Muscles WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Muscles
The human body has three types of muscles; skeletal, smooth, and cardiac. Skeletal muscles contract to move the parts of the body. Smooth muscles control some of the bodily functions. Cardiac muscles are used to pump blood out of the heart and relax to allow blood to flow back in.1
Fast Facts:
- Skeletal muscles are voluntary muscles.1
- Cardiac and smooth muscles are involuntary muscles.1
- There are over 630 skeletal muscles in the human body.2
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What is the Anatomy of the Muscles?
- University of Washington Radiology: Lower Extremity | Upper Extremity
- DataFace: Anatomy of the Face and Head Underlying Facial Expression - Muscular Anatomy
- BBC - Science and Nature: Human Anatomy - Back View of Muscles
What is the Histology of the Muscles?
- Human Physiology and Anatomy, University of Nebraska: Muscle Histology
- East Tennessee State University: Histology of Muscle
- Google Video: Histology of Muscle Tissue
- Southern Illinois University School of Medicine: Histology GI - Tissue Layers of the GI Tract - Muscularis Externa | Histology GI - Basic Tissues - Muscle Tissue
What is the Physiology and Function of the Muscles?
- University of California: The Introduction to Muscle Physiology and Design
- Wikipedia: Smooth Muscle - Function
- YouTube: How the Body Works : Skeletal Muscles
Selected Conditions and Disorders Affecting the Muscles
- OrganizedWisdom: Muscle Atrophy
- OrganizedWisdom: Muscular Dystrophy
- OrganizedWisdom: Becker's Muscular Dystrophy
- OrganizedWisdom: Muscle Cramps
Wisdom, Blogs, and Message Boards about Muscles
- National Heart Foundation of New Zealand: Your Muscles
- University of Michigan Learning Resource Center: Hypermuscle - Muscles in Action
- Wikipedia: Table of Muscles of the Human Body
Foundations and Support Groups on Muscles
- Muscular Help Foundation: Official Site
- Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Official Site
- World Muscle Society: Official Site
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Muscles
- PubMed Central: Articles About Muscles
- JAMA: Muscle Articles
- Google Scholar: Articles on Muscles
Clinical Trials on Muscles
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Clinical Trials About Muscles
- CenterWatch: Muscle Clinical Trials
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- Contributor: Catherine Kowalski
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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Meet our contributors and reviewers
- Contributor: Catherine Kowalski
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Muscle, Anatomy of Muscles
- Last update: Sep. 2, 2008
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
