Skeletal Muscle: Form and Function (book)
A comprehensive look at the anatomy and physiology of skeletal muscle DESCRIPTION This is the first book to combine under one cover classic studies and recent discoveries in muscle physiology. Dr. Alan McComas, professor of biomedical sciences and medicine (neurology), is known worldwide for his lifetime contributions to research in muscle physiology. His accomplishments, and those of his colleagues, include inventing a method for estimating the number of functioning motor nerve cells and axons in human muscle, demonstrating nerve cell loss in aging and in transneuronal degeneration, introducing into mainstream physiology the interpolated muscle twitch technique for assessing motor unit recruitment, and discovering the importance of enhanced electrogenic sodium pumping in delaying muscle fatigue. In Skeletal Muscle: Form and Function, Dr. McComas first examines the wide-ranging information known about skeletal muscle. Then he provides practical examples of how physiological concepts are related to clinical disorders resulting from muscle or nerve fiber defects. You ll learn, for example, * how muscle structure translates into function, * how muscles develop in the embryo and obtain their nerve supply, * the cellular processes that take place when muscles work, and * how certain clinical disorders result from specific defects in muscle and nerve. Skeletal Muscle: Form and Function is the one book that collects all of the available knowledge on skeletal muscle anatomy and physiology into a logically organized, easy-to-follow reference. AUDIENCE Reference for exercise physiologists, physical therapists, athletic trainers, sports physicians, and strength and conditioning specialists. Also a text for graduate-level muscle physiology courses. CONTENTS Part I. Structure and Development Chapter 1. The Muscle Fiber Chapter 2. The Motoneuron Chapter 3. The Neuromuscular Junction Chapter 4. Muscle Receptors Chapter 5. Muscle Development Chapter 6. Development of Muscle Innervation Part II. Putting Muscles to Work Chapter 7. Ion Channels, Pumps and Binding Proteins Chapter 8. Axoplasmic Transport Chapter 9. Resting and Action Potentials Chapter 10. Neuromuscular Transmission Chapter 11. Muscle Contraction Chapter 12. Motor Units Chapter 13. Exercise Chapter 14. Muscle Metabolism Part III. The Adaptable Neuromuscular System Chapter 15. Fatigue Chapter 16. Loss of Muscle Innervation Chapter 17. Recover