Physiology of muscle contractions

Subject: Biology

Grade: Upper Secondary

Publisher: YDP

Resource types: Class activity

Resource ID: b425
Description:

At the end of this activity, students should be able to:
– describe the macroscopic and microscopic structure of skeletal muscle
– describe the principles of the sliding filament theory of contraction
– compare and contrast slow (red) and fast (white) muscle fibres.

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Types of muscle Student activity Skeletal muscles �... Student activity Skeletal muscles �... Student activity The structure of a ... Student activity The sliding filamen... Student activity Sport – developme... Student activity

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Upper Secondary (Grades 10-12)

Biology

Physiology of muscles

51. Physiology of muscle contractions

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Keywords

muscle, myofibrils, thick filaments, thin filaments, neuromuscular junctions, tonus, physiology, Anisotropic, Cardiomyocyte, Isotropic (I) bands, M line, Muscle fibre, Sarcolemma, Sarcomere, Sarcoplasm, Z line, Muscular tissue, fascia, tendon, isotonic contraction, isometric contraction, mechanical summation, tetanus, electromyography, concentric work, eccentric work, contractions, Physiology of muscle contractions

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