PlaytatiousGossett

SkeletalMuscleLabReport
SkeletalmusclescreatemovementbycontractingwiththeaidofATPthatthebodyproduces
TheFlemishPhysician,AndreasVesaliusin1543contributedtoskeletalmusclestudiesand
data.Withover200anatomicalillustrationofskeletalmuscle.
Musclecontractionisbasedonaslidingfilamenttheorydevelopedby4peopleAndrewF.
Huxley,RolfNiedergerke,HughHuxley,andJeanHansonin1954.Tension,force,length,and
widtharemeasurablevariablesofmusclecontraction.AngeloMossoresearchedmusclefatigue
andmusclefibersinthelate1800sandhediscoveredthatmusclefatiguehasanimpactonthe
musclemobility.
Theskeletalmusclestructureandinformation
Part1:SkeletalMuscleStructure:

Figure1Askeletalmuscleattachtoabonewithconnectivetissue.Fasciacoversthemuscle,
epimysiumliesbeneaththefascia,andperimysiumextendsintothemusclewhereitseparates
fascicles.
Musclecontractionisdescribedbasedontwopatterns:tensionandlengthandalsoforceand
length.Itwasdevelopedby4peopleAndrewF.Huxley,RolfNiedergerke,HughHuxley,and
JeanHansonin1954.
Theimportantpurposeofthisiscalledcontraction.Contractionprovidesstabilityand
movementofthebody.

Figure2.1


Figure2.2

MuscleFiber
lengthsinmm

beforeATP
length

afterATPlength beforeATP
width

afterATPwidth

.3

.5

2.5

1.5

.7

.8

3.9

2.8

1.2

3.9

.6

averages

4.35

3.3

0.75

3.1

%contraction

24.137931

313.333333

Table1MuscleContractionandhowthemusclefiberswasbeforeandaftertheATP.ATPis
Adenosinetriphosphateitisaliquidthattransferchemicalenergywithincellsformetabolism.
Thepercentcontractionsarebignumbers.Thelengthsofthemusclefibersdidnotincreaseit
onlydecreasedintheaverage.Butitincreaseonthewidth.


Figure3.Thebargraphofthe%contraction.Thesecondoneincreasedalot.Mostlyinrelease
frommyosin.
Thetensionofthemuscleremainconstant.Themyosinandactintheybondtogethertohavea
contraction.WatchingonthemicroscopehelpsobservebecausewhentheATPwasputonthe
muscleitwasseentoexpandandgetlarger.

Table1ContinuousGrip

TimeInterval

MaximumForce(N)

MaximumForce(N)

010s

123.0

2030s

139.0

16

4050s

113.0

26

6070s

109.0

8090s

125.0

16

Table2.1Tableofthecontinuousgripandthemostbiggestforcethatwasusedduringthattime
period.
Holdingthestickverytightlyandseehowmuchforcewasusebyholdingitandsqueezingitfor
100seconds.

Table2RepetitiveGrip

TimeInterval

MaximumForce(N)

MaximumForce(N)

010s

123.0

2030s

141.0

18

4050s

134.0

6070s

119.0

15

8090s

128.0

Table2.2Tableoftherepetitivegripandthemostbiggestforcethatwasusedduringthattime
period.
Bysqueezingitmultipletimesfor100secondstoseehowlongandwhatwouldbeyour
maximumforcebysqueezingitarepetitivetime.

Table3

Slope

PartIContinuousgripping

PartIIRepetitiveGrip

Figure3.3

Figure3.4

Figure4.1
GraphoftheContinuousgrip.

Figure4.2Graphoftherepetitivegrip
Thecomparisonofthesetogripsisthattheybothstartedatacertaintimeandincreasethen
decreasedforalittlebitandwentbackupandincreaseinthelastseconds.