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The Role of Troponin in Skeletal Muscle Contraction

This 8 page paper discusses the function and structure of the regulatory substance known as Troponin C. There are several variants...

Structure and Contraction of Skeletal Muscles

fibers, including "twitch and tonus, red and white, fast twitch and slow twitch, large- and small-diametered, and so forth" (Bock ...

Sarcomere Contraction

filaments and the thick myosin filaments allow the actin filaments to be drawn inwards so that the myosin filaments shorten the wh...

Biochemical and Microscopic Events of Muscle Contraction

In ten pages this paper discusses muscle cells and their contraction with relevant events and research regarding contraction that ...

Calcium Storage, Muscle Contraction, and the Role of Sarcoplasmic Reticulum

In ten pages this paper examines what type of calcium releasing role sarcoplasmic reticulum's action mechanism has. Eleven source...

An Overview of Body Systems and Function

the pancreatic islets are regulated by blood glucose concentrations (Saladin, 2007). Glycogen is a polypeptide which is also prod...

ECONOMIC INDICATORS AND ANALYSIS

Finally, the Federal Reserve interest rate is also examined when it comes to getting a loan. The rate is what the Fed...

Changes in Lean Body Mass as a Result of Aging

Service. This inactivity is a major contributor to an increasing incidence of obesity, heart disease, hypertension and a host of o...

Body Cells and Ions' Movement

The cell utilizes these polarities to pull or push chemicals in and out. This membrane is called a lipid bilayer, which is compris...

Troponin and Changes in Muscular Fitness During Deep Space Flight.

This 7 page paper discusses the involvement of troponin with regard to the effects of zero gravity on muscle mass. There has been ...

Tennis Serve Biomechanics

are supported by specific skeletal structures and musculature. Range of motion within the outlining of the tennis swing is not on...

Connectivity, External and Internal Drive Bays

front panel." Kozierok (2001) also explains that the term "external drive bay" is a "bit of a misnomer" in that the term ex...

Overview of the Muscle System's 3 Tissue Types

can only contract: they "pull but they cannot push" (Muscle System Overview). Comprising 23 percent of the female body and 40 per...

Overview and Structure of the Human Hand

a whole. The muscles of the arm are connected to the carpals through a system of tendons linking the muscles with the bones, crea...

Scale and its Importance

mass and his volume multiply by eight-times. In other words, at 14 feet tall Shaq would weigh about 2,400 pounds. He certainly w...

Overview of Needlestick Injuries Among Health Care Workers

infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) as well as the hepatitis B virus. Of health care workers infected with HCV, "85% become ch...

Wal-Mart in 2007

healthcare spending" (Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 2008; p. 5). * "Increasing store network" (Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 2008; p. 5). Threat...

Civil Rights Movement and Civil Disobedience

being obedient. As the key Civil Rights moments mentioned above illustrate, civil disobedience is characterized by an abs...

Greensboro Sit-Ins

turned into many as the protest continued for almost 6 months.5 In addition, it sparked many other protests throughout the South a...

Homeland Security, INS and Epidemiology

problems, but refugees are perhaps most at risk, since many of them "come from areas where disease control, diagnosis and treatmen...

Organizational Behavior

functional managers, and in the project-based matrix where the project manager retains all authority over resources (DeFillippi 20...

STDs and Pregnancy

It wreaks its toll on 100,000 pregnancies per year (CDC, 2009). Gonorrhea and Hepatitis B are less common culprits among pregnant...

Adult Learning Theories, An Article Summary/Chen

This article summary describes a study, Chen (2014), which pertains to nontraditional adult students and the application of adult ...

Organized Crime Syndicates and Commercial Burglaries

but commercial burglaries are up (Star Tribune 02B). For many reasons, burglars find commercial establishments a better target th...

Antitrust Issues and Internet Explorer of Microsoft

In five pages this paper examines the Department of Justice's antitrust case against Microsoft and issues regarding the Internet E...

Summer Vacation Exercise in Creative Playwrighting

In six pages this original play that is based upon a genuine news story discusses a sexually compromising situation involving a ma...

Judaism in the Works of Franz Kafka

In five pages the ways in which Judaism ins represented in Franz Kafka's works are examined with an emphasis upon his story 'Metam...

Anne Moody's 'Coming of Age in Mississippi'

This is a 5 page book review in which the author relates her own upbringing which is in sharp contrast to most members of American...

Skeletal Joints and the Impact of Exercise

number of bone related problems even with just moderate exercise (McCord, 1996). Osteoporosis, a condition also known as "Brittle...

New Methodologies in Treating Skeletal Injury and Disease

Upper extremity injuries can result in tremendous pain and physical impairment. Treatment approaches vary substantially according...