General Animal Physiology Course Syllabus
Biology 436
 
Lecture 11:  Muscle Physiology - Introduction


Sherwood- Chapter 8

Objective:  Muscles are the largest group of tissues in the body and they contract in response to electrical stimulation.

1.  Movement by organisms
2.  Muscle types and structure
        a.  striated and unstriated
        b.  voluntary and involuntary
3.  Innervation by the autonomic nervous system
        a.  sympathetic and parasympathetic
        b.  neuromuscular junction

 

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