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    Myofibrillar Myopathy

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    The Korean Journal of Pathology 2010; 44: 426-30 DOI: 10.4132/KoreanJPathol.2010.44.4.426 Myofibrillar Myopathy - A Case Report - ∙ Jee Young Kim∙ Eun Hae Jeong ∙ Kee Duk Park∙ Heasoo Koo1 Departments of Neurology and 1 Pathology‚ Ewha Medical Research Institute‚ Ewha Womans University School of Medicine‚ Seoul‚ Korea Received : May 25‚ 2009 Accepted : August 18‚ 2009 Corresponding Author Heasoo Koo‚ M.D. Department of Pathology‚ Ewha Womans University School of Medicine‚

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    and/or postsynaptic part of the NMJ can be a hint of a certain disease. In the following figure‚ the structure differences between a wild type mouse and mdx mouse NMJ is compared. In research‚ an mdx mouse is used as a DMD animal model. Duchene muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a certain muscle disease caused by the absence of dystrophin that is found in the sarco-lemma. As it can be seen in Figure 2 the structure of the presynaptic part (green‚ staining of synaptophysin) and the postsynaptic part (red‚ staining

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    Student Name: Kiana Jimenez Flexibility Goal: I aspire to touch my toes no later than 8/28/13. I believe that completing this goal will help me to improve when I need to reach something with ease. (Worth 10 points) Muscular Goal: I aspire to perform 20 modified pushups no later than 8/29/13 I believe that completing this goal will help me to improve when I carry my backpack.(worth 10 points) Date Warm-up Physical Activity Intensity Cool-down Minutes 8-25-13 Soccer 8-26-13

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    the positive and negative effects on the skeletal and muscular systems of a young person performing contact‚ high impact and repetitive sports. There can be both positive and negative outcomes to a young performer. Positive effects can be the strengthening of the body. Negative effects can be that serious injuries can occur to the undeveloped young performer’s body and not be able to do that sport after. The skeletal system and the muscular system are both systems in the body that can benefit

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    Myotonic Dystrophy was discovered in 1909 by Hans Gustav Wilhelm Steinart who was a German physician. In the same year‚ Frederic Eustace Batten who was a British Physician described the disease. Steinart’s Disease has two types‚ type 1 and type 2. Type 1 is more severe than Type 2‚ but Type 2 occurs less frequently. The disease often presents itself during adulthood in the 20’s or 30’s; however it can occur at any time. Symptoms of the disease include the inability to relax muscles after contractions

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    Muscular Christianity

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    Muscular Christianity is the concept that participating in vigorous sports/exercises builds character. I have to say that I 100% believe in this concept and think that it really does reign true. I do believe that participating in sports builds character‚ whether it is a recreational sport‚ or if it is in a league for a title‚ playing a sport is going to help people build character. People have always said that winning proves who is the best‚ but losing builds character and I do feel that this is

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    maintaining physical health‚ exercise has been recently linked with improve mental health. Although the benefits of physical activity have changed and continue to change‚ the most basic components still remain; cardiorespiratory fitness‚ muscular strength‚ and muscular endurance. Various sports and/or activities may place more emphasis on one over the other; however each contribute to the athletes overall performance. Furthermore‚ each component makes individualized contributions to an individuals’ health

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    The Muscular System

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    ANATOMY ASSIGMENT- THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM Q9.Explain how the muscle produces movement and different types of contraction.(M3) Sliding filament theory. Each muscle fibre is made up of smaller fibres called myofibrils. These contain even smaller structures called actin which is a thin‚ contractile protein filament‚ containing ’active’ or ’binding’ sites and myosin filaments which are a thick‚ contractile protein filament‚ with Myosin Heads. These filaments slide in and out between each other to form

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    The Muscular System

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    The Muscular System: Contraction of Motor Units 1. Define a motor neuron:_____A single nerve cell that branches from the brain or the spinal cord to a muscle or a gland. 2. Define a motor unit: ___A motor neuron and all of the muscle fibers it stimulates. 3. The synapse between a motor neuron and the muscle it innervates is called a ____neuromuscular junction_______. 4. The stimulation of additional motor units will increase the strength of the contraction. This process is called

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    The Muscular System

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    The Muscular System: Muscle Metabolism 1. List the three roles of ATP in muscle contraction: 1. ________________________________ 2. ________________________________ 3. _________________________________ 2. The potential energy in ATP is released when the terminal high-energy bond is broken by a process called ___________________________. Write the end products of this process: ATP (+ H2O) → _________________ 3. Rebuilding ADP into ATP with a new source of energy is carried out by a process called

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