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    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 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 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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