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Muscular System

The document discusses the three main types of muscle in the human body - cardiac, smooth, and skeletal muscle. It describes their key characteristics like voluntary vs involuntary control and striations. The mechanism of muscular contraction is explained as myosin filaments attaching and detaching from actin filaments to slide past each other using ATP as energy. Skeletal muscle attachment is discussed, specifically the definitions and functions of tendon origins, insertions, flexor muscles, and extensor muscles.

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Muscular System

The document discusses the three main types of muscle in the human body - cardiac, smooth, and skeletal muscle. It describes their key characteristics like voluntary vs involuntary control and striations. The mechanism of muscular contraction is explained as myosin filaments attaching and detaching from actin filaments to slide past each other using ATP as energy. Skeletal muscle attachment is discussed, specifically the definitions and functions of tendon origins, insertions, flexor muscles, and extensor muscles.

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The

Human
Muscular
System
Types of Muscle
Cardiac Muscle
Striated muscle found only in
the heart
Under involuntary control
Only rests between contractions
Smooth Muscle
Lack striations
Usually under involuntary
control
Contraction is slow and rhythmic
Muscles of internal organs
Skeletal Muscle
Striated muscle fibers with no
clear separation between cells
Under voluntary control
Mechanism of Contraction

Heads on myosin
filaments attach to
actin filaments

Filaments slide by
one another then
detach

Process repeats
itself many times
in a single
contraction

Energy for
contraction comes
from ATP
Muscles - Anterior
Muscles - Posterior
Skeletal Muscle
Attachment
Tendon Attachments
Origin
Attachment to the bone that
doesnt move
Insertion
Attachment to the bone that
does move
Antagonistic Pairs
Flexor
Flexes the joint (moves
toward the body)
Extensor
Extends the joint (away
from the body)

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