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Muscle Physiology

Skeletal Muscles

• ▶️ Neuromuscular Junction and Neuromuscular Transmission

• ▶️ End Plate Potential

• ▶️ Safety Factor & Fatigue of the Neuromuscular Junction

• ▶️ Structure of Skeletal Muscle

• ▶️ Excitation Contraction Coupling and Muscle Contraction

• ▶️ Length-Tension Relationship in Muscle

• ▶️ Energetics of Muscle Contraction

• ▶️ Isometric Contraction vs Isotonic Contraction

• ▶️ Types of Muscle Fiber: Slow & Fast Fibers

• ▶️ Motor Unit

• ▶️ Twitch, Summation & Tetanus

• ▶️ Staircase Phenomenon (Treppe)

• ▶️ Skeletal Muscle Tone

• ▶️ Muscle Fatigue

• ▶️ Remodeling of Muscle

• ▶️ Denervation Atrophy of Muscles

• Muscles and CNS

  • ▶️ Muscle Spindle & Stretch Reflex

  • ▶️ Alpha Gamma Coactivation

Smooth Muscles

• ▶️ Structure and Types of Smooth Muscle

• ▶️ Neuromuscular Junction & Transmission

• ▶️ Membrane Potentials in Smooth Muscle

• ▶️ Excitation Contraction Coupling

• ▶️ Properties of Smooth Muscle Contraction (vs Skeletal Muscle)

• ▶️ Control of Smooth Muscle Contraction