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    Chapter 6 Skeletal System

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    Chapter 6 The Skeletal System: Bones and Joints PART I * A born baby has about 276 bones while an adult has 206 bones‚ this is because as you grow some bones join together in a single bone. * Bones are 20% of your weight. * The Skeletal System consist of: * Bones * Cartilages * Tendons * Ligaments * Joints * Functions of the skeletal system -bones perform various anatomic (mechanical) & physiologic function. They: 1. Stabilize‚ provide shape & support the

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    Gross Anatomy of the Muscular System Laszlo Vass‚ Ed.D Version 42-0012-01-01 Lab RepoRt assistant This document is not meant to be a substitute for a formal laboratory report. The Lab Report Assistant is simply a summary of the experiment’s questions‚ diagrams if needed‚ and data tables that should be addressed in a formal lab report. The intent is to facilitate students’ writing of lab reports by providing this information in an editable file which can be

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    Student Name: Kiana Jimenez Flexibility Goal: I aspire to touch my toes no later than 8/28/13. I believe that completing this goal will help me to improve when I need to reach something with ease. (Worth 10 points) Muscular Goal: I aspire to perform 20 modified pushups no later than 8/29/13 I believe that completing this goal will help me to improve when I carry my backpack.(worth 10 points) Date Warm-up Physical Activity Intensity Cool-down Minutes 8-25-13 Soccer 8-26-13

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    Natural and Social Sciences‚ InterAmerican Campus Telephone: (305)-237-6742 Office: Room 1366 e-mail: fcoro@mdc.edu Course Description Description: This course will be a lecture based class to study the structure and function of some systems of the human body‚ emphasizing those aspects most pertinent to students in the nursing and allied

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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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    14d)‚ and superficial muscles of the superior gluteal region (Figure 10.20b). Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education‚ Inc. xiii xiv Instructor Guide to Text and Media for Human Anatomy & Physiology Chapter 11 Fundamentals of the Nervous System and Nervous Tissue

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    +Amendments for D2: Skeletal muscles allows for many different types of muscle contractions such as eccentric‚ concentric‚ isometric and isokinetic. These muscles are voluntary and the contractions produced have a huge impact on Wilkinson’s game. For example when he is striking a ball his quadricep contracts concentrically to produce force onto the ball. The more powerful the muscle the bigger the contraction‚ therefore if Johnny improves the strength of his quadriceps his kicking distance could

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    The Muscular System: Sliding Filament Theory 1. a. The thick filament is composed of what molecule? _Myosin______________________ b. Flexing the head of this molecule provides what is known as the __Power stroke_______________________. 2. The myosin head contains binding sites for what two molecules? a. ATP b. Actin 3. Three molecules make up the thin filament. a. Which molecule has a binding site for myosin heads? _Actin____________________________ b. Which molecule covers this binding

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    Skeletal Muscle

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    The Aging Musculoskeletal System The human musculoskeletal system is the organ system that gives humans the ability to physically move‚ by using the muscles and skeletal system. It consists of the muscular system and the human skeleton. Bones are connected to each other at the joints by ligaments or cartilage and skeletal muscle is attached to bones‚ usually by tendons. Bones mass or density is lost as people age‚ especially in women after menopause. The bone loses calcium and other minerals. Bone

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    Muscular Dystrophy

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    Muscular Dystrophy Muscular Dystrophy is a general term for a number of hereditary‚ degenerative disorders affecting skeletal muscles‚ and often other organs. It is a genetic disease that causes constant degeneration of the muscles. There are over 30 kinds of Muscular Dystrophy. Some forms of Muscular Dystrophy affect involuntary organs like the heart. This muscular disease can be seen in during infancy or may not be known until much later on in life. Muscular Dystrophy is different for each person

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