Basics of Myology

By
Syed Ali Hussain
BSPT RMC (UHS)
MS OMPT RCRS (RIU)
PGD (RIU)
President PAOMPT
Consultant Therapist Max Health Hospital Spine Centre
Ex-Principal WIRS, ATD
Sr. Lecturer RCRS, Islamabad
 What is Myology ?

• The study of Muscles is called Myology.

– Myo = Muscles

– Logy = to study
 Organization of Human Body

Chemical Cellular
Tissue Level
Level Level

Organ
Organ Level
System Level
Chemical Level
Cellular Level
Tissue Level
Organ Level
Organ System Level
Organism Level
Basic Types of Tissues in Human Body

• The human body is composed of 4 types of

tissues;
1. Connective Tissue

2. Nervous Tissue

3. Epithelial Tissue

4. Muscular Tissue
 Classification of Muscles

• Skeletal Muscles

• Smooth Muscles

• Cardiac Muscles
Skeletal Muscles
Smooth Muscles
Cardiac Muscles
Characteristics of Muscular Tissue

1. Contractility

2. Excitability

3. Extensibility

4. Elasticity
 Contractility

• Contractility refers to the capacity of muscle

to contract or shorten forcefully.
 Excitability

• is the ability to respond to a stimulus, which

may be delivered from a motor neuron or a
hormone.
 Extensibility
• It is the ability of a muscle to be stretched.
 Elasticity

• It is the ability to recoil or bounce back to the

muscle's original length after being stretched.
 Organization of Skeletal Muscles

Sarcomere
Myofibril Muscle Fiber
(Actin & Myosin)

Muscle Muscle Fascicles

Organization of Skeletal Muscles
Organization of Skeletal Muscles
Layers of Fasciae/Connective Tissue in
the Muscle
• Endomysium