Locomotion and Movement

Biology · Chapter 19 · Unit 5: Human Physiology

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Types of movement: ciliary, flagellar and muscular; general properties of muscles; red and white muscle fibres
Structure of skeletal muscle and contractile proteins; sliding filament theory; chemical events of contraction; summation, tetanus, rigor mortis
Human skeleton: bones of the axial and appendicular skeleton (numbers and names); functions
Joints: types, location and function
Disorders: myasthenia gravis, tetany, muscular dystrophy, arthritis, osteoporosis, gout