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Musculoskeletal System
- The skeletal system functions in support, protection and mobility. An exoskeleton is located outside of the body, while an endoskeleton is located on the inside of the body.
- Bone is a type of connective tissue. It is mineralized, which accounts for its strength. Cartilage is also connective tissue but is more flexible than bone.
- Skeletal muscle cells are large and multinucleated. Skeletal muscle is striated due to the regular arrangement of actin and myosin within muscle fibers.
- The contractile unit of skeletal muscle is the sarcomere.
- According to the sliding filament theory, during muscle contraction the thick and thin filaments slide past one another, causing the sarcomere to shorten.
- Smooth muscle is under involuntary control. It lacks striations and unlike skeletal muscle, the cells have only one nucleus each.
- The heart is composed of cardiac muscle. Cardiac muscle is striated and is inherently contractile
Musculoskeletal System
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- Intro
- Skeletal System Types and Function
- Skeletal System Components
- Skeletal Muscle
- The Sliding Filament Theory
- The Neuromuscular Junction
- The Neuromuscular Junction: Motor Neuron & Muscle Fiber
- Sarcolemma, Sarcoplasmic
- Tropomyosin & Troponin
- Summation and Tetanus
- Smooth Muscle
- Cardiac Muscle
- Summary of Muscle Types
- Example 1: Contraction and Skeletal Muscle
- Example 2: Skeletal Muscle and Smooth Muscle
- Example 3: Muscle Contraction, Bone, and Nonvascularized Connective Tissue
- Example 4: Sarcomere
































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Thu Nov 17, 2011 4:52 PM
Post by Daniel Delaney on November 17, 2011
Dr. Eaton, It is amazing in how clearly you explain everything; you are a tremendous help.
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Post by bo young lee on December 18, 2012
i dont understand the summation and tetanus