contraction in skeletal muscle is caused by specialized intracellular thin and thick filaments‚ actin and myosin‚ sliding past each other. Contraction and relaxation of skeletal muscle bring about body movements. These body movements are voluntary and facilitated by the somatic nervous system. Near contact between somatic motor neurons and the muscle fibers are referred to as neuromuscular junctions. It is at the neuromuscular junctions that neurons are able to transmit a signal to the muscle fibers causing
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The atria receive blood returning to the heart from the body and the ventricles pump blood from the heart to the body. Valves allow blood to flow in one direction between the chambers of the heart. The Heart Wall The heart is composed of cardiac muscle which enable the heart to contract and allow the synchronization of the heart beat. The heart wall is divided into three layers: the epicardium‚ myocardium‚ and endocardium. * Epicardium - outer protective layer of the heart. * Myocardium
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coarsely controlled muscles. Explain how motor units act to establish muscle tone. What are the functions of muscle tone? Motor Unit- One motor neuron and all the muscles it innervates. Each muscle will respond to one motor nerve which contains axons that can have up to 100’s of neurons that branch into terminals that form NMJ with ONE fiber. When a motor neuron sends an action potential‚ it will cause all of the connected muscle fibers to contract. The number of muscle fibers per motor unit
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comparison of them and their position in the market share showing how these learning environments have developed over time. Contents Executive Summary 2 Introduction 4 Moodle 7 Fronter 9 Conclusion 12 Bibliography 14 Introduction VLE’S (Virtual Learning Environments) also called Learning Management Systems‚ Course Management Systems‚ Integrated learning systems‚ etc. were originally based on distance learning and are online systems aimed to meet the teaching and learning needs of an educating
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Virtual Learning Environment Introduction VLE can be defined as a platform that is used for learning and interaction between students and teachers by a developed online computer-web technology. There are some factors that instigated the development of VLE and it dates back as far as the internet development itself. VLE – Past‚ Present and Future Due to the need of improvement in educational systems and research‚ online learning has developed just as the internet and the World Wide Web has developed
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There are many different muscles groups that are used during exercise. Some of the main muscle groups are hamstrings‚ quads‚ glutes‚ and pectoral muscles. There are different muscle within each muscle group. In the hamstring muscles‚ there are three main muscles: semitendinosus‚ semimembranosus‚ and biceps femoris. In the quad muscles there are four main muscles: rectus femoris‚ vastus lateralis‚ vastus intermedius‚ and vastus medialis. There are three main muscles in the glutes: gluteus maximus
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Cardiac This is an involuntary muscle‚ found solely in the walls of the heart‚ as well as in the walls of the blood vessels. This sort of muscle has similarities with the skeletal muscles‚ because it is striated. Furthermore‚ it has slight similarities to the smooth muscles‚ because its contractions are not under conscious control. On the other hand this type of muscle is highly specialised. It is under the control of the autonomic nervous system‚ however‚ even without nervous imput contractions
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We have 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.
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States of Muscle Dystrophy and relation to Dystrophin Muscle dystrophy branches into many different kinds of muscle disease including myositis‚ multiple sclerosis and fibromyalgia. What makes it so important is that muscle dystrophy can be found in patients as young as infants and as old as adults. Also‚ some types of muscle dystrophy can be progressively disabling. Muscle diseases are present in infants and children because many of the diseases are hereditary. For example‚ Duchenne muscular dystrophy
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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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