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Muscles, Part 2 - Organismal Level

Hank calls in a friend to do his push ups for him today to explain how skeletal muscles work together to create and reverse movements. Hank and Claire also demonstrate the role size plays in motor units, the three phase cycle of muscle twitches, and how the strength and frequency of an impulse affects the strength and duration of a contraction. This episode also explains twitch summation, tetanus, and isotonic vs. isometric movements.

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  • Originally Aired June 15, 2015
  • Runtime 10 minutes
  • Created June 26, 2024 by
    The501Trooper
  • Modified June 26, 2024 by
    The501Trooper