle cell was studied by many scientist but two important scientist are Alexander Mauro and Bernard Katz. They discovered a lot about thee skeletal muscle cell. The skeletal muscle cell is located everywhere in the body. Skeletal muscle cells are attached to bones by tendons as well in some areas the skin. Skeletal muscle cells are in the category of muscle cells, and it is also part of the muscular system. The muscular system is in charge of movement and mobility. Also it moves food from one organ to another. Skeletal muscle cells come in many different sizes. Usually they are 1-40 microns long and 10-100 microns in diameter. In other words if a person were to think of a strand of hair. A strand of hair is about 100 microns in diameter. Now if they compared that to a skeletal muscle cell, it's much smaller than a strand of hair. A skeletal muscle cell is a single, very long cylinder that had many cells. It also has a lot of mitochondria. There are many distinguishing characteristics of a skeletal muscle cell. A skeletal muscle cell has red fibers, white fibers, fast twitch, slow twitch, type I, type IIa, type IIx/IIb, also it has striations. Red fibers have more mitochondria and a greater density. White fibers have a white appearance they are classified depending on their twitch,fast or slow, and traits that overlap the classification based on color. Fast twitch fibers have the capability to send electric transmissions through muscles which release calcium ions when they contract and absorb these ions when they relax. They also are better at making short burst of speed of strength than slow twitch fibers. Slow twitch fibers have a slower speed of contraction with a less well developed glycolytic capacity. They also have large and numerous mitochondria and with the high levels of