1. Chapter 2 Structure of Muscle Tissue & Muscle Contraction

2. Learning Objectives

4. 3 Types of Human Muscle Tissue

5. Structure of Smooth Muscle

6. Structure of Skeletal Muscle

7. Structure of Cardiac Muscle

8. Skeletal Muscles Showing Cross-Striations

9. Muscle Fibers & Connective Tissue Sheaths Adapted from J.W. Hole, Jr. Human Anatomy & Physiology, 5th edition (1990), with permission of the McGraw-Hill Companies.

10. Structure of the Muscle Fiber

11. Classification of Muscle Fiber Types

12. Characteristics of Muscle Fiber Types

13. 3 Primary Fiber Types in Human Skeletal Muscle

14. Significance of Fiber Type for Athletics

15. A Sarcomere— The Functional Unit of the Myofibril

16. Structure of a Sarcomere

17. Myofilaments

18. Actin, Myosin, Troponin, & Tropomyosin

19. Aspects of the Sliding Filament Model of Muscle Contraction

20. ATP Breakdown & Muscle Contraction — 1 st Theory

21. Where to Learn More Muscles: – http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/ M/Muscles.html http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/ M/Muscles.html Muscle physiology—myofilament structure: – http://muscle.ucsd.edu/musintro.fibril.shtml http://muscle.ucsd.edu/musintro.fibril.shtml Histology of muscle: – http://views.vcu/edu/ana/OB/Muscle~1/index.htm http://views.vcu/edu/ana/OB/Muscle~1/index.htm Sliding filament theory: – http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/ M/Muscles.html http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/ M/Muscles.html

22. Muscular Strength & Endurance

23. Basic Muscle Physiology

24. Slow & Fast Twitch Muscle Fibers

25. What are Motor Units?

26. Benefits of Muscular Strength & Endurance

27. Assessing Muscular Strength & Endurance

28. Static vs. Dynamic Strength Training

29. Comparing Static vs. Dynamic Exercises

30. Other Training Methods

31. Applying the FITT Principle

32. Warm Up & Cool Down

33. Weight Training Safety

34. Do You Need Supplements?