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    Skeletal muscle connects to the skeleton, to form part of the mechanical system, giving the ability to move limbs throughout the entire body. Skeletal muscle is made up of hundreds, or even thousands, of muscle fibers bundled together and wrapped in a connective tissue. ATP caused actin and myosin to slide across each other as the skeletal muscle contraction occurred.

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    Skeletal muscle connects to the skeleton, to form part of the mechanical system, giving the ability to move limbs throughout the entire body. Skeletal muscle is made up of hundreds, or even thousands, of muscle fibers bundled together and wrapped in a connective tissue. ATP caused actin and myosin to slide across each other as the skeletal muscle contraction occurred.

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    SkeletalMuscleLabReport

    Skeletalmuscleconnectstotheskeleton,toformpartofthemechanicalsystem,givingthe
    abilitytomovelimbsthroughouttheentirebody.In1864Kuhnediscoveredthemyosinproteinand
    thattheskeletalmuscleismadeupofhundreds,oreventhousands,ofmusclefibersbundled
    togetherandwrappedinaconnectivetissue.Musclecontractionsofthosethousandsofmuscle
    fiberswerestudiedbyfourmajorscientistAndrewF.Huxley,RolfNiedergerke,HughHuxley
    andJeanHansonin1954theyfoundthatATPcausedactinandmyosintoslideacrosseach
    otherastheskeletalmusclecontractionoccurred.AngeloMossointhelate1800sworkedwith
    physiologistWilhelmLudwig,DuBoisRaymond,HugoKronecker,andEtienneMareytoconduct
    researchonmusclefatigueusingmuscletracing.Applyingknowledgeofskeletalmusclestructure,
    contraction,fatiguethefollowinglabswereconductedshowingtheeffectoftheATPontherabbit
    fibersandthefatiguecausedbycontinuousandrepetitivemusclecontractions.

    Part1:SkeletalMuscleStructure

    ASkeletalmuscleisanorganofthemusclesystem.Composedofmultipletissues,such
    asconnectivetissues,fasciaepimysium,peritonismandendomysium.Afascicleissurroundedby
    connectivetissuesheathandmusclefiberswithinthefascicleissurroundedbyendomysium.
    Withinthesarcoplasmoftetheskeletalmuscleisanetworkofsarcoplasmicreticulumanda
    systemoftransversetubercles.Ourskeletalmusclefibercontainsnumerousmyofibrils,each
    consistingofrepeatingunitscalledsarcomeres,whichreflecttheorganizationofmyosinandactin.

    Part2MuscleContractionLab

    MuscleFiber
    (mm)

    BeforeATP
    Length

    AfterATP
    Length

    BeforeATP
    Width

    AfterATPWidth

    1.

    51mm

    45mm

    4mm

    7mm

    2.

    52mm

    48mm

    5mm

    6mm

    3.

    54mm

    51mm

    3mm

    5mm

    4.

    59mm

    52mm

    5mm

    7mm

    Averages

    54mm

    49mm

    4.25mm

    6.25mm

    %Contraction

    9.2%

    47.1%

    MusclesBeforeandAfterATPwasaddedformusclecontraction

    TypesofmusclecontractionsIsotoniccontractionsincludeconcentricandeccentric
    contractions.Isotoniccontractionsoccurwhenmusclecontractsbutdoesnotshortenorlengthen.
    Mostbodyactionsrequirebothisotonicandisometriccontractions.Suchaswalkingcertainleg
    musclescontractisometricallyandkeeplimbsstiffasittouchestheground.Whiletheother
    musclecontractsisotonicallybendingandliftingtheoppositelimb.

    Part3:MuscleFatigueLab


    Amuscleexercisedforalongamountoftimemayloseitsabilitytocontract,acondition
    calledfatigue.Hasanumberofcausesincludingdecreasedbloodflow,ionimbalanceacrossthe
    sarcolemmaeomrepeatedsimulation.Alsophysiologicallossanddrivetocontinuetheaction.As
    musclemetabolismshiftsfromaerobictoanaerobicATPproductionlacticacidbeginsto
    accumulateonmusclesandappearinthebloodstream.

    ContinuousGrip
    TimeInterval

    MaximumForce(N)

    MaximumForce(N)

    010

    98.6

    90.8

    2030

    107.5

    105.9

    4050

    105.2

    107.2

    6070

    100.3

    103.2

    8090

    100.8

    99.8

    TimeInterval

    MaximumForce(N)

    MaximumForce(N)

    010

    70.3

    75.7

    2030

    75.3

    63.2

    4050

    83.7

    70.3

    6070

    75.8

    68.9

    8090

    87.9

    74.7

    Repetitivegrip

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