Muscle Physiology — Skeletal, Cardiac, and Smooth Muscle

Topics covered

1. Structure of skeletal muscle: sarcomere and myofilaments
2. Molecular basis of muscle contraction: sliding filament theory
3. Excitation-contraction coupling in skeletal muscle
4. Neuromuscular junction: structure and transmission
5. Types of muscle contraction: isotonic and isometric
6. Types of skeletal muscle fibres and their properties
7. Physiology of cardiac muscle: unique properties
8. Smooth muscle: structure, types, and contraction mechanism
9. Muscle fatigue and rigor mortis
10. Motor unit and gradation of muscle contraction