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    Smooth Muscles, Functions, Diseases, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions
    Smooth Muscles, Functions, Diseases, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions
    Smooth Muscles, Functions, Diseases, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions
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    Smooth Muscles, Functions, Diseases, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions

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    This book describes Smooth Muscles, Functions, Diseases, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases
    Learning muscle contraction can be quite a beast
    Complex and detailed, to say the least
    But with this poem, you are sure to learn
    How the muscles work, why at times they burn

    Intimidating, I know, but it is not to worry
    Just keep on reading and you’ll learn in a hurry
    All is launched by an Action Potential
    Traveling in a neuron to a voltage gated channel

    This tells the Calcium to move on in
    And trigger the ACH that it’s ready to begin
    ACH crosses the cleft to enter the cell
    And calls up the Sodium to come in as well

    This changes the charge inside the fiber
    The charge is a key and the muscle the driver
    If threshold is reached, Action Potential is sent
    It moves down the membrane, straight and not bent

    T-tubules are next in the APs passage
    And our hero calcium is back to send quite a message
    Calcium is a bouncer bumping troponin from the club
    Typtomysoin is troponin’s friend, also dubbed a scrub

    They are taken off actin so myosin can bind
    And begin the cross bridge cycling all in a line
    This is what causes the muscle contraction
    The heads moving quickly in concerted action

    But this cycle cannot continue forever
    The muscle must relax or enter rigor
    So to keep you from becoming a stiff
    ATP comes along like a Christmas gift

    The perfect amount to release myosin heads
    And let them return home to rest in their beds
    Now what I just detailed is only one type of muscle
    We have 3 different kinds all helping us hustle

    Skeletal, smooth, and cardiac are the 3. Each make us move
    They keep our hearts beating and let our legs groove
    Cardiac and smooth function differently then described
    They have unique physiologies by which they abide

    Smooth muscles does not use troponin to go
    Cardiac muscles do, but their rate of potential is slow
    This happens because their calcium channels are left open
    To keep the heart contracting and the muscles not frozen

    Smooth and Cardiac muscle cells both have gap junctions
    To call each other on the phone and invite friends to functions
    One says, “hey lets move. There’s a burrito coming down.”
    And the others join in immediately to churn the lunch around

    There are many more details and information to describe
    But this poem is enough to understand how muscles work inside

    By Anna Taylor
    Smooth muscle is non-striated, uni-nucleate, and under involuntary control regulated by the autonomic nervous system.
    Smooth muscles are muscle tissue present in the walls of hollow organs, e.g. blood vessels, the digestive tract, the uterus, etc.
    Smooth muscles, which can not be voluntarily regulated, normally happen in sheets or layers, one layer of muscle behind another.
    These muscles function all over the body
    Life and death of a smooth muscle
    My name is Smooth Man the smooth muscle cell.
    I was named Smooth Man by my friends who feel that I am a very smooth character.
    My body is smooth and spindle shape.
    My body can glide within the walls of the gut, blood vessel, urinary tract and uterus
    One way to distinguish us smooth muscle from striated muscle is the absence of the regular pattern of sarcomeres (no A, I bands or Z lines).
    We Smooth muscle cells can be distinguished from connective tissue by our organized appearance.
    We smooth muscles are divided into two sub-groups:
    The single-unit (unitary)
    The multiunit smooth muscle
    We smooth muscle cells may be organized in 2-3 layers.
    One layer may run circularly around the lumen;
    Another layer may be running longitudinally along the length of the organ.
    In the stomach, there is a layer that runs more diagonally
    My death is by apostosis or necrosis

    TABLE OF CONTENT
    Introduction
    Chapter 1 Smoot

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKenneth Kee
    Release dateFeb 24, 2019
    ISBN9780463982730
    Smooth Muscles, Functions, Diseases, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions
    Author

    Kenneth Kee

    Medical doctor since 1972.Started Kee Clinic in 1974 at 15 Holland Dr #03-102, relocated to 36 Holland Dr #01-10 in 2009.Did my M.Sc (Health Management ) in 1991 and Ph.D (Healthcare Administration) in 1993.Dr Kenneth Kee is still working as a family doctor at the age of 74However he has reduced his consultation hours to 3 hours in the morning and 2 hours inthe afternoon.He first started writing free blogs on medical disorders seen in the clinic in 2007 on http://kennethkee.blogspot.com.His purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of his patients which is also his dissertation for his Ph.D (Healthcare Administration). He then wrote an autobiography account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.comThis autobiography account “A Family Doctor’s Tale” was combined with his early “A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders” into a new Wordpress Blog “A Family Doctor’s Tale” on http://ken-med.com.From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 1000 eBooks.He apologized for typos and spelling mistakes in his earlier books.He will endeavor to improve the writing in futures.Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.The later books go into more details of medical disorders.He has published 1000 eBooks on various subjects on health, 1 autobiography of his medical journey, another on the autobiography of a Cancer survivor, 2 children stories and one how to study for his nephew and grand-daughter.The purpose of these simple guides is to educate patient on health disorders and not meant as textbooks.He does not do any night duty since 2000 ever since Dr Tan had his second stroke.His clinic is now relocated to the Buona Vista Community Centre.The 2 units of his original clinic are being demolished to make way for a new Shopping Mall.He is now doing some blogging and internet surfing (bulletin boards since the 1980's) startingwith the Apple computer and going to PC.The entire PC is upgraded by himself from XT to the present Pentium duo core.The present Intel i7 CPU is out of reach at the moment because the CPU is still expensive.He is also into DIY changing his own toilet cistern and other electric appliance.His hunger for knowledge has not abated and he is a lifelong learner.The children have all grown up and there are 2 grandchildren who are even more technically advanced than the grandfather where mobile phones are concerned.This book is taken from some of the many articles in his blog (now with 740 posts) A Family Doctor’s Tale.Dr Kee is the author of:"A Family Doctor's Tale""Life Lessons Learned From The Study And Practice Of Medicine""Case Notes From A Family Doctor"

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      Smooth Muscles, Functions, Diseases, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions - Kenneth Kee

      Smooth Muscles,

      Functions, Diseases,

      A

      Simple

      Guide

      To

      The Condition,

      Diagnosis,

      Treatment

      And

      Related Conditions

      By

      Dr Kenneth Kee

      M.B.,B.S. (Singapore)

      Ph.D (Healthcare Administration)

      Copyright Kenneth Kee 2019 Smashwords Edition

      Published by Kenneth Kee at Smashwords.com

      Dedication

      This book is dedicated

      To my wife Dorothy

      And my children

      Carolyn, Grace

      And Kelvin

      This book describes Smooth Muscles, Functions, Diseases, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases which is seen in some of my patients in my Family Clinic.

      (What You Need to Treat Smooth Muscles, Functions, Diseases)

      This eBook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This eBook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each reader.

      If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy.

      Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Introduction

      I have been writing medical articles for my blog: http://kennethkee.blogspot.com (A Simple Guide to Medical Disorder) for the benefit of my patients since 2007.

      My purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of my patients.

      Health Education was also my dissertation for my Ph.D (Healthcare Administration).

      I then wrote an autobiolographical account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog: http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.com.

      This autobiolographical account A Family Doctor’s Tale was combined with my early A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders into a new Wordpress Blog A Family Doctor’s Tale on http://kenkee481.wordpress.com.

      From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 800 eBooks.

      Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.

      For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.

      The later books go into more details of medical disorders.

      The first chapter is always from my earlier blogs which unfortunately tends to have typos and spelling mistakes.

      Since 2013, I have tried to improve my spelling and writing.

      As I tried to bring the patient the latest information about a disorder or illness by reading the latest journals both online and offline, I find that I am learning more and improving on my own medical knowledge in diagnosis and treatment for my patients.

      Just by writing all these simple guides I find that I have learned a lot from your reviews (good or bad), criticism and advice.

      I am sorry for the repetitions in these simple guides as the second chapters onwards have new information as compared to my first chapter taken from my blog.

      I also find repetition definitely help me and maybe some readers to remember the facts in the books more easily.

      I apologize if these repetitions are irritating to some readers.

      Chapter 1

      Smooth Muscle Cell

      Learning muscle contraction can be quite a beast

      Complex and detailed, to say the least

      But with this poem, you are sure to learn

      How the muscles work, why at times they burn

      Intimidating, I know, but it is not to worry

      Just keep on reading and you’ll learn in a hurry

      All is launched by an Action Potential

      Traveling in a neuron to a voltage gated channel

      This tells the Calcium to move on in

      And trigger the ACH that it’s ready to begin

      ACH crosses the cleft to enter the cell

      And calls up the Sodium to come in as well

      This changes the charge inside the fiber

      The charge is a key and the muscle the driver

      If threshold is reached, Action Potential is sent

      It moves down the membrane, straight and not bent

      T-tubules are next in the APs passage

      And our hero calcium is back to send quite a message

      Calcium is a bouncer bumping troponin from the club

      Typtomysoin is troponin’s friend, also dubbed a scrub

      They are taken off actin so myosin can bind

      And begin the cross bridge cycling all in a line

      This is what causes the muscle contraction

      The heads moving quickly in concerted action

      But this cycle cannot continue forever

      The muscle must relax or enter rigor

      So to keep you from becoming a stiff

      ATP comes along like a Christmas gift

      The perfect amount to release myosin heads

      And let them return home to rest in their beds

      Now what I just detailed is only one type of muscle

      We have 3 different kinds all helping us hustle

      Skeletal, smooth, and cardiac are the 3. Each make us move

      They keep our hearts beating and let our legs groove

      Cardiac and smooth function differently then described

      They have unique physiologies by which they abide

      Smooth muscles does not use troponin to go

      Cardiac muscles do, but their rate of potential is slow

      This happens because their calcium channels are left open

      To keep the heart contracting and the muscles not frozen

      Smooth and Cardiac muscle cells both have gap junctions

      To call each other on the phone and invite friends to functions

      One says, hey lets move. There’s a burrito coming down.

      And the others join in immediately to churn the lunch around

      There are many more details and information to describe

      But this poem is enough to understand how muscles work inside

      By Anna Taylor

      This is one of the best poems to learn about muscles

      All humans can move due to muscles.

      Smooth Muscle Definition:

      Smooth muscle is non-striated, uni-nucleate, and under involuntary control (not conscious) regulated by the autonomic nervous system.

      Smooth muscles are muscle tissue present in the walls of hollow organs, e.g. blood vessels, the digestive tract, the uterus, etc.

      Smooth muscles, which can not be voluntarily regulated, normally happen in sheets or layers, one layer of muscle behind another.

      These muscles function all over the body

      In the digestive system the smooth muscles contract and relax moving food through the body

      Smooth muscles are also present in the bladder.

      When they are relaxed, the opening in the bladder is shut which permits urine to stay in the bladder.

      When someone enters the bathroom to pass urine, they contract pushing urine out of the bladder.

      Smooth muscles in a woman's uterus, where a baby develops and grows, push the baby out when it is time for delivery.

      Smooth muscles are even present in the irises of the eyes where they assist to keep the eyes focused, and help regulate the quantity of light that enters the eye.

      The cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, and respiratory systems are made mostly of hollow organs (tubular or saccular) which carry and store fluids (liquids or gases) within the body.

      The walls of these organs have smooth muscle a type of tissue which allows them to constrict or dilate in this way halting or facilitating fluid movement as needed.

      The shortening or lengthening of the individual smooth muscle cells happens in a co-ordinated manner because the cells are electrically coupled by intercellular connections called gap junctions.

      Other structures in the body that have smooth muscle are the piloerector muscles which induce skin hair to stand up.

      Smooth muscle thus sub-serves all internal, involuntary functions other than the movements of breathing and the beating of the heart.

      Many directly acting chemical agents involve its contraction but most smooth muscle is also under the regulation of the autonomic nervous system.

      In some areas such as most blood vessels it is involved only by the sympathetic component and at others (in the gut and the iris) by dual, and occasionally opposite, effects of sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves.

      Smooth muscle at different sites is much more varied than skeletal or cardiac muscle.

      By producing varied structural arrangements of smooth muscle and other related cells, and at the same time changing the mechanisms that regulate contraction, evolution has reached a notable range of smooth muscle-containing organs, each designed to fill a unique function.

      Calcium and contraction

      On a cellular level, all smooth muscles share many features.

      When relaxed, the cells take the shape of long, narrow spindles or worms.

      The cells are called smooth because they do not have the regular bands or striations prominent in skeletal muscle fibers and cardiac muscle cells.

      Smooth muscle cells are able to contract very rapidly to half or less of their relaxed length.

      Contraction may be maintained as in the smooth muscle cells found in the blood vessels or airways, or rhythmic as in the cells of the myometrium and gastrointestinal tract.

      The main stimulus for contraction is an increase in the cellular concentration of calcium.

      This can be activated by a large collection of chemical signals that vary depending on the smooth muscle type affected including a range of neurotransmitters secreted

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