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Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: The Central Nervous System
Students study the adult brain, and learn the connections between the cerebrum and brain stem through the diencephalon, and from those regions into the spinal cord.
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Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Motor Responses
Students learn the structure and function of the descending pathways of the motor commands from the cortex to the skeletal muscles.
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Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Muscle Tissue and Motion
Learn here all about muscle tissue, which is tissue with properties that allow movement.
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Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Types of Muscle Fibers
Learn here all about muscle fibers, including slow oxidative, fast oxidative and fast glycolytic.
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Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Skeletal System Functions
This site helps you understand the human skeletal system, a body system composed of bones and cartilage that performs critical functions for the human body.
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Open Stax: Calcium Interactions of the Skeletal System and Other Organ Systems
This site provides a plethora of information regarding calcium homeostatis and interactions of the skeletal system. Disorders such as hypocalemia and hypercalcemia are discussed.
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Open Stax: Divisions of the Skeletal System
The following site helps us understand the divisions of the skeletal system. The skeletal system consists of all of the bones, cartilages, and ligaments of the body that support and give shape to the body and body structures.
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Open Stax: The Skull
This interactive site provides all kinds of information regarding the human skull.
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Open Stax: Vertebral Column
Learn here about the vertebral column, otherwise known as the spine.
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Open Stax: Thoracic Cage
Learn here all about the thoracic cage, the part of the human anatomy that forms the thorax portion of the body.
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Open Stax: Pectoral Girdle
Learn here about the pectoral girdle, where the the bones that attach each upper limb to the axial skeleton form. This consists of two bones, the scapula and clavicle.
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Open Stax: Pelvic Girdle and Pelvis
The following site helps you understand the pelvic girdle and pelvis.
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Open Stax: Cartilaginous Joints
This site provides information regarding cartilaginous joints, joints where adjacent bones are united by cartilage.
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Open Stax: Synovial Joints
The following site provides information regarding synovial joints, the most common type of joint in the body.
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Open Stax: Types of Body Movement
This site provides information regarding types of body movement. Movement types are generally paired, with one being the opposite of the other. Body movements are always described in relation to the anatomical position of the body:...
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Open Stax: Skeletal Muscle
This site includes information about skeletal muscles, of which the best-known feature is its ability to contract and cause movement.
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Open Stax: Muscle Fiber Contraction and Relaxation
This site provides young learners with information regarding muscle fiber contraction and relaxation.
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Open Stax: Exercise and Muscle Performance
Physical training alters the appearance of skeletal muscles and can produce changes in muscle performance. Conversely, a lack of use can result in decreased performance and muscle appearance. This site helps students understand exercise...
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Open Stax: Smooth Muscle
This site provides an explanation of smooth muscle, muscle that is present in the walls of hollow organs like the urinary bladder, uterus, stomach, intestines, and in the walls of passageways, such as the arteries and veins of the...
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Open Stax: Interactions of Skeletal Muscles
This site rpovides information regarding the interactions of skeletal muscles, including their fascicle arrangement and their lever systems.
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Open Stax: Naming Muscles
This site helps you understand where muscles get their names. When you understand the names of muscles it will help you remember where the muscles are located and what they do
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Open Stax: Muscles of the Pectoral Girdle and Upper Limbs
This site provides interactive information regarding the muscles of the pectoral girdle and upper limbs.
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Open Stax: Tissue Injury and Aging
Tissues of all types are vulnerable to injury and, inevitably, aging. Understanding how tissues respond to damage can guide strategies to aid repair. Also understanding the impact of aging can help in the search for ways to diminish its...
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Open Stax: Overview of Human Anatomy and Physiology
This site provides an overview of human anatomy, the scientific study of the body's structures. It also includes an overview of human physiology, he scientific study of the chemistry and physics of the structures of the body and the ways...