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    Muscle Contractions

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    Muscle Contractions By: Evan Contractions‚ put simply‚ are the basic action of any muscle. A contraction is a change in a muscle by which it becomes thickened and shortened after the brain sends signals to nerve cells telling them do contract a specific muscle or muscles. Surprisingly‚ a contraction is a complex human action and reaction‚ yet it is such a breeze to understand the basic meaning of the word. Throughout this essay I will give you extensive details about the process of muscle contractions

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    Exercise 8 Simple Muscle Contraction • 3 Phases AB - lag phase or latent phase - (shortest) 0.00sec‚ usually less than 0.01sec - brief period that exists between the application of the stimulus and the start of contraction BC - contraction‚ 0.05sec - peak - shortening of the muscle occur CD - relaxation period‚ 0.05 sec - Occurs when Ca+ is transported back in the sarcoplasmic reticulum Single muscle contraction= 100vib/sec (tuning fork)= 0.10 sec 10vib (result) Neuromuscular junction - formed when

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    Muscle contractions happen when muscle fibers are stimulated‚ which can cause one of many types of contractions. Isometric contractions‚ which means that tension happens in the muscle but there is no change in muscle length‚ therefore there is no movement of the muscle itself. An example of Isometric contractions would be strength training‚ such as holding a weight still‚ which happens in the biceps brachii. The biceps brachii the gets more tension‚ but the muscle length stays the same. As for isotonic

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    relaxing skeletal muscles. Explain the process of muscle contraction and how a neuromuscular blocking agent‚ such as metubine‚ would interfere with muscle contraction. Aaron arrived at the hospital with the following symptoms: drooping eyelids; fatigue and weakness of his muscles; and difficulty talking‚ breathing and swallowing. What is his diagnosis? Explain. Answer: There are three different types of muscles in the body which are skeletal‚ cardiac and smooth. Skeletal muscle is voluntarily controlled

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    Muscle Contraction Lab

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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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    more than 600 muscles in our bodies. They pump blood throughout your body‚ and help you lift heavy things like backpacks‚ and textbooks. You could control some of your muscles‚ while others like your heart‚ have their own jobs without us thinking at all. Muscles are all made up of same material. A type of tissue like the material in a rubber band. Thousands or tens of thousands of small fibers make up all or each muscle in our body. There are different muscles‚ fibers‚ and contractions. Three

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    The two main processes involved in muscle contraction are cross-bridge cycling and the length-tension relationship‚ which normally function to maximize contraction in the muscle. Beginning with the activation of a motor unit‚ the ions flow from the motor unit towards the muscle fibers that it innervates by the motor neuron in the same way as a normal muscle would. However since the tissue is damaged‚ the force that is generated by these muscle fibers will not be as great‚ leaving the fibers less

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    Muscle Contractions

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    We have three types of muscles in our bodies‚ skeletal‚ smooth and cardiac. Each type of muscle performs different functions in our bodies. Some of the characteristics of our muscles are that they respond to stimuli‚ they are able to shorten in length‚ they stretch when they are pulled and they tend to return to their original shape after contracting or extending them. Muscle contractions occur when our nervous system sends a signal via the neuromuscular junctions the signal arrives at the end bulb

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    Muscle Contraction

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    Q1 Muscle contraction can be understood as the consequence of a process of transmission of action potentials from one neuron to another. A chemical called acetylcholine is the neurotransmitter released from the presynaptic neuron. As the postsynaptic cells on the muscle cell membrane receive the acetylcholine‚ the channels for the cations sodium and potassium are opened. These cations produce a net depolarization of the cell membrane and this electrical signal travels along the muscle fibers. Through

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    Prior to injecting the neurotoxin‚ Tubocurare‚ inside the gastrocnemius muscle‚ a control was established. The baseline was maintained approximately at 20 grams. The control used the maximum voltage of 0.75 volts for the stimulus input. As a result‚ the tension produced 68.13 grams of force. The moment Tubocurare was infused into the gastrocnemius muscle‚ the muscle tension dropped to 47.7 grams of force. Data was recorded for 10 minutes‚ and as predicted prior to the experiment‚ the tension trend

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