SkeletalMuscleLabReport
PartISkeletalMuscleStructure:
PartIIMuscleContraction
Figure2BeforeATPRabbitMuscle
Figure3AfterATPRabbitMuscle
MuscleFiber
BeforeATP
LengthsinMM Length
AfterATP
Length
BeforeATP
Width
AfterATP
Width
51mm
45mm
4mm
7mm
52mm
48mm
5mm
6mm
54mm
51mm
3mm
5mm
59mm
52mm
5mm
7mm
Averages
54mm
49mm
4.25mm
6.25mm
%Contraction
9.2%
47.1%
Graph 1 A bar graph showing the percentage ofmuscle contraction. After adding the
ATP to the rabbit muscle, the muscle shrank in length slightly. A small contraction
occurred.However,themusclegrewalmosttwiceitssizeinwidth.
GripStrengthandMuscleFatigue:
Table1ContinuousGrip
Timeinterval
Maximumforce(N)
Maximumforce(N)
010s
76.1
2030s
69.1
4050s
64.7
4.4
6070s
57.1
7.6
8090s
41.5
15.6
Graph 2 Data results from a Grip Strength and Muscle Fatigue lab. The last 10
secondsareshownonthisgraphwheretheyarenotshownonthetable.
Table2RepetitiveGrip
Timeinterval
Maximumforce(N)
Maximumforce(N)
010s
78.7
2030s
70.4
8.3
4050s
88.1
17.7
6070s
77.1
11
8090s
66.2
10.9
Table3ResultsfromaGripStrengthandMuscleFatiguelab.Thelabconsistoftaking
aHandDynamometerinyourdominanthand,andrepetitivelygrippingittwotimesper
secondfor100seconds.Yourmusclesgradelyfatigue,thuscausingyourgriptoslowly
becomeweakerandslower.Fatiguebeginsbecauseofanumberofreasonsincluding
decreasedbloodflow,ionimbalances,andpsychologicallossofthedesiretocontinue.
Thelasttensecondsofthelab,yourpartnermotivatesyou,causingyoutospikeatthe
veryend,asshowninthegraphbelow.Themotivationremindsyouofthetaskathand,
thuscausingyoutopushyourselffarther,despiteyourfatigue.
Graph 3 Data results from a Grip Strength and Muscle Fatigue lab. The last 10
secondsareshownonthisgraphwheretheyarenotshownonthetable.