Anatomy

Skeletal Muscle Tissue Luigi Galvani 1737-1798

Discoverer of Electrophysiology

De viribus electrictricitatis in motu musculari commentarius (1791)

Luigi Galvani’s First Experiment

Luigi Galvani’s First Experiment

• Connective tissues – Epimysium

• Covers entire muscle

– Perimysium • Segregates fascicles

– Endomysium • Surrounds individual

muscle fibers (cells)

• Cori Cycle – Lactate to

liver, glucose back to muscle

• Oxygen Debt

– Amount of O2 required to restore pre-exertion conditions in muscle

Muscle Fiber Type