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Muscular system of vertebrates / Seth M. Kisia, Daniel W. Onyango.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kisia, Seth M.
- Series:
- Biological systems in vertebrates ; v. 3.
- Biological systems in vertebrates ; v. 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Anatomy, Comparative.
- Muscles.
- Vertebrates--Anatomy.
- Vertebrates.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (128 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Enfield, N.H. : Science Publishers, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Covers salient topics relevant to the understanding of vertebrate musculature, including, evolution and development of various muscles, the various types present and their morphological organization and physiology. This book will serve as a useful reference material for students of zoology, agriculture, ecology and other related fields, besides a reference to veterinary and medical students as well as scientists who wish to know the different muscles of vertebrates and their origin.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- 1. General Introduction to Vertebrate Muscular System
- THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM
- Muscle Contraction
- Tonic and Phasic Muscles
- Development and Evolution of the Muscular System
- Fish Muscular System
- CLASSES OF VERTEBRATES
- Jawless Fishes (Class Agnatha)
- Jawed Fishes (Gnathostomes)
- Placoderms
- Chondrichthyes
- Osteichthyes
- TETRAPOD MUSCULAR SYSTEM
- Amphibians
- Reptiles
- BIRDS
- MAMMALS
- 2. Muscle Types
- INTRODUCTION
- Smooth Muscles
- Cardiac Muscles
- Intercalated disks
- Impulse generation and conduction in cardiac uscles
- Skeletal Muscles
- FIBER TYPES
- Tonic Muscle Fibers
- Slow Phasic (Red) Fibers
- Fast Phasic (White) Fibers
- Intermediate Phasic (Pink) Fibers
- Motor Unit
- ACCESSORY STRUCTURES ASSOCIATED WITH MUSCLE
- Fasciae
- Synovial Bursae
- Tendon Sheaths
- Muscle pennation
- Skeletal muscle movements and functions
- Muscle groups in vertebrates
- (i) Cutaneous muscles
- (ii) Muscles of facial expression
- (iii) Muscles of mastication
- (iv) Hyoid muscles
- (v) Extrinsic muscles of the tongue
- (vi) Intrinsic muscles of the larynx
- (vii) Muscles of the neck
- (viii) Muscles of the thoracic girdle
- (ix) Muscles of the thorax
- (x) Muscles of the abdominal wall
- (xi) Epaxial muscles of the back
- (xii) Muscles of the tail
- (xiii) Sublumbar muscles
- (xiv) Muscles of the shoulder
- (xv) Muscles of the elbow joint
- (xvi) Rotators of the forearm
- (xvii) Muscles of the carpal joint
- (xviii) Muscles of the digits
- (xix) Outer hip and croup muscles
- (xx) Caudolateral muscles of the thigh (muscles of the buttocks)
- (xxi) Medial muscles of the thigh
- (xxii) Deep muscles of the hip joint
- (xxiii) Special muscles of the stifle joint
- (xxiv) Muscles of the hock joint
- (xxv) Muscles of the digits.
- 3. Muscle Development
- ORIGIN OF MUSCLE CELLS
- ORIGIN OF VERTEBRATE MUSCULATURE
- Muscles of the head
- Muscles of the neck and trunk
- Muscles of the limb
- 4. Muscle Contraction
- SARCOMERE STRUCTURE
- CONTRACTILE PROTEINS
- Actin
- Myosin
- Tropomyosin
- Troponin
- Actinin
- MECHANISM OF MUSCLE CONTRACTION
- Smooth Muscle
- REGULATION OF MUSCLE CONTRACTION
- Cardiac Muscle
- MUSCLE RELAXATION
- TEMPERATURE AND SLIDING FILAMENT MECHANISM
- TYPES OF MUSCLE CONTRACTION
- Isometric Contractions
- Isotonic Contractions
- Negative Work Contractions
- MUSCLE FATIGUE
- RIGOR MORTIS
- SHORTENING AND POWER OUTPUT OF MUSCLES
- 5. Body Support in Vertebrates
- SWIMMING
- Fish Swimming
- Fish swimming movements
- TERRESTRIAL VERTEBRATES
- Birds
- Tetrapods
- BOW AND BOWSTRING ANALOGY
- ADAPTATIONS
- QUADRUPED LIMBS
- Pectoral Limb
- Pelvic Limb
- Dynamics
- 6. Evolution of the Vertebrate Muscular System
- EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLES
- VISCERAL ARCHES
- BRANCHIOMERIC MUSCLES
- MANDIBULAR MUSCLES
- HYOID MUSCLES
- MUSCLES OF THIRD AND SUCCESSIVE PHARYNGEAL ARCHES
- HYPOBRANCHIAL MUSCLES
- EPIBRANCHIAL MUSCLES
- AXIAL MUSCULATURE
- Epaxial Muscles
- Hypaxial Muscles
- APPENDICULAR MUSCLES
- Pectoral Girdle Muscles
- Pelvic Girdle Muscles
- Electric Organs
- Muscle Spindles
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-82754-1
- 9786611827540
- 1-57808-587-X
- OCLC:
- 646769401
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