1. PowerPoint® Lecture Slide Presentation by Patty Bostwick-Taylor, Florence-Darlington Technical College Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin…

Slide 1Muscle Contraction Slide 2 Special Characteristics of Muscle Cells 1. Irritability– The ability to receive and respond to a stimulus. 2. Contractibility – The…

Slide 1 Mrs. Ashley The Muscular System Slide 2 Functions of the Muscular System Movement-responsible for all types of body movement both voluntary and involuntary Add in…

Slide 1 Stimulation and Contraction of Single Skeletal Muscle Cells Excitability (also called responsiveness or irritability)—ability to receive and respond to a stimulus…

Muscular System Muscular System Characteristics of Muscles All muscles have four common characteristics: Contractibility Excitability ( irritability) Extensibility Elasticity…

Muscle Action, Recruitment, and Energy Sources Muscle Activation Caused by message from brain Message sent along motor neuron (nerve cell attached to muscle) M.n. ends in…

Prefixes and Suffixes blast = budding or germ clast = break myo- = muscle sarco â flesh - algia or alg(i)o = pain arthr(o) = pertaining to the joints or limbs - ase = enzyme…

PowerPoint Presentation The Central Nervous System (brain) tells them how & when to contract! So How Do Skeletal Muscles KNOW how to or when to contract? What Happens…

The Muscular System Mrs. Ashley The Muscular System Functions of the Muscular System Movement-responsible for all types of body movement both voluntary and involuntary Add…

Nerve activates contraction 6 The Muscular System © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. PowerPoint® Lecture Slides Prepared by Patty Bostwick-Taylor, Florence-Darlington Technical…