https://padlet.com/k2004592/4i5q7mxy4hyf328z Made with a bold sensibility en-us 2021-10-14 14:19:39 UTC 2025-11-18 08:29:20 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f929.png k2004592 https://padlet.com/k2004592/4i5q7mxy4hyf328z/wish/1827501589 A tendon is a cord of flexible tissue that connects your muscles to your bone. Tendons also protect your muscles by absorbing some shock from activities like jumping and running.  ]]> 2021-10-19 14:58:40 UTC https://padlet.com/k2004592/4i5q7mxy4hyf328z/wish/1827501589 k2004592 https://padlet.com/k2004592/4i5q7mxy4hyf328z/wish/1828570866 The facia is a band of thin connective tissue that surrounds every organ, blood vessel, bone, muscle nerve fibers in place.]]> 2021-10-19 21:57:44 UTC https://padlet.com/k2004592/4i5q7mxy4hyf328z/wish/1828570866 k2004592 https://padlet.com/k2004592/4i5q7mxy4hyf328z/wish/1828579479 Muscle fatigue is a state of muscle exhaustion after a strenuous activity. It decreases your muscles' ability to perform overtime.]]> 2021-10-19 22:03:45 UTC https://padlet.com/k2004592/4i5q7mxy4hyf328z/wish/1828579479 k2004592 https://padlet.com/k2004592/4i5q7mxy4hyf328z/wish/1828590340 Muscle spasms are also known as muscle cramps and occur when your muscles forcibly contract and can’t relax. Your muscles twitch and there is no way to completely prevent muscle spasms]]> 2021-10-19 22:11:17 UTC https://padlet.com/k2004592/4i5q7mxy4hyf328z/wish/1828590340 k2004592 https://padlet.com/k2004592/4i5q7mxy4hyf328z/wish/1828598918 Clonic spasms refer to alternating involuntary muscular contraction and relaxation in quick bursts. It usually doesn't last as long as a tonic spasm. Tonic spasms last longer and are rigid muscle contractions.]]> 2021-10-19 22:17:06 UTC https://padlet.com/k2004592/4i5q7mxy4hyf328z/wish/1828598918 k2004592 https://padlet.com/k2004592/4i5q7mxy4hyf328z/wish/1828605381 Tetanus (aka lockjaw) is caused by a bacteria infection from the bacteria Clostridium tetani. It produces toxins that cause muscle contractions.]]> 2021-10-19 22:21:41 UTC https://padlet.com/k2004592/4i5q7mxy4hyf328z/wish/1828605381 k2004592 https://padlet.com/k2004592/4i5q7mxy4hyf328z/wish/1828611048 Tetany is a symptom that causes involuntary muscles to contract and can even change your brain. This condition is shown by intermittent muscle spasms. The main cause of tetany is normally calcium deficiency.]]> 2021-10-19 22:25:54 UTC https://padlet.com/k2004592/4i5q7mxy4hyf328z/wish/1828611048 k2004592 https://padlet.com/k2004592/4i5q7mxy4hyf328z/wish/1828616510 Smooth muscles are involuntary, non-striated, not branched and singly nucleated muscles. This means they have no sarcomeres. ]]> 2021-10-19 22:29:57 UTC https://padlet.com/k2004592/4i5q7mxy4hyf328z/wish/1828616510 k2004592 https://padlet.com/k2004592/4i5q7mxy4hyf328z/wish/1828620695 Cardiac muscles are heart muscles. They are involuntary, striated muscles that make up the make up the walls of your heart. Cardiac muscles keep your heart pumping.]]> 2021-10-19 22:32:58 UTC https://padlet.com/k2004592/4i5q7mxy4hyf328z/wish/1828620695 k2004592 https://padlet.com/k2004592/4i5q7mxy4hyf328z/wish/1828636326 Skeletal muscles are voluntary and are attached to a bone. They form distinct organs of muscle tissue, tendons and blood vessels to aid in movement. They are longer than the other 2 types of muscles and are often known as muscle fibers]]> 2021-10-19 22:44:42 UTC https://padlet.com/k2004592/4i5q7mxy4hyf328z/wish/1828636326 k2004592 https://padlet.com/k2004592/4i5q7mxy4hyf328z/wish/1831767550 1) The muscles hold the body erect.
2) make movement possible
3) move food through the digestive system
4) muscle actions move fluid through ducts and tubes associated with other body systems.
5) muscle movement aids flow of blood through veins and generate body heat.]]> 2021-10-20 22:17:20 UTC https://padlet.com/k2004592/4i5q7mxy4hyf328z/wish/1831767550 k2004592 https://padlet.com/k2004592/4i5q7mxy4hyf328z/wish/1831790306 The Sliding filament theory of muscle explains how muscles contract. Muscles contract by muscle proteins sliding past each other to generate movement.]]> 2021-10-20 22:34:33 UTC https://padlet.com/k2004592/4i5q7mxy4hyf328z/wish/1831790306 k2004592 https://padlet.com/k2004592/4i5q7mxy4hyf328z/wish/1832047757 In eukaryotic cells, actin is the most prominent protein and is necessary for muscle contraction (movement). Actin is like the tracks that myosin follows to move the cell.]]> 2021-10-21 01:03:52 UTC https://padlet.com/k2004592/4i5q7mxy4hyf328z/wish/1832047757 k2004592 https://padlet.com/k2004592/4i5q7mxy4hyf328z/wish/1832057485 Myosin is a motor protein that work with actin in contracting muscles. They work as a motor to move the cell.]]> 2021-10-21 01:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/k2004592/4i5q7mxy4hyf328z/wish/1832057485 k2004592 https://padlet.com/k2004592/4i5q7mxy4hyf328z/wish/1832170399 Calcium triggers muscle contractions in striated muscles.]]> 2021-10-21 01:53:21 UTC https://padlet.com/k2004592/4i5q7mxy4hyf328z/wish/1832170399 k2004592 https://padlet.com/k2004592/4i5q7mxy4hyf328z/wish/1832188421 Muscles can only pull and not shorten, but contractility relates to how a muscle can forcefully shorten by allowing muscles to pull on attachment points and shorten with force.]]> 2021-10-21 02:00:53 UTC https://padlet.com/k2004592/4i5q7mxy4hyf328z/wish/1832188421 k2004592 https://padlet.com/k2004592/4i5q7mxy4hyf328z/wish/1832196796 Extensibility is the ability of muscles to stretch/extend.]]> 2021-10-21 02:04:26 UTC https://padlet.com/k2004592/4i5q7mxy4hyf328z/wish/1832196796 k2004592 https://padlet.com/k2004592/4i5q7mxy4hyf328z/wish/1832200722 Elasticity is the ability of a muscle to return to its original shape by relaxing.]]> 2021-10-21 02:06:11 UTC https://padlet.com/k2004592/4i5q7mxy4hyf328z/wish/1832200722 k2004592 https://padlet.com/k2004592/4i5q7mxy4hyf328z/wish/1832215302 Excitability is the ability of muscles to respond to a stimuli such as hormones or motor neurons.]]> 2021-10-21 02:12:33 UTC https://padlet.com/k2004592/4i5q7mxy4hyf328z/wish/1832215302 k2004592 https://padlet.com/k2004592/4i5q7mxy4hyf328z/wish/1832224849 Automaticity is the ability for muscles to do things without being told. It is often called "muscle memory", though muscle memory isn't completely automatic. The heart is an automatic muscle meaning you don't have to consciously tell it to pump.]]> 2021-10-21 02:16:46 UTC https://padlet.com/k2004592/4i5q7mxy4hyf328z/wish/1832224849 k2004592 https://padlet.com/k2004592/4i5q7mxy4hyf328z/wish/1832236005 Rigor Mortis occurs when the muscles in the body stiffen after death due to biochemical changes that occur to the muscles. This is what people use to determine the time of death, though it can be affected by variables like temprature.]]> 2021-10-21 02:21:35 UTC https://padlet.com/k2004592/4i5q7mxy4hyf328z/wish/1832236005