Muscles what are they and what do they do? Well muscles are responsible for many things but one of the main and most important functions of muscles is they’re responsible for movement; the muscles responsible for movement are your skeletal muscles, in order to move your muscles of course need to contact there are two types of contractions the first is Isotonic concentric contraction it is where the muscle shortens and then there’s isotonic eccentric contraction where the muscle lengthening. (skeletal muscles are a form of striated muscle tissue which is under the voluntary control of the somatic nervous system. Most skeletal muscle is attached to bones by bundles of collagen fibers known as tendons). they’re attached to your bones and are controlled
The anatomy and physiology of the human body explains that muscles are attached to the skeleton. They work like hinges or levers to pull or move particular joints when a muscle contracts, pulling the joint in the direction it is designed to move. Parts of muscles move antagonistically, that is, when one contracts, its opposite member relaxes to allow movement. Muscles can become slack, making movement slower and more difficult.
Introduction: According to the “Human Physiology Laboratory Manual “,BIOL 282 ,page 31 , the reason of performing this experiment is to learn how the muscle contraction occurs based on the molecular level and what kind of factors are involved .As a matter of fact, skeletal muscles contain a lot of nuclei because of the cell fusion while being developed and are made of cylindrical cells that have myofibrils. The myofibrils contain sarcomeres and the
determines muscle size? With the exception of the 2nd life cycle group it has been found that cell size and nuclear number are correlated and the reasoning for this exception being that the ability to transcribe may not be limiting and that the general need for transcription may be lessened which allows for increased protein synthesis potential without having to add more nuclei; although there is speculation that activity level may affect this exception by creating more need for more nuclei and determining cell size . However in life cycles 1 and 3 a strong correlation exists as more loci are active on a transcription level which then increases the number of nuclei which then may become critical if the nuclei quality is hindered. As they are dependent on a high synthesis capacity and have heightened protein degradation the nuclear number may
Skeletal Muscle Physiology Lab Report V17FA Anatomy & Phys I (BIO-2011-VO02) Fall 2017 Michelle Leeman Objective:
The purpose of this lab was to better understand the human body by doing various activities and observing the three different muscle types. The activities were not conducted in order, but we did follow the instructions of each activity. However, there could be deviation since Vivian had allergies and I was sort of sick as well so our result may not be as accurate. By conduction the activities, we were able to analyze the different receptors in the skin and sense—for instance understanding the differences in receptors or taste and smell. Also, we were able to differentiate the three muscle types and observe the striation of the cardiac and skeletal muscle—and observe other differences in muscle types. By noticing that, for instance the tongue has different regions for different taste, we were able to infer that some taste are more important to distinguish than others. Also, by observing the different types of muscle, we were able to discuss the different functions and why the cardiac and skeletal muscle have striation. Lastly, it is important to understand the human body, not
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Individual muscles are made up of individual muscle fibers and these fibers can be further organized into a motor unit grouped within each muscle. A motor unit is simply a bundle of grouped muscle fibers. When you want to move the brain instantaneously sends a signal or impulse through the spinal cord that reaches the motor unit. Muscle fibers are cells like the basic building block of the muscle. There are a few different types of muscle fibers, each are designed for a specific type of muscle activity. Some muscle fibers are good for endurance exercises, other work best for the short bursts. Each muscle fiber is a single cell. Each cell consists of a structure.
1. Why does the force begin to decrease with time? Note that a decrease in force indicates muscle fatigue.
1. Discuss the relationship between distribution of muscle fiber type and performance. How might exercise training modify or change a person’s fiber-type distribution?
1.a) Contractile protein molecules that are seen in skeletal muscle fibres are actin (thin filaments) and myosin (thick filaments). Together, they produce the force of muscle contractions by forming cross bridges, and moving via a power stroke. The regulatory proteins that are seen within a skeletal muscle are troponin and tropomyosin. These proteins play a role in starting or stopping muscle contractions. When a muscle fibre is relaxed, there are no contractions because actin is unable to bind with the cross bridge. This is because tropomyosin covers the myosin binding sites on the actin proteins. In addition, troponin is not bound to calcium when a muscle fibre is relaxed, thus keeping the tropomyosin in its blocking position. When calcium enters the muscle fibres, it binds with troponin. This binding causes the tropomyosin to move away
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Muscles in human body is like the motor which supports or assist the bones at the joints to move and work. When the muscle pulls it moves the bones at particular joints, which establish the joints to move about.
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The purpose of this lab was for us to better understand and make a connection to how our motor units work in correlation with our skeletal muscle, and how fast the muscles contract when activated. When attempting to find the correlation that we was looking for, our class volunteer, Spencer would press a button every time he heard a “beep” noise, this in turn reflected his reaction times, and began to help us understand how our motor units work directly with our skeletal muscle system. How this works is that when Spencer would hear the sound, his central nervous system would almost instantly react causing him to press the button, most reflexes are very simple movements that we all perform on a daily basis, but on the other hand many reflexes
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