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SkeletalMuscleLabReport
SkeletalmusclescreatemovementbycontractingwiththeaidoftheATPthatthebody
produces.TheFlemishPhysician,AndreasVesalius,in1543contributedtoskeletalmuscle
studiesanddatawithover200anatomicalillustrationsofskeletalmuscles.Musclescontraction
isbasedonaslidingfilamenttheorydevelopedby4people:AndrewF.Huxley,Rolf
Niedergerke,HughHuxley,andJeanHansonin1954.Tension,force,length,andwidthare
measurablevariablesofmusclecontraction.AngeloMossoresearchedmusclefatigueand
musclefibersinthelate1800sandhediscoveredthatmusclefatiguehasanimpactonthe
musclemobility.Thethefollowinglabswillbeaddressingskeletalmusclestructure,
contractions,andfatigueresearch.
PartI:SkeletalMuscleStructure:
Figure1:Askeletalmuscleattachedtoabonewithitsconnectivetissues.Displaysthelayers
andmakeupofthemuscle.Theskeletalmuscleisconnectedtothebonebytendons,hasfascia
overit,andhasepimysiumastheouterlayer.Insidetherearefascicleswrappedinperimysium
andtheninsidethefasciclesaremusclefibers.Therearewrappedinendomysium,are
multinucleated,havesarcomeres,andarefilledwithmitochondria(ATP).Insidethemuscle
fibersareactinfilaments,whicharethin,andmyosinfilaments,whicharethick.Inthisfinal
layer,therearemyofibrils(proteins).
PartII:MuscleContraction
Figure2Figure3
MuscleFiber
Lengthsinmm
BeforeATP
Length
AfterATP
Length
BeforeATP
Width
AfterATP
Width
5mm
40mm
4mm
5mm
42mm
30mm
1mm
2mm
31mm
30mm
1mm
2mm
59mm
28mm
2mm
7mm
Averages
34.25mm
32.25mm
2mm
4mm
%Contraction
5.8%
100%
Table1
Graph1
Table1:Thelengthandwidthofamusclerabbitobservedunderamicroscopebeforeandafter
ATP,causingittocontract.Figure2:MicroscopicviewofapsoasrabbitmusclebeforeATP.
Figure3:MicroscopicviewofapsoasrabbitmuscleafterATP(contraction).Graph1:Thelength
vs.widthpercentageofmusclecontractionofthepsoasrabbitmusclefrombeforeandafter
ATP.
PartIII:GripStrengthandMuscleFatigue
Table2:ContinuousGrip
TimeInterval
MaximumForce(N)
MaximumForce(N)
010s
183.8N
2030s
89.9N
93.9N
4050s
114.8N
24.9N
6070s
94.7N
20.1N
8090s
111.7N
17N
Table3:RepetitiveGrip
TimeInterval
MaximumForce(N)
MaximumForce(N)
010s
181N
2030s
134.3N
46.7N
4050s
117.4N
16.9N
6070s
68.9N
48.5N
8090s
71.9N
3N
Table4:Slope
Slope
PartIContinuousGripping
PartIIRepetitiveGripping
6/5
Graph2
Graph3
Table1:ContinuousGrip.AHandDynamometerwasusedtocalculateandgraphthevariation
offorcefromcontinuouslygrippingthehandleforadurationof100s.Inthelast10seconds
from90100sthemaximumwas147.6Nandthechangeinmaximumforcewas35.9N.Table
2:RepetitiveGrip.AHandDynamometerwasusedtocalculateandgraphthevariationofforce
fromrepetitivelygrippingthehandleforadurationof100s.Inthelast10secondsfrom90100
sthemaximumwas98Nandthechangeinmaximumforcewas26.1N.