Effects of Exercise on Muscular System

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Characteristics of Cardiac Muscle

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Non-fatiguing, involuntary.

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Characteristics of Skeletal Muscle

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Fatiguing, voluntary.

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Characteristics of Smooth Muscle

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Involuntary, slow contraction.

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Major Skeletal Muscles

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Deltoids, biceps, triceps, wrist flexors, wrist extensors, supinators, pronators, pectorals, abdominals, obliques, quadriceps, hip flexors, tibialis anterior, erector spinae, trapezius, latissimus dorsi, gluteals, hamstrings, gastrocnemius, soleus.

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Antagonistic Muscle Pairs

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Agonist, Antagonist, Synergist, Fixator.

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Types of Skeletal Muscle Contraction

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Isometric, Concentric, Eccentric.

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Fibre Types in Muscles

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Type I, Type IIa, Type IIx.

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Nervous Control of Muscle Contraction

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All or none law.

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Responses of Muscular System to Exercise

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Increased blood supply, Increased muscle temperature, Increased muscle pliability, Lactate (high-intensity exercise), Microtears (resistance exercise).

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Adaptations of Muscular System to Exercise

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Hypertrophy, Increased tendon strength, Increase in myoglobin stores, Increase in number and size of mitochondria, Increase in storage of glycogen, Increase in storage of fat, Increased tolerance to lactate.