This document summarizes the anatomy and function of skeletal muscle tissue. It describes the development of muscle fibers from myoblasts, the structure of the muscle fiber including myofibrils and sarcomeres, and the sliding filament model of muscle contraction. Key aspects covered are the fusion of myoblasts to form multinucleated muscle fibers, the organization of sarcomeres along myofibrils with Z-lines, A-bands, H-bands, and M-lines, and how the sliding of actin and myosin filaments causes muscle contraction.
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3 Main aspects of a muscle
contraction
1.Anatomy and micro anatomy
2.Neuromuscular connection for contraction to
occur
3.Energy needed or nothing goes
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Special Characteristics of Muscle
Tissue
•Excitability, or irritability, is the ability to
receive and respond to a stimulus.
• Contractility is the ability to contract forcibly
when stimulated.
• Extensibility is the ability to be stretched.
• Elasticity is the ability to resume the cells’
original length once stretched