properties of cardiac muscle on a cane toad’s (Bufo marinus) heart and the adaptive ability of the heart to produce a response when subject to different conditions of temperature‚ stretch on contractile force‚ substances of acetylcholine‚ adrenaline and atropine‚ and increased frequency of stimulus. Regarding Figure 1‚ the regular heartbeat and contraction force of the toad was identified to demonstrate the difference between atrial contractions and ventricular contractions in a normal environment
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Abstract The purpose of this experiment was to use the muscle tension and the electrical activity in the dominant and non-dominant forearm muscle‚ the flexor digitorum superficialis‚ to analyze the determinants of muscle tension and fatigue‚ and the reasons as to why differences may occur between the dominant and non-dominant arm. The generation of tension in a muscle is determined by the major type of motor unit being recruited‚ as well as the rate in which action potentials are being fired. A subject
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stimulus amplitude will increase the contraction force. Due to two conditions being satisfied: (1) the strength of the contraction force is changed through varying the number of muscle cells utilized for the contraction and/or varying the frequency of the stimulus‚ and (2) there is a distribution of the stimulus amplitude necessary to cause an action potential in the muscle cells‚ increasing the stimulus amplitude makes it likely that a potentially larger number of muscle cells will reach the threshold
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Virtual lab 9 Activity 2: Determining the Latent Period 1. How long is the latent period? 2.78 msec. 2. What occurs in the muscle during this apparent lack of activity? Ca++ is being released from the sacroplasmic reticulum and filament movement is taking up slack. Activity 3: Investigating Graded Muscle Response to Increased Stimulus Intensity 1. Use your graph to answer and note that the dot in the graph turns red when you select that line in the table. What is the minimal‚ or threshold
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Muscle tissue Muscle tissue has a ability to relax and contrast and so bring about movement and mechanical work in various parts of the body. There are other movements in the body too which are necessary for the survival of the organism such as the heart beat and the movements of the alimentary canal. Muscles can be divided into three main groups according to their structure * Smooth muscle tissue. * Skeletal muscle tissue. * Cardiac (heart) muscle tissue.
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February‚ 2013 iWorx Lab Report 01 - Agonist/Antagonist Muscles In this first iWorx lab‚ students studied and observed agonist and antagonist muscles. Agonist‚ which are also known as prime movers‚ are the main muscles that are responsible for bringing two bones closer. The antagonist‚ is the muscle that relaxes as the agonist contracts. The lab was a physical example to show students which muscle was which. It also allowed students to see how the muscle activity was recorded by an electromyogram (EMG)
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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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Your muscles are always moving. It is impossible to sit still. Your heart is always pumping‚ and your muscles make you breath and hold you upright. If your muscles all relaxed at the same time‚ you would collapse. You would not be able to survive without your muscular system. There are three types of muscle in your body: smooth muscle‚ cardiac muscle‚ and skeletal muscle. Smooth muscle is located in the digestive tract and in the walls of blood vessels. It moves food through the digestive system
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chapter Learning Objectives • Learn how our bodies change the food we eat into ATP to provide our muscles with the energy they need to move • Examine the three metabolic systems that generate ATP 2 Fuel for Exercise : Bioenergetics and Muscle Metabolism Terminology • Substrates – Fuel sources from which we make energy (adenosine triphosphate [ATP]) – Carbohydrate‚ fat‚ protein Measuring Energy Release • Can be calculated from heat produced • 1 calorie (cal) = heat energy required
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Laboratory – Muscle Physiology A. MUSCLE TONUS Observations‚ Report and Conclusion: A. Define muscle tonus and give its importance * Muscle tonus refers to a state of slight muscular contraction maintained by synchronous impulses of low frequency‚ discharged by the spinal motor neurons. * Reflex in nature. * Muscle tonus is a small amount of tension in the muscle due to weak‚ involuntary contractions of its motor units. Muscle tonus is important in a sense that it governs the
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