New research from the University of Missouri School of Medicine reveals more information about this vital function and how it ...

No one can live without a heart pumping blood to the rest of the body. New research from the University of Missouri School of Medicine reveals more information about this vital function and how it's ...

Muscle takes its name from the Latin word ‘mus’ (little mouse) because of the appearance of some muscles of moving under the skin (Marieb, 2006). Muscle cells are specialised to contract. The cells ...

BD, RN, CertEd, DipNurs, RNT, is senior lecturer, University of Hertfordshire. The body contains three distinct types of muscles: skeletal, cardiac and smooth. Part one of this series gave an overview ...

Isotonic contractions – these occur when a muscle contracts and changes length and there are two types: Isotonic concentric contraction – this involves the muscle shortening.

Agonist and antagonist muscle pairs Muscles transfer force to bones through tendons. They move our bones and associated body parts by pulling on them – this process is called muscle contraction.

By some estimates, calcium handling eats up 30-50% of the ATP used in muscle contraction, so a change in calcium sensitivity could indeed explain why nitrate makes endurance exercise more efficient.