Muscle Physiology

• Types of muscle tissue
• Functions of muscle tissue
• Properties of muscle tissue
• Structure of muscle fiber
  • Myofibrils
  • Filaments
  • Sarcomere
• Muscle contraction - sliding filament theory

Objectives

• List the functions of muscle tissue
• Expalin the four properties of muscle tissue
• Identify parts of the muscle fiber on drawings or from descriptions
• Briefly explain the sliding filament theory of muscle contraction

Resources

• Muscle Tissue
• Muscles: Anatomy and Physiology
• Muscle Physiology - Get Body Smart
• Muscle Physiology - advanced
• Sliding Filament Theory Animation
• Action Potentials and Muscle Contraction
• Actin-Myosin Crossbridge Animation