HTHSCI 1CC6 Study Guide - Final Guide: Muscle Tissue, Hamstring, Rectus Femoris Muscle

• School: Mohawk College
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HTHSCI 1CC6
• Professor: Ruth Hannon

Document Summary

1in this package, at the tissue level, you will learn about muscle tissue, one of the body"s four basic tissue types. At the system level, you will learn about the muscular system and its organs, the skeletal muscles and their role in body movement. Knowledge of the role of muscle tissue (be it skeletal, smooth or cardiac) in movement will help you to understand the consequences of muscle damage to system functioning. The ability to walk, talk, sit, breathe, circulate blood, even control elimination is influenced by muscle movements. In your nursing practice, awareness of the importance of muscular system movement to physiological functioning becomes the rationale for many of your nursing interventions to restore and/or maintain client mobility. Throughout this package you will develop knowledge and understanding of: Muscle tissue is one of the body"s major protein components, and carries out several important functions in the body.