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Life On The ATP Challenger Tour: The Anatomy Of A Season - ATP World Tour

ATP World Tour
The life spent between the ATP World Tour and the ATP Challenger Tour can often be fraught with uncertainty and emotional anguish, as players are given the burden of making critical decisions off the court that can determine the fate of their careers.

How the Neurons of A Sea Slug Could Change Neurobiology Forever - Science Times

Science Times
It's a common belief that when you think of neurobiology you often imagine the brain and the central nervous system one neuron at a time. And for many years, that's exactly how researchers had to approach the larger questions. By tagging in particular ...

Immunology: Macrophages as T-cell primers - Biology News Net (press release) (registration)

Biology News Net (press release) (registration)
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Critical Bench, Inc. Muscular System

Clearwater, Florida - United States

Skeletal muscle tissue is attached to bones by tendons, and is typically named according to its location. Skeletal muscle is voluntary muscle; that is, it can be made to contract by conscious effort.

Cardia muscle tissue forms the walls of the heart and is involuntary by nature.

The third type of muscle, visceral muscle is found in the walls of internal organs like the stomach and intestines and in blood vessels. The contraction of visceral muscle also is involuntary and, thus, is not under conscious control.

HistoWeb: Muscular System
United States

Offers a series of sides illustrating the difference on the cellular level between skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscle.

Innerbody: Muscular System
United States

The muscular system is a system of tissues - called muscles - throughout the body which allow you to move. Most of the muscles in the body are under conscious control and are moved by commands sent to the muscles from the brain via the nervous system. However, some muscles (such as the cardiac muscles) are involuntary - that is, they move regularly without any conscious control. Except for the involuntary muscles, muscle fibers are connected to t

ThinkQuest: Muscular System
United States

Muscles are responsible for your body's every move. Muscles keep your gut from sagging and your lungs pounding. Muscles are more than movers. Muscles make the heat that keep you warm. If you leap, bend, or reach, this is a result of a muscle action. A muscle makes itself smaller when it contracts and larger when it relaxes. Types of Muscles: Skeletal Smooth Cardiac

Medpedia:Muscular System
United States

The muscular system consists of the more than 600 muscles of the body and their associated fascia, tendons, tendon sheaths, and bursae. Muscles largely consist of skeletal muscle fibers, and are innervated by motor nerve fibers of peripheral nerves. Conscious and subconscious contractions of muscles affect body posture, and generate reflex, spontaneous (or automatic), and voluntary movements.

Buzzle - Muscular System Diseases
United States

Musscles are very important part of our body. Without muscles the body will lose its ability to move and carry out various actions. In fact, without the human muscular system, we probably won't be able to survive. This is because most of the organs in the digestive system are made up of muscles and even our heart that keeps pumping blood is a muscle. If the muscular system is affected by any disease or disorder, it leads to many minor and in some

Livestrong - Five Functions Of The Muscular System
United States


On-Line Biology Book: Muscular and Skeletal Systems
United States

Addresses the functions of muscles and bones, bone growth, joints, and the two systems interactions.


Offers in silico drug discovery service to the pharmaceutical industry. Based in London, Ontario.

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences
United Kingdom

Print and online journal with free sample copy. Includes abstracts from 1992 onwards.

Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
United Kingdom

Published bimonthly providing review articles on recent advances in the field of biochemical and molecular biology. Includes details of aims and scope, instructions for authors, the latest issue and forthcoming articles.