BSC 3096 Lecture Notes - Diaphysis, Synovial Fluid, Chemical Bond

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Skeletal muscle a. b. c. d. e. f. A voluntary muscle tissue that can be controlled. Unique in that they contract only in response to a signal from a somatic motor neuron i. They cannot initiate their own contraction, and their contraction is not influenced by hormones. Makes up the bulk of muscle in the body. Skeletal muscles are usually attached to bones by tendons made of collagen. Typically, muscle stretches across a joint i. ii. The origin of a muscles is the end of the muscle that is attached closest to the trunk or to the more stationary bone (the po int at which it attaches to a bone) The insertion of the muscle is the more distal or more mobile attachment to the bone, usually on the smaller bone that moves relative to the larger bone g. The agonist (the muscle responsible for movement) contracts, while a second muscle, the antagonist, stretches (relaxes)

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