Muscular

    Cards (7)

    • Cardiac muscle
      Found only in the walls of the heart
      Specialised type of involuntary
      Signals from the brain to the heart to regulate heart rate
    • Involuntary
      Found in organs such as digestive and circulatory
      Found in blood vessels contract and relax to distribute blood where it is needed in the body
    • Voluntary
      Attached to the skeleton by tendons
      Muscle fibres that are long and thin contract and pull the skeleton causing movement
    • Antagonistic muscle pairs
      Muscles work in pairs when one contracts the other relaxes
    • Type I
      Aerobically long distance
      Darker more myoglobin
      Good oxygen supply
      Contract slowly work for longer
    • Type IIa
      Anaerobically fast paced activities
      Games players for aerobic and anaerobic
      Lighter as less oxygen used
      Contract quickly tire easily
    • Type IIx
      Anaerobically for explosive events
      Explosive fires potential for massive power output
      Fatigue very quickly
      Build lactic acid
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