Muscular system — functions?
Movement, posture, heat, stabilization
Muscular system — functions?
Movement, posture, stabilization, heat
Muscle tissue traits?
Excitability, contractility, extensibility, elasticity
Muscle tissues — types?
Skeletal, cardiac, smooth
Skeletal vs cardiac muscles — difference?
Skeletal voluntary, multinucleated; cardiac involuntary, branched.
Sarcomeres — role?
Functional contractile units
Myofilaments — responsible for?
Actin and myosin sliding during contraction
ATP — role in muscle?
Energy for cross-bridge cycling
Muscle fatigue — causes?
ATP depletion, oxygen debt, lactic acid
Tendons — connect?
Muscles to bones, origin less movable, insertion more
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