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Skeletal Muscle Lab Report

This lab report summarizes key aspects of skeletal muscle structure and function. It describes how skeletal muscles contract with the aid of ATP to create movement. The sliding filament theory of muscle contraction is explained, involving the interaction of actin and myosin filaments. Experiments were conducted measuring the effects of ATP on muscle fiber length and width during contraction. Additional experiments measured muscle force and fatigue over time during continuous and repetitive gripping tasks. Results showed force decreasing more rapidly with repetitive gripping as ATP levels declined faster with continued exertion.

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Skeletal Muscle Lab Report

This lab report summarizes key aspects of skeletal muscle structure and function. It describes how skeletal muscles contract with the aid of ATP to create movement. The sliding filament theory of muscle contraction is explained, involving the interaction of actin and myosin filaments. Experiments were conducted measuring the effects of ATP on muscle fiber length and width during contraction. Additional experiments measured muscle force and fatigue over time during continuous and repetitive gripping tasks. Results showed force decreasing more rapidly with repetitive gripping as ATP levels declined faster with continued exertion.

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SkeletalMuscleLabReport
SkeletalmusclescreatemovementbycontractingwiththeaidofATPthatthebodyproduces.
TheFlemishPhysician,AndreasVesaliusin1543contributedtoskeletalmusclestudiesanddata
withover200anatomicalillustrationsofskeletalmuscles.Musclecontractionisbasedona
slidingfilamenttheorydevelopedbyfourpeople,AndrewF.Huxley,RolfNiedergerke,Hugh
Huxley,andJeanHansonin1954.Tension,force,lengthandwidtharemeasureablevariablesof
musclecontraction.AngeloMossoresearchedmusclefatigueandmusclefibersinthelate
1800sandhediscoveredthatmusclefatiguehasanimpactonthemusclemobility.The
followinglabswillbeaddressingskeletalmusclestructure,contractionandfatigueresearch.

SkeletalMuscleStructure

Figure1:ASkeletalMuscle
Inthispictureisadetailedskeletalmusclewhicheachpartlabeled.Inthispicturetherearethe
proteinsandthecellsfoundinthemuscle.Askeletalmuscleconsistsofavarietyoftissues,
whichincludethelayersofconnectivetissue.Fasciacoverstheoutsideofthemuscle.The
epimysiumisknownastheconnectivetissuethatsurroundstheskeletalmuscle.Theperimysium
istheconnectivetissuethatstretchesfromtheepimysiumandunconnectsthemuscletissueinto
sectionsthataresmaller.Insidethesesectionsarebundlesthatcontainskeletalmusclefibers
whichareknownasfascicles.Everymusclefiberthatisinsideafasciclelieswithinalayerof
connectivetissueintheconfigurationofacoveringthatisthin,knownasendomysium.

Myofibrilsplayanessentialroleinthemechanismofmusclecontraction.Myofibrilsare
consistedoftwoproteinfilaments.Thickfilamentsarecomposedoftheproteinmyosin.Thin
filamentsarecomposedmainlyoftheproteinactin.

MuscleContraction

MuscularFiber
Lengthsinmm

BeforeATP
Length

AfterATP
Length

BeforeATP
Width

AfterATP
Width

80mm

60mm

15mm

20mm

100mm

110mm

23mm

25mm

47mm

40mm

15mm

20mm

75mm

70mm

14mm

20mm

Average

75.5mm

70mm

16.75mm

21.25

%Contraction

7%

27%


Forthislab,mylabpartnersandIusedaverysmallstripofrabbitskeletalmuscleandexamined
itsreactionastheATPwasappliedtothemusclefilament.WhenmypartnersandIputadropof
ATPonthemuscle,weseenithaveareactionofmovingbackandforth.Thedifferences
betweenthetwopicturesisthatintheafterpicture,thefibersthatareinthepicturebecome
wider,aswellasshorter.Thereasoningforthischangeisbecauseoftheslidingfilamenttheory.
Whenthereisrisingoftheconcentrationofcalciumion,bindingsitesonactinfilamentsopen,
andmyosinheadsattach,formingcrossingbridges.Oncethathappens,thecrossbridgesthan
springfromtheirpositionandpullactinfilaments.Afterthat,theATPbindstothecrossbridge
andduringthatprocessitreleasesitselffromtheactinfilament.AslongasthereisATPand
calciumionspresent,thecyclewillcontinueon.

Table1ContinuousGrip

TimeInterval

MaximumForce(N)

MaximumForce(N)

010s

179.9

2030s

120.3

59.6

4050s

127.3

6070s

135.2

7.9

8090s

94.9

40.3

RepetitiveGripTable2

TimeInterval

MaximumForce(N)

MaximumForce(N)

010s

120.2

2030s

144.7

24.5

4050s

157.1

12.4

6070s

95.8

61.3

8090s

105.4

9.6


Inthesetrialsitwasclearthatonmycontinuousgripeffort,asthesecondsincreased,my
maximumforcelessened.Intherepetitivegripeffort,myfatiguecameonmuchquicker.The
causeofthisisbecausetheATPranoutofmymusclesfasterwhenIcontinuedtogripandgrip.

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