https://padlet.com/k1409117/tbi78yruc3u2lvl2 Made with an open mind en-us 2021-10-14 18:02:05 UTC 2025-10-27 08:31:16 UTC hello@padlet.com k1409117 https://padlet.com/k1409117/tbi78yruc3u2lvl2/wish/1817881778 Tendons connect muscle to bone. Tendons are dense fibrous connective tissue.]]> 2021-10-14 18:16:56 UTC https://padlet.com/k1409117/tbi78yruc3u2lvl2/wish/1817881778 k1409117 https://padlet.com/k1409117/tbi78yruc3u2lvl2/wish/1828100774 Fascia is a layer of fibrous connective tissue that surrounds muscles, blood vessels and nerves. Fascia separates muscles and other internal organs.]]> 2021-10-19 18:06:27 UTC https://padlet.com/k1409117/tbi78yruc3u2lvl2/wish/1828100774 k1409117 https://padlet.com/k1409117/tbi78yruc3u2lvl2/wish/1828104062 Muscle fatigue is the decline in ability of muscles to generate force. It can be a result of vigorous exercise but abnormal fatigue may be caused by barriers to or interference with the different stages of muscle contraction.]]> 2021-10-19 18:07:42 UTC https://padlet.com/k1409117/tbi78yruc3u2lvl2/wish/1828104062 k1409117 https://padlet.com/k1409117/tbi78yruc3u2lvl2/wish/1828111992 A sudden involuntary muscular contraction or convulsive movement. Menstrual cramps are a example of muscle spasm.]]> 2021-10-19 18:10:35 UTC https://padlet.com/k1409117/tbi78yruc3u2lvl2/wish/1828111992 k1409117 https://padlet.com/k1409117/tbi78yruc3u2lvl2/wish/1828119020 Clonic spasms refer to alternating involuntary muscular contraction and relaxation in quick succession.Tonic spasms are rigid muscle contractions that last a period of time. ]]> 2021-10-19 18:13:12 UTC https://padlet.com/k1409117/tbi78yruc3u2lvl2/wish/1828119020 k1409117 https://padlet.com/k1409117/tbi78yruc3u2lvl2/wish/1828130957 1. Muscles hold the body erect and generte body heat
2. The muscular system makes movement possible.
3. The muscular system moves food through the digestive system.
4. Muscle movement aids the flow of blood
5. Muscle actions move fluid through the ducts and tubes associated with other body systems.]]> 2021-10-19 18:18:01 UTC https://padlet.com/k1409117/tbi78yruc3u2lvl2/wish/1828130957 k1409117 https://padlet.com/k1409117/tbi78yruc3u2lvl2/wish/1828139657 Tetanus is a serious disease of the nervous system caused by a toxin-producing bacterium.  The disease causes muscle contractions, particularly of your jaw and neck muscles and is commonly known as lockjaw.]]> 2021-10-19 18:21:27 UTC https://padlet.com/k1409117/tbi78yruc3u2lvl2/wish/1828139657 k1409117 https://padlet.com/k1409117/tbi78yruc3u2lvl2/wish/1828143159 A condition marked by intermittent muscular spasms. Tetany is caused by malfunction of the parathyroid glands and a consequent deficiency of calcium.]]> 2021-10-19 18:22:46 UTC https://padlet.com/k1409117/tbi78yruc3u2lvl2/wish/1828143159 k1409117 https://padlet.com/k1409117/tbi78yruc3u2lvl2/wish/1828154092 Muscle tissue in which the contractile fibrils are not highly ordered. They occur in the gut and other internal organs and not under voluntary control.]]> 2021-10-19 18:26:46 UTC https://padlet.com/k1409117/tbi78yruc3u2lvl2/wish/1828154092 k1409117 https://padlet.com/k1409117/tbi78yruc3u2lvl2/wish/1828159673  Involuntary, striated muscle that constitutes the main tissue of the wall of the heart. The cardiac muscle forms a thick middle layer between the outer layer of the heart wall and the inner layer.]]> 2021-10-19 18:28:53 UTC https://padlet.com/k1409117/tbi78yruc3u2lvl2/wish/1828159673 k1409117 https://padlet.com/k1409117/tbi78yruc3u2lvl2/wish/1828166629 Skeletal muscles are mostly attached by tendons to bones of the skeleton. The muscle cells of skeletal muscles are much longer than in the other types of muscle tissue, and are often known as muscle fibers. ]]> 2021-10-19 18:31:39 UTC https://padlet.com/k1409117/tbi78yruc3u2lvl2/wish/1828166629 k1409117 https://padlet.com/k1409117/tbi78yruc3u2lvl2/wish/1828174405  A suggested mechanism of contraction of striated muscles, actin and myosin filaments to be precise, which overlap each other resulting in the shortening of the muscle fibre length.]]> 2021-10-19 18:34:42 UTC https://padlet.com/k1409117/tbi78yruc3u2lvl2/wish/1828174405 k1409117 https://padlet.com/k1409117/tbi78yruc3u2lvl2/wish/1828681544 Actin is a muscle protein localized in the I band of the myofibrils. Actin is also responsible for contraction and relaxation of muscle. ]]> 2021-10-19 23:17:28 UTC https://padlet.com/k1409117/tbi78yruc3u2lvl2/wish/1828681544 k1409117 https://padlet.com/k1409117/tbi78yruc3u2lvl2/wish/1828683718 Myosin is a fibrous globulin of muscle that can split ATP. Myosin also reacts with actin in muscle contraction to form actomyosin.]]> 2021-10-19 23:19:14 UTC https://padlet.com/k1409117/tbi78yruc3u2lvl2/wish/1828683718 k1409117 https://padlet.com/k1409117/tbi78yruc3u2lvl2/wish/1828689140 Calcium plays  crucial role in muscle contraction. Calcium facilitates the interaction between actin and myosin during contractions.  Calcium binds to the troponin, causing a position change in tropomyosin, exposing the actin sites that myosin will attach to for a muscle contraction.]]> 2021-10-19 23:23:02 UTC https://padlet.com/k1409117/tbi78yruc3u2lvl2/wish/1828689140 k1409117 https://padlet.com/k1409117/tbi78yruc3u2lvl2/wish/1828695127 When muscle contracts only one bone moves while the other is stationary. The muscle contracting is called the agonist.]]> 2021-10-19 23:27:30 UTC https://padlet.com/k1409117/tbi78yruc3u2lvl2/wish/1828695127 k1409117 https://padlet.com/k1409117/tbi78yruc3u2lvl2/wish/1828707385 Extensibility is the ability to be stretched. The muscle relaxing or extending is the antagonist.]]> 2021-10-19 23:36:18 UTC https://padlet.com/k1409117/tbi78yruc3u2lvl2/wish/1828707385 k1409117 https://padlet.com/k1409117/tbi78yruc3u2lvl2/wish/1828717789 Elasticity is the ability of muscle to recoil and return to its original state. For example, a rubber band being stretched will still return to its original state.]]> 2021-10-19 23:42:49 UTC https://padlet.com/k1409117/tbi78yruc3u2lvl2/wish/1828717789 k1409117 https://padlet.com/k1409117/tbi78yruc3u2lvl2/wish/1830743284 Excitability is the ability of a muscle to respond to stimuli via generation of an electric pulse, which causes contraction of muscle cells. Skeletal muscles are excitable muscles.]]> 2021-10-20 15:16:46 UTC https://padlet.com/k1409117/tbi78yruc3u2lvl2/wish/1830743284 k1409117 https://padlet.com/k1409117/tbi78yruc3u2lvl2/wish/1830753952 Automaticity is the ability of the heart muscle cells to generate an electrical impulse. Simultaneous activation of the whole cardiac muscle cells is achieved primarily by the conduction of action potentials from one cell to the next.]]> 2021-10-20 15:19:52 UTC https://padlet.com/k1409117/tbi78yruc3u2lvl2/wish/1830753952 k1409117 https://padlet.com/k1409117/tbi78yruc3u2lvl2/wish/1830764407 Rigor mortis, or postmortem rigidity, is the third stage of death. It is characterized by stiffening of the limbs of the corpse caused by chemical changes in the muscles postmortem (mainly calcium).]]> 2021-10-20 15:22:41 UTC https://padlet.com/k1409117/tbi78yruc3u2lvl2/wish/1830764407