Chapter 16: muscles and contraction


TYPES AND FUNCTIONS
OF MUSCLE TISSUE

Workbook Exam
1. Types and Functions of Muscle Tissue

workbook Terminology Exams
1. Introduction to Muscle Contraction


INTRODUCTION TO SKELETAL MUSCLE

Workbook Exam
1. Skeletal Muscle
2. Study of Skeletal Muscle, l.s. with Lab Activity 1
3. Study of Skeletal Muscle, x.s. with Lab Activity 2
4. Attachment of Skeletal Muscles

workbook Terminology Exam
1. Skeletal Muscle

Additional Links - Videos and Animations
1. Introduction Anatomy of Skeletal Muscles  (Best of YouTube)
2. Introduction Anatomy of Skeletal Muscles 
(Best of YouTube)
 


MICROANATOMY OF SKELETAL MUSCLE
and the NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION

Workbook Exams
1. Microanatomy and Neuromuscular Junction
2. Sarcolemma, Sarcoplasm, and T Tubules
3. Sarcoplasmic Reticulum
4. Myofibrils and A Band
5. I Bands
6. Sarcomere
7. Study of Neuromuscular Junctions and Muscle Spindles with Lab Activity 3 
8. Study of the Synapse (Neuromuscular Junction) with Lab Activity 4

workbook Terminology Exams
1. Microanatomy of Skeletal Muscle
2. A Band
3. I Band

Additional Links - Videos and Animations
1. Activation of Skeletal Muscle - Neuromuscular Junction
 (Best of YouTube)
2. Neuromuscular Junction 
(Best of YouTube)

 


excitation - contraction of skeletal muscle
Sliding filaments

Workbook Exams
1. Excitation - Contraction of Skeletal Muscle Fiber
2. Sliding Filaments - Contraction of Skeletal Muscle Fiber


workbook Terminology Exams
1. Excitation of Skeletal Muscle
2. Sliding Filament Model

Additional Links - Videos and Animations
1. Sliding Filament Theory 
(Best of YouTube)
2. Cross bridge activation and power-stroke 
(Best of YouTube)
3. Glycerinated Muscle Actin and Myosin
 (Best of YouTube)
4. Structure of a Muscle Fiber (cell)
 (Animation from www.brookscole.com)
5. Synapse - Neuromuscular Junction 
(Animation from www.blackwellpublishing.com)
6. Neuromuscular Junction 
(Synapse Animation from bcs.whfreeman.com)
7. Sarcomere Shortening 
(Animation from highered.mcgraw-hill.com)
8. Sliding Filament 
(Animation from www.blackwellpublishing.com)


CONTRACTION OF SKELETAL MUSCLE

Workbook Exams
1. Twitch
2. Varying Contraction by Motor Unit Recruitment
3. Motor Unit Recruitment with Lab Activity 5
4. Treppe - Staircase Effect
5. Isotonic Contraction
6. Isometric Contraction
7. Varying Contraction by Frequency of Stimulation
8. Frog Gastrocnemius Muscle with Lab Activity 6

 


MUSCLE ENERGETICS

Workbook Exams
1. Muscle Energetics
2. Muscle Energetics and Types of Fibers

 

workbook Terminology Exam
1. Muscle Energetics


SMOOTH  MUSCLE

Workbook Exams
1. Smooth muscle
2. Study of Smooth muscle with Lab Activity 7
3. Contraction and Features of Smooth Muscle

workbook Terminology Exam
1. Contraction of Smooth Muscle


CARDIAC MUSCLE

Workbook Exams
1. Cardiac Muscle
2. Study of Cardiac Muscle with Lab Activity 8


workbook Terminology Exam
1. Contraction of Cardiac Muscle