Chapter 20
Musculoskeletal System
The adult human skeleton comprises 206 bones that are connected through cartilage, tendons, and ligaments. The skeleton provides a rigid framework…
Within the skeletal system, the structure of a bone, or osseous tissue, can be exemplified in a long bone, like the femur, where there are two types…
Bone remodeling is a continuous and balanced process of bone resorption by osteoclasts and bone formation by osteoblasts. In adults, it helps…
Skeletal muscle is the most abundant type of muscle in the body. Tendons are the connective tissue that attaches skeletal muscle to bones. Skeletal…
In skeletal muscles, acetylcholine is released by nerve terminals at the motor end plate—the point of synaptic communication between…
As muscle contracts, the overlap between the thin and thick filaments increases, decreasing the length of the sarcomere—the contractile unit of…
Bone stress injuries are common in sports and military trainings. Repetitive large ground impact forces during training could be the cause. It is…
Building Finite Element Models to Investigate Zebrafish Jaw Biomechanics
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Skeletal morphogenesis occurs through tightly regulated cell behaviors during development; many cell types alter their behavior in response to…
Methods to Assess Subcellular Compartments of Muscle in C. elegans
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Muscle is a dynamic tissue that responds to changes in nutrition, exercise, and disease state. The loss of muscle mass and function with disease and…