Lab #3: Isotonic contraction and the effect of load on skeletal muscles Abstract The job of the motor nervous system is to control certain elements in muscles simultaneously to ultimately produce movement. Movement of the body is the result of specialized cells directly associated with skeletal muscle. Skeletal muscles are voluntary muscle and must contract before movement can occur. We know the muscle team moving the arm is formed at the biceps and triceps. Biceps can bend the elbow‚ but
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Lab 6: Amphibian Muscle Contraction Results: For this experiment‚ Isometric contractions of the gastrocnemius muscle of a frog were analyzed and from this data the latent period‚ twitch‚ motor unit summation‚ tetanus‚ fatigue & mechanical summation were measured. The data was used to quantify the effect of passive tension on the twitch force‚ effect of stimulus intensity on the twitch force‚ effect of stimulus frequency on contractile force of xenopus gastrocnemius muscle. The threshold voltage
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Purpose: The purpose of this lab is to test what substances are necessary for muscle contraction. Hypothesis: Based off the frog muscle immersed separately in Solution A of ATP and distilled water solution‚ Solution B of ATP with KCl in distilled water and MgCl2 in distilled water and solution C of KCl and MgCl2 in distilled water‚ I hypothesize that solution B of ATP with KCl in distilled water and MgCl2 in distilled water will cause the muscle to contract. Introduction: This lab consisted of discovering
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Summary In this lab‚ students took basic vitals and body scored dairy cows at the University of Maine’s‚ Witter Farm. These basic vitals included respiratory rate and ruminal contractions in addition to observing body condition. Upon arrival to the farm‚ students were led to a classroom where a presentation was given by the professor which covered basic cattle handling skills and safety techniques as demonstrated in videos from the University of Wisconsin. After the presentation‚ students were
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There are three phases for muscle cell contraction: initiation of action potential in the sarcolemma‚ excitation-contraction coupling‚ and contraction‚ sliding of the myofilaments. ATP and calcium ions are two essential elements for muscle contraction. When ATP attaches to the myosin head‚ it gets hydrolyzed to ADP and Pi. Calcium ions bind to the troponin molecules and help expose the binding sites of actin filaments to allow for the attachment of the myosin heads. After the sliding of the myofilaments
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LABORATORY REPORT Activity 3: Recruitment and Contractions Name: Instructor: Ruth Peterson Date: 07/17/2014 PREDICTIONS 1. When the arm goes from resting to flexing‚ the amplitude and frequency of sEMG spikes will: increase 2. During flexion‚ the amplitude and frequency of sEMG spikes will _be greater_____ during extension. 3. Recruitment of motor units will be greatest when the load is: 5 pounds MATERIALS AND METHODS Comparison of motor unit activation during muscle
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MGMT 524 Activity 9.2 Capstone Case Study Henry Clements Car Rental Agency Henry Clements is a friend of yours who has a car rental agency in a major metropolitan area. Although his is an independent company‚ Henry works closely with three other independent companies in the metro area. They share information and each week they forecast the number of cars each will need the following week. Then‚ if needed‚ they will transfer cars between locations on Sunday when none of the agencies are open
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sarcolemma‚ and the subsequent production of a muscle contraction. Muscle contractions are a direct byproduct of motor unit recruitment‚ and for this lab we can examine these effects with aid of a finger pulse transducer and a bar stimulus electrode. The finger pulse transducer generates a force peak amplitude that displays the extent to which a muscular twitch responds to a nerve stimulus‚ and nerve frequency. Therefore‚ the purpose of this lab was to observe how the motor unit recruitment in contractile
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Purpose: The purpose of this lab is to determine the substance that are required in order for muscle to contract. We are experiencing this contraction by having three different solutions which contains their own disparate chemicals inside. Hypothesis: Solution A: 0.25% ATP solutions in distilled water; Base on muscle contraction mechanism which we know the force that generating cycle required is indeed of a lot of energy in the form of ATP‚ but there are additional solutions; KCl‚ MgCl2 which
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In this lab‚ we are measuring the EMG amp (mV)‚ or electrical activity‚ from action potentials produced from muscle contractions in order to gain an indication of the number of active motor units used in the contraction. This is done by adding more load to the muscle or force. There is examining of the EMG amp produced from a twitch at varying levels of muscle force and EMG amp from muscles when more load is placed on them. During the experiment‚ we set up the equipment‚ electrodes and software
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