Muscles

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    • Antagonistic muscles
      • Arranged in pairs so that one contracts and the other relaxes.
      • Bicep = 2 tendons; Tricep = 3 tendons
      • When the bicep contracts & the tricep relaxes, the arm bends.
      • When the tricep contracts & the bicep relaxes, the arm extends.
    • Structure of skeletal muscle
      • Each muscle is made of many muscle fibres bound by a connective tissue.
      • Each bundle is bound by connective tissue to form a complete muscle.
      • Muscle fibres are cylindrical and elongated.
      • Muscle fibres consist of myofibrils(myosin & actin)
      • Myosin filament are thick and dark
      • Actin filaments are thin and light.
      • This colour change creates a striated appearance.
      • During contraction, actin filaments slide over the myosin filaments, creating an overlap and a shortening of myofibrils and the whole muscle.
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