Difference between revisions of "Muscles - Anatomy & Physiology"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
(→Links) |
|||
| Line 29: | Line 29: | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Muscles|WikiPath Muscles]] |
Revision as of 11:18, 18 July 2008
Introduction
- Skeletal muscle includes muscles of:
- Posture
- Movement
- Respiration
- Two basic types of skeletal myofibre:
- Type I
- Grossly red
- High myoglobin level
- Slow rate of contraction
- High oxidative activity
- Function - postural
- Type II
- Grossly white
- Low myoglobin level
- Fast rate of contraction
- High glycolytic activity
- Function - exercise
- Type I
- Each muscle is composed of multiple fascicles
- Each fascicle is composed of multiple polygonal myofibres