Carbon‚ Hydrogen‚ Oxygen‚ Nitrogen‚ Phosphorus‚ Calcium‚ Sulfur d. Examples of biological molecules: DNA‚ glucose‚ phospholipids Cellular level – molecules combine to form cells e. Cells are the basic units of life f. Examples of cells: smooth muscle cells‚ nerve cell‚ epithelial cells Tissue level – groups of cells and material surround the cells that work together to perform a particular function g. 4 basic types of tissue: epithelial‚ connective‚ muscular‚ nervous Organ level – different
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accumulate in aerobic conditions as they body has the ability under these conditions to clear the lactate at the same time as it produces it. During anaerobic glycolysis‚ production rate is greater than clearance and lactic acid accumulates in the muscle tissue and can spill over into the bloodstream. This causes blood pH to increase and thus the blood acidity levels rise. Lactate is only harmful to exercise performance with the dissociation of the hydrogen ions from lactate causing the changes in
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* Functions?.... Protectors‚ connect and support. * Characteristics… all connective tissue contains living cells‚ surrounded by nonliving non-cellular matrix…..examples of connective tissues are blood‚ bone‚ cartilage. * 3. Muscle
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Regarding Muscles Vitamin D deficiency has been tied to mainly bone pathologies. Recent research shows that the effects of Vitamin D span further than just affecting bones and particularly cause muscle weakness. Vitamin D is responsible for aiding in the absorption of other minerals‚ such as calcium. Calcium is a key ligand in muscle contractions‚ thus‚ Vitamin D indirectly can effect muscle contractions. An article published in Nutrition Reviews‚ Vitamin D: an overview of its role in skeletal muscle
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Etymology Epidemiology (Occurrence) The frequency depends on the incidence of natural disasters and environmental trauma‚ e.g. earthquakes. In local areas where there are epidemics of viral myositis (muscle inflammation) In urban areas with a high incidence of drug and alcohol abuse Causes little or no death unless it is associated with the secondary complications of rhabdomyolysis‚ including hyperkalemia‚ hypocalcemia‚ and acute kidney injury It tends to affect males more than females because
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impulses from passing to the skeletal muscles. The purpose of blocking these passes is to make the muscles weak or paralyzed in surgery. Neuromuscular blockers can be used in many surgical procedures‚ like inserting an endotracheal tube‚ by relaxing the jaw muscles. They are also useful for relaxing the diaphragm and intercostal muscles (responsible for respirations) so that the patient can be manually ventilated. Neuromuscular blockers also aid in relaxing any muscles around the surgical site so
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ventral and dorsal cavity. • The dorsal cavity is divided into two parts‚ cranial cavity and vertebral cavity. • The ventral is the larger cavity and is divided into two parts (thoracic and abdomino pelvic) by the diaphragm‚ which is a dome- shaped muscle important in the respiratory system. • The thoracic cavity is the upper ventral cavity which contains the heart‚ lungs‚ trachea‚ esophagus‚ large blood vessels‚ and the nerves. The ribs surround the organs of the thoracic cavity. • The lower
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Introduction Tissue just means a group of cells that together carry out a particular job in your body. There are four different types of tissue within the human body. This consists of the connective tissue‚ the epithelial tissue‚ the muscle tissue and the nervous tissue. Each of these tissues are vital for our bodies and each tissue has a very important role to fulfil. Epithelial tissue Epithelial tissue protects your body from moisture loss‚ bacteria‚ and internal injury. It is made
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COMPARATIVE VERTEBRATE ANATOMY -study of the structure(descriptive morphology) and of the functional significance of structure(fumctional morphology) of the vertebrate Ontogenesis- development of the invidual Phylogenesis-ancestral history; is is a study of history and of animals that no longer inhabit the earh and known to us by a fossil record *Craniates- hagfish and vertebrates THE PHYLUM CHORDATA: THE BIG FOUR It is falling into two categories: a. lacks vertebral columns (invertebrates)
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damage and protecting us against diseases. Muscle Tissue This tissue is made up of a large number of cells. There are three different types of muscle tissue and each of these three has their own function: 1. Skeletal: This type of muscle tissue covers your Skeleton to give your body its shape. 2. Smooth: This type of muscle tissue works by contracting in order to do things such as pushing food through our bodies. 3. Cardiac: This type of muscle tissue squeezes the blood out of our hearts
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