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EduardoBautista

Anatomy
Period5th

SkeletalMusclescreatemovementbycontractingwiththeaidoftheATPthatthebody
produces.TheflemishPhysician,AndreasVesaliusin1543contributedtoskeletalmuscle
studiesanddata,withover200anatomicalillustrationsofskeletalmuscles.Musclecontraction
isdescribedbasedonaslidingfilamenttheorydevelopedby4people,AndrewF.Huxley,Rolf
Niedergerke,HughHuxley,andJeanHansonin1954.Tension,Force,Lengthandwidthare
measurablevariablesofmusclecontraction.AngeloMossoresearchedmusclefatigueand
musclefibersinthelate1800sanddiscoveredthatmusclefatiguehasanimpactonthemuscle
mobility.Thefollowinglabswillbeaddressingtheskeletalmusclestructure,contractionand
fatigueresearchofAngeloMosso.

ThedrawingyouseehereisadrawingoftheSkeletalMuscle.Itshowseverysinglemusclethat
theboneshavestartingfromtheveryfirstone.ThisDrawingwillhelpyououtalotbecausenot
onlywillyouknowwhat'sunderallthatepidermislayerandoverthebonebutyou'llbeableto
usethisfurthermoreintoyourcollegiateyears.

EduardoBautista
Anatomy
Period5th

MuscleFiber
LengthsInMM

BeforeATP
Length

AfterATP
Length

BeforeATP
Width

AfterATPWidth

1.

4.5

.8

2.

4.8

.5

.4

3.

4.

Averages

5.4

4.25

.75

.6

%Contraction

21.29

11.25

whiledoingthelabwehadtotearapartsomeofthemusclefiberssothatwecouldputona
slideandlookatfromamicroscope.Thefirstimageyouseeontheleftisthemusclefiberwith
noATPaddedtoit,andontherightthemusclefiberhadATPaddedtoit.Alsoifyoulookat
theleftoneyou'llseethatit'smuchmorethickerandtheoneontherightismorefatigueandis
shriveled.Theimageontherightismuchmoresmallerinlengthandwidththenthefirstpicture
becauseoftheATPaddedtoit.

EduardoBautista
Anatomy
Period5th

ContinuousGrip
Timeinterval

Maximumforce(N)

Maximumforce(N)

010sec

228.3

2030sec

153.0

4050sec

251.9

6070sec

186.2

8090sec

207.6

EduardoBautista
Anatomy
Period5th

TheReasonforthislineGraphlookingthiswayisbecausewithallthemaximumforceIused
wasgoinggoodthenitwentdownbecausemymusclesfeltfatigueandmadethegraphgo
downtremendously.Lateroninthetestingthegripseemtohavebecomemoreintenseand
wentupawholelot.

RepetitiveGrip

TimeintervalMaximum Maximumforce(N)

MaximumForce

010

159.5

2030

138.4

4050

191.8

6070

127.4

EduardoBautista
Anatomy
Period5th

8090

160.4

ThisGraphlooksthewayitlooksbecauseoftherepetitivegripweweredoing.Themusclesof
myhandkeptongettingfatigueandfeltweak.throughoutthe100sectestingmyhandandarm
feltweakwhichmademelosesomenumbersandmakeitgodowndrastically.

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