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  2. Skeletal muscle - Wikipedia

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    Skeletal muscle. Skeletal muscle (commonly referred to as muscle) is one of the three types of vertebrate muscle tissue, the other being cardiac muscle and smooth muscle. They are part of the voluntary muscular system [1] and typically are attached by tendons to bones of a skeleton. [2][3] The skeletal muscle cells are much longer than in the ...

  3. Muscular system - Wikipedia

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    The muscular system is an organ system consisting of skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscle. It permits movement of the body, maintains posture, and circulates blood throughout the body. [1] The muscular systems in vertebrates are controlled through the nervous system although some muscles (such as the cardiac muscle) can be completely autonomous ...

  4. Human musculoskeletal system - Wikipedia

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    The human musculoskeletal system (also known as the human locomotor system, and previously the activity system) is an organ system that gives humans the ability to move using their muscular and skeletal systems. The musculoskeletal system provides form, support, stability, and movement to the body. It is made up of the bones of the skeleton ...

  5. List of skeletal muscles of the human body - Wikipedia

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    abducts, intorts, and depress eye. right medial, superior, and inferior recti (superior and inferior oblique muscles are the synergists) 2. 1. oblique, inferior. head, extraocular (left/right) orbital surface of maxilla, lateral to lacrimal groove. laterally onto eyeball, deep to lateral rectus, by a short flat tendon.

  6. Muscle architecture - Wikipedia

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    Muscle architecture is the physical arrangement of muscle fibers at the macroscopic level that determines a muscle's mechanical function. There are several different muscle architecture types including: parallel, pennate and hydrostats. Force production and gearing vary depending on the different muscle parameters such as muscle length, fiber ...

  7. Muscle - Wikipedia

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    Skeletal muscle is a highly oxygen-consuming tissue, and oxidative DNA damage that is induced by reactive oxygen species tends to accumulate with age. [13] The oxidative DNA damage 8-OHdG accumulates in heart and skeletal muscle of both mouse and rat with age. [14] Also, DNA double-strand breaks accumulate with age in the skeletal muscle of ...

  8. Striated muscle tissue - Wikipedia

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    Striated muscle tissue is a muscle tissue that features repeating functional units called sarcomeres. The presence of sarcomeres manifests as a series of bands visible along the muscle fibers, which is responsible for the striated appearance observed in microscopic images of this tissue. There are two types of striated muscle:

  9. Anatomical terms of muscle - Wikipedia

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    Different skeletal muscle types: A: fusiform. B: unipennate. C: bipennate. (PCS: physiological cross-section) Muscles may also be described by the direction that the muscle fibers run, in their muscle architecture. Fusiform muscles have fibers that run parallel to the length of the muscle, and are spindle-shaped. [19]