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What is the short amount of time between the time of stimulation and the beginning of contraction in a skeletal muscle?
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latent period
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Brief delay that occurs between application of the stimulus and the beginning of contraction?
Latent Period
Explain the difference between the two types of skeletal muscle tissue?
Skeletal muscle tissue differs from cardiac tissue in that skeletal muscles are striated muscles that require conscious stimulation to act, and cardiac muscles are smooth and basically run "automatically".
Uncontrolled muscle contractions the same as skeletal muscle contractions?
Uhh, no uncontrolled muscle contraction occurs in smooth and cardiac muscles... there are many differences between these two types of muscles; controlled and uncontrolled muscle contraction.....
What is an example to illustrate anatomy vs physiology?
A good example to illustrate the relationship between anatomy and physiology is the relationship between how a skeletal muscle is structured (anatomy) and how it works (physiology) to produce a muscle contraction. Skeletal muscles are organized into units called sarcomeres which are overlapping chains of two different proteins, actin and myosin. That in a nutshell is the microscopic anatomy of skeletal muscle. Physiologically how it works is that the myosin heads latch onto the actin chain pulling it into the center of the sarcomere shortening it which causes the contraction.
How does the skeletal system and the nervous system work with each other?
the connection between the two is like this. the nervous system sends the signal to the skeletal muscle to contract. This contraction causes the muscle to pull the bone, and the bone bends. This would mean that the movement of the skeleton is caused by nervous system which triggers the skeletal muscle to move the skeleton.
What are similarities between skeletal muscle and cardiac muscle?
cardiac is cardiac and skeletal is skeletal.
How would the loss of acetylcholinesterase from the motor end affect skeletal muscle?
Acetylcholine release is necessary for skeletal muscle contraction, because it serves as the first step in the process, enabling the subsequent cross-bridge formation. A muscle's ability to contract depends on the formation of cross-bridges between myosin & actin filaments. A drug that blocks acetylcholine release would interfere with this cross-bridge formation and prevent muscle contraction
What conclusions can you draw about the relationship between a muscle's workload and its threshold of stimulation?
As the muscle workload increase, its threshold of stimulation increases.
The difference between the structure of cardiac muscle and skeletal muscle?
One key difference between cardiac and skeletal muscles is that skeletal muscles are controlled by the nervous system, while cardiac muscles move involuntarily. In addition, cardiac muscles are only found in the heart, while skeletal muscles are found throughout the entire body.
What is the difference between isotonic and isometric contractions?
An Isotonic muscle contraction is a muscle contraction that makes your limbs move whereas an Isometric contraction is a muscle contraction where the limbs stay static
When can bone growth stimulation not be used?
Bone growth stimulation cannot be used if the gap between the ends of the fracture is too large.
What is the definition of reaction time?
the interval between stimulation and response.
