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    Muscle Tissue 1. How is muscle tissue categorized? Muscle tissue is categorized by its shape‚ the number of nuclei‚ and the mechanism of stimulation. 2. a. Click the Smooth Muscle Tissue. Identify each of the following: Nucleus----- Smooth Fiber Muscle------------------ b. Describe smooth muscle control (voluntary or involuntary). Involuntary c. Name some smooth muscle functions (click the “Tissue Locations” button). Smooth

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    Lab 6 Biomechanics of Frog Skeletal Muscle I. Purpose This exercise is designed to demonstrate some mechanical and physiological properties of skeletal muscle using the gastrocnemius muscle of a frog. II. Performance Objectives At the end of this exercise the student should be able to: 1. Define minimal (threshold)‚ subminimal‚ maximal‚ and supramaximal stimulus. 2. Explain what is meant by a “graded” response. 3. Draw a diagram of the setup used in this lab exercise. 4. Calculate the

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    Experimental Gerontology 45 (2010) 81–90 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Experimental Gerontology journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/expgero Review Aging and the force–velocity relationship of muscles Isaac Selva Raj a‚*‚ Stephen R. Bird a‚ Anthony J. Shield b a b Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology‚ Australia School of Human Movement Studies‚ Faculty of Health‚ Queensland University of Technology‚ Kelvin Grove Campus‚ Victoria Park Road‚ Kelvin Grove‚ Queensland

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    exercise. Although stretching doesn’t reduce bodily fat nor does it gain muscle; it does set a good foundation for you to perform the necessary activities that lead to good health. With proper flexibility‚ many functions that were previously not achievable can now be done. For instance‚ a tennis game can be fun for a little while. But as your muscle tense up‚ you risk probable sourness and cramping. With good flexibility‚ your muscles stay loose and relaxed and your attitude toward the tennis game and

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    Muscle contractions tend to be smooth and vary in strengths‚ depending on the demands placed on them. The variations of strength are called graded muscle responses. There are two ways a muscle contraction can be graded‚ either by changing the frequency of stimulation or by changing the strength of the stimulation. When a muscle is responding to a change in stimulus frequency‚ the nervous system will reach a greater muscular force when increasing the firing of motor neurons. This causes a wave or

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    Great job once again on answering the question about how muscle action relates to the movement. I think maybe I took it to the extreme‚ I went on about agonist‚ synergist‚ and antagonist muscles. I wasn ’t sure if I should add the levers too. It appears as though you explained every type of muscle movement and gave an example of each. I went into flexion at the elbow and discussed that the agonist is the main muscle mover‚ the antagonist does the opposite‚ and the synergist is the helper. However

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    Orthopedic - Muscular 1)The muscle that runs on a diagonal from the lower ribs to the iliac crest is the: A)rectus femoris muscle. B)external abdominal oblique muscle. C)latissimus dorsi muscle. D)rectus abdominis muscle. 2)The patient with cerebral palsy was described as having ataxia. This means that the patient: A)has slow skeletal muscle movements of his upper extremities. B)has slow‚ purposeless writhing of his hands. C)walks with an uncoordinated gait. D)has muscle jerking and spasms when

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    The muscle physiology of skeletal muscle was observed by using electrical‚ physical‚ and neural stimulations of an isolated gastrocnemius muscle from Rana pipiens. The gastrocnemius receives signals from the action potentials of the sciatic nerve. The muscle contraction is caused by the binding of a neurotransmitter once the action potential reaches the neuromuscular junction. Stimulation of the muscle and the sciatic nerve allows for recording and measuring of these properties. We observed twitch

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    your scantron. 1. A motor unit refers to a. a single muscle fiber plus all of the motor neurons that innervate it b. all of the motor neurons supplying a single muscle c. *a single motor neuron plus all the muscle fibers it innervates d. a pair of antagonistic muscles e. all of the muscles that affect the movement of any given joint 2. Which of the following is NOT associated with the thin filaments in skeletal muscle: a. tropomyosin b. *titin c. actin d. troponin

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    Comparing the Cardiac muscle and the Skeletal muscle Differences Similarities Skeletal muscle is usually linked to bones by structures called tendons. Cardiac muscle is found in the heart. They are both important parts to the body. Skeletal muscle cells are usually arranged into cylindrical fibres with multiple nuclei and can be directly controlled by voluntary nerve signals from the nervous system. Cardiac muscle cells are normally shorter and are linked via gap junctions which allow compounds

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