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    Bones & Muscles

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    Bones in our body are living tissue. They have their own blood vessels and are made of living cells‚ which help them to grow and to repair themselves. Every single person has a skeleton made up of many bones. These bones give your body structure‚ let you move in many ways‚ protect your internal organs‚ and more. As well‚ proteins‚ minerals and vitamins make up the bone. Bones have several parts‚ but are manily made out of calcium deposits. It takes around 20 years for our bones to completely

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    Muscle Fatigue

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    factors affect muscle fatigue? Introduction: In this experiment muscles will be tested with weight‚ to see if weight is truly a factor in muscle fatigue. Muscle fatigue is the muscle’s ability to contract exert its normal strength due to physical stress upon it. The structure of a muscle include a thin layer called epimysium which surrounds the entire muscle‚ deeper to the epimysium is the perimysium. This layer contains fascicles which are bundles of muscle cells. In between the muscle cells are endomysium

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    Cellular Respiration

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    Cellular Respiration OVERALL EQUATION: C6H12O6(aq) + 6O2(g) -> 6CO2(g) + 6H2O(l) 3 OVERALL GOALS: 1. Break bonds between the 6-carbon molecules of glucose – results in 6 CO2 molecules 2. Move hydrogen atom electrons from glucose to O2‚ forms 6 H2O molecules 3. Trap as much free energy released as possible in the form of ATP Stage 1: Glycolysis Cytoplasm‚ 10 reactions‚ anaerobic Stage 2: Pyruvate Oxidation Mitochondrial matrix‚ 1 step process Stage 3: The Krebs Cycle Mitochondrial

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    Muscle Development

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    Factors Controlling Healthy Development Of Muscle And Bone. The food you eat affects every system and function in your body. A well-balanced diet ensures that your body has the raw materials to produce and maintain healthy‚ strong muscles and bones. On the other hand‚ poor dietary habits can produce deficiencies in vital nutrients‚ leading to poor bone and muscle development in children or the damaging of the body’s ability to maintain strong muscles and bones in adults. Protein It is a major

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    References | PAGE | 1.0 Introduction Respiration usually occurs in two ways‚ aerobically and anaerobically. Aerobic respiration uses oxygen to function and anaerobic respiration functions without oxygen. Generally‚ anaerobic respiration starts by breaking down the molecules of glucose and produces pyruvic acid. The pyruvic acid then undergoes fermentation to produce ATP‚ the basic energy source in our human body. Although this kind of respiration is less efficient in producing energy‚ because

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    Muscle Hypertrophy

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    Strength training typically produces a combination of the two different types of hypertrophy: contraction against 80 to 90% of the one repetition maximum for 2–6 repetitions (reps) causes myofibrillated hypertrophy to dominate (as in powerlifters‚ olympic lifters and strength athletes)‚ while several repetitions (generally 8 – 12 for bodybuilding or 12 or more for muscular endurance) against a sub-maximal load facilitates mainly sarcoplasmic hypertrophy (professional bodybuilders and endurance athletes)

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    muscle twitch

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    stimulus of 0mA 2. What was the smallest current required to produce a contraction (the threshold current)? According to Table 1.1‚ the smallest current required to produce a contraction was 6.5mA 3. What was the smallest current required to produce the maximum (largest) contraction? 4. What happened to the number of fibers contracting as the current was raised from threshold to that required to produce a maximal contraction? 5. Why does varying the stimulus strength affect the twitch force

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    Science - Muscle Fatigue

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    HOW MUSCLES GET THE ENERGY THEY NEED TO WORK 1) Muscle needs energy to contract and as stated previously the ‘universal energy currency’ of living systems is ATP (adenosine triphosphate). This is largely produced within mitochondria‚ organelles which are often referred to as the ‘powerhouse’ of the cell. The ATP that results is used to provide the power for the muscle fibres to contract. Contraction itself (i.e. actual shortening movement) occurs when a bond is broken between ATP and one of its

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    CHAPTER 4 AIRCRAFT BASIC CONSTRUCTION INTRODUCTION Naval aircraft are built to meet certain specified requirements. These requirements must be selected so they can be built into one aircraft. It is not possible for one aircraft to possess all characteristics; just as it isn’t possible for an aircraft to have the comfort of a passenger transport and the maneuverability of a fighter. The type and class of the aircraft determine how strong it must be built. A Navy fighter must be fast‚ maneuverable

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    Intrapartum period Labor and delivery: Definition: labor is the process by which the products of conception are expelled from the body. Delivery refers to the actual birth. Adaptive Processes Defi nition: during latter months of pregnancy‚ the fetus adapts to the maternal uterus enabling it to occupy the smallest space possible. The term Attitude refers to the posture the fetus assumes in utero; fetal lie is the relationship of the long axis of the body to the long axis of the mother. Presentation:

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