Muscles can only contract and relax, so they always work in pairs called antagonistic muscles. Skeletal muscle is joined to bones. Its cells contract to make bones move and joints bend.

Part two of two teaching films about human anatomy which is devoted to the action of the skeletal muscles in producing movement of the bones at the joints of the human skeleton. It uses live ...

One of the most fascinating periods in the evolution of the human lineage is the appearance of the first ancestors capable of ...

Objective: To investigate the response to different strength training techniques of growth and myogenic factors in human skeletal muscle, with particular emphasis on satellite cell (SC) activation.

Occupying ~45–55% of total body mass in healthy adults, 1 skeletal muscle (SKM) is the only organ of the human body that we can directly influence—to some extent—what happens to it. We can care for it ...