BIOL273 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Endoplasmic Reticulum, Myocyte, Skeletal Muscle

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Origin of the muscle is the end of the muscle that is attached closer to the. The insertion of the muscle is the more mobile attachment/bone. If the centers of the connected bones are brought closer together when the muscle contracts, then the muscle is a flexor- the movement is called flexion. If the centers of the bones move away from each other when the muscle contracts, the movement is called extension. Most joins in the body have both flexor and extensor muscles, because a contracting muscle can pull a bone in one direction but can"t move it back- which is why both types of muscle are needed. Flexor-extensor pairs are called antagonistic muscle groups, because the exert opposite effects. Skeletal muscles are a collection of muscle cells, or muscle fibres. Each skeletal muscle fibre is a long cylindrical cell with up to several hundred nuclei near the surface of the fibre. They are the largest cells in the body.

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