Domain and Kingdom: Eukaryota, Animalia My favorite sequence is: Dystrophin gene This sequence codes for: Dystrophin gene codes for an important muscle protein called dystrophin that helps maintain and hold together the structure of muscle cells. Localization: The DMD gene is located on the short (p) arm of the X chromosome at position 21.2. In a membrane-spanning protein complex it is located at the muscle sarcolemma that connects the cytoskeleton to the basal lamina. Gene expression: In the
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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Muscular Dystrophy is a genetic disorder that causes one muscle weakness. This genetic disorder prevents the body from a protein that is integral for the body to build muscles and to build strength in the muscles, as well. There are several different types of muscular dystrophy and the symptoms of each may vary. The most commonly known muscular dystrophy is known as Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. This genetic disorder prevents one from all types of muscle movement at
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What happens in the body when a person has a muscle cramp? What causes a cramp? I chose to do this topic because in class we talked about muscle contractions, and what happens to the body during the process. Thinking logically about muscle cramps, one would assume it has to pair up with muscle contractions being voluntary. However, nutrition and blood flow may also play a key role in muscle cramps. A muscle cramp is a sudden involuntary muscle spasm. Muscle cramps happen because myosin
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One main benefit of having muscular strength is the fact that it will allow you to conduct every day activities with ease. This includes, walking up and down the stairs, carrying equipment and doing everyday sports. With higher muscle mass and optimal muscular strength, you tend to function for longer periods of time without getting tired. The feeling of fatigue is delayed after any mental or physical exercise. Besides the development of larger group of muscles (biceps, triceps and hamstring muscles)
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Muscular Dystrophy, or MD, is a mutation that obstructs the production of proteins that is necessary to create healthy muscles. This generates weakness in the body and limits it from functioning properly. The disease can become so terrible that a person with it can no longer do simple tasks with their arms, legs, and extremities such as hands and feet. The cause of MD is due to the lack of dystrophin, a protein found on the X chromosome, which keeps the muscles together. Symptoms of this disorder
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The Effect of Static and Dynamic Stretching on Flexibility Case Situation Kristy Ellis is a high school varsity competitive cheerleading coach. Part of her job is making sure she provides the most beneficial stretching program to her athletes to achieve maximum flexibility. After hearing several coaches talk about dynamic stretching as part of their program at the national competitive cheerleading convention, she wonders if she should replace her already established static stretching program with
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Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) is a male specific disease also known as an X linked disease, woman only carry the disease ALD. A child may seem healthy the first couple years of life. ALD doesn’t start to show until about age five, usual when the child starts kindergarten their behavior with focusing and understanding starts to drastically change. Parents start to pay closer attention to the drastic and rapid change within their child’s behavior. Usual changes within appearance and behavior are loss
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http://www.innerbody.com/anatomy/muscular-male#full-description The muscular system is responsible for the movement of the human body. Attached to the bones of the skeletal system are about 700 named muscles that make up roughly half of a person’s body weight. Each of these muscles is a discrete organ constructed of skeletal muscle tissue, blood vessels, tendons, and nerves. Muscle tissue is also found inside of the heart, digestive organs, and blood vessels. In these organs, muscles serve to move
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Hamstring strain Have you ever experience a hamstring strain? Do you know how unsafe it can be? One of the common groups of people to go through hamstring injuries, are athletes who indulge in sports that involve jumping and explosive sprinting. In addition of hamstring injuries, they can be very frustrating to deal and treat with. The hamstrings are composing of tendons that attach three large muscles, the biceps femoris, semitendinosus, and semimembranosus. These three muscles
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Somanabolic Supplementation By: Kyle Leon Being a supplement sponsored athlete you might think I would be promoting supplements and making claims like all of the other supplement sponsored athletes get paid to do. Well, that’s not the case at all. I will cut through all the crap and tell it like it is. In fact, I only signed a contract with Blue Star Nutraceuticals with the mutual understanding that I will only talk about products that I have actually used with measurable results. If
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