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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.

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