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Open Stax: Muscle Fiber Contraction and Relaxation

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides young learners with information regarding muscle fiber contraction and relaxation.
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Open Stax: Exercise and Muscle Performance

For Students 9th - 10th
Physical training alters the appearance of skeletal muscles and can produce changes in muscle performance. Conversely, a lack of use can result in decreased performance and muscle appearance. This site helps students understand exercise...
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Open Stax: Smooth Muscle

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an explanation of smooth muscle, muscle that is present in the walls of hollow organs like the urinary bladder, uterus, stomach, intestines, and in the walls of passageways, such as the arteries and veins of the...
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Open Stax: Interactions of Skeletal Muscles

For Students 9th - 10th
This site rpovides information regarding the interactions of skeletal muscles, including their fascicle arrangement and their lever systems.
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Open Stax: Naming Muscles

For Students 9th - 10th
This site helps you understand where muscles get their names. When you understand the names of muscles it will help you remember where the muscles are located and what they do
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Open Stax: Muscles of the Pectoral Girdle and Upper Limbs

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides interactive information regarding the muscles of the pectoral girdle and upper limbs.
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Open Stax: Tissue Injury and Aging

For Students 9th - 10th
Tissues of all types are vulnerable to injury and, inevitably, aging. Understanding how tissues respond to damage can guide strategies to aid repair. Also understanding the impact of aging can help in the search for ways to diminish its...
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Open Stax: Structural Organization of the Human Body

For Students 9th - 10th
Try considering the structures of the body in terms of fundamental levels of organization that increase in complexity: subatomic particles, atoms, molecules, organelles, cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, organisms and biosphere....
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Open Stax: Nervous Tissue Mediates Perception and Response

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn here all about nervous tissue, a tissue that is excitable and capable of sending and receiving electrochemical signals that provide the body with information.

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