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    Muscle Cells Lab Report

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    HOW TO GAIN MUSCLES. Introduction. The assignment topic touches on a very important part of the human body a muscle. This is a soft tissue found on most animals and is made of cells that contain protein filaments of actin and myosin that slide past one another‚ producing a contraction that changes both the length and the shape of the cell. It function to produce force there location on the body or according to the functions and roles they play. They are the cardiac muscles (muscles covering the

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    which perform a common function. All the cells in a given tissue are not necessarily identical or similar e.g. blood is a type of connective tissue but it has many different types of cells. However‚ tissue also contains two other components i.e. ground substance (or matrix) and fibres. Despite the complexity of the human body and the diversity of organs it contains; there are only four tissues called basic or principal tissues - these are epithelium‚ connective tissue‚ muscle and nerve tissue.

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    The musculo skeletal system is an organ system that gives humans the ability to move‚ it provides stability‚ protection‚ movement and support to the body . It is also made up of bones‚ tendons‚ ligaments‚ cartilage‚ joints and other connective tissue that binds tissues and organs together. The musculo skeletals job is to The skeletal system acts like a framework to support vital organs by keeping them place when doing vigourous sports‚ for example the vertebrae acts like a pillar and holds the

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    INTRODUCTION An electronic muscle stimulator is a circuit designed to stimulate nerves of that part of the body by attaching electrodes. It is used to revive frozen muscle that impair movement‚ it aid in building up muscles and it also helps in removing cellulites in the body EMS causes adaption‚ i.e. training of muscles fibers and can be used as a therapeutic tool. In medicine it is used for rehabilitation purposes‚ for instance in Physical therapy in the prevention of disuse muscle atrophy which can

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    hypothalamus. The functions are contraction of uterine smooth muscle during labor. Contraction of myoepithelial cells around breast ducts and alveoli to stimulate milk flow and it is queried as to whether oxytocin release actually causes the onset of labor. Oxytocin primarily affects uterine smooth muscle - increasing both the frequency and duration of action potentials during uterine contractions. Oestrogen enhances the effects of oxytocin by lowering the membrane potential of smooth muscle cells. As

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    Bicep Femoris Muscle

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    Biceps Femoris Muscle The Biceps Femoris is a muscle of the posterior (the back) thigh. As its name implies‚ it has two parts‚ one of which (the long head) forms part of the hamstrings muscle group. Origin and insertion It has two heads of origin; one‚ the long head‚ arises from the lower and inner impression on the back part of the tuberosity of the ischium‚ by a tendon common to it and the semitendinosus‚ and from the lower part of the sacrotuberous ligament the other‚ the short head‚

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    Muscle Physiology Lab Report

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    efficiency * Muscle fiber type * Higher efficiency in muscles with greater

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    There is a relationship between the organization of cells into tissues and the  organization of tissues into organs. The structures and functions of organs determine their  relationships within body systems of an organism. Homeostasis allows the body to perform its normal  functions.    Explain how the muscular/skeletal system (skeletal‚ smooth and cardiac muscles‚ bones‚  cartilage‚ ligaments‚ tendons) works with other systems to support the body and allow for  movement. Recognize that bones produce blood cells

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    Muscles and Their Motions

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    Serratus Anterior 1. ABDUCTION of Shoulder Girdle Joint 2. UPWARD ROTATION of Shoulder Girdle Joint Pectoralis Minor 1. ABDUCTION of Shoulder Girdle Joint Pectoralis Major 1. FLEXION of Shoulder Joint 2. HORIZONTAL FLEXION of Shoulder Joint 3. MEDIAL (INTERNAL) ROTATION of Shoulder Joint Rhomboid Minor 1. ADDUCTION of Shoulder Girdle Joint 2. DOWNWARD ROTATION of Shoulder Girdle Joint Rhomboid Major 1. ADDUCTION of Shoulder Girdle Joint 2. DOWNWARD ROTATION of Shoulder Girdle

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    right-side up and tells us what we are seeing. Our brain then computes to pick up the box. When a message comes into the brain from anywhere in the body‚ the brain tells the body how to react. the brain as a central computer that controls all bodily functions‚ then the nervous system is like a network that relays messages back and forth from the brain to different parts of the body. It does this through the spinal cord‚ which runs from the brain down through the back and contains nerves that branch out

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