Muscle Physiology

Producer: Sheffield BioScience Programs

An interactive menu-driven program which simulates experiments on the isolated frog sciatic nerve - gastrocnemius muscle preparation to illustrate physiological properties of skeletal muscle. The program covers: removal of the preparation; apparatus and method; a series of experiments, in which high resolution graphic simulations of muscle contractions and compound nerve action potentials (CNAP) from sciatic nerve, derived from real experimental data, are displayed in a form similar to an oscilloscope screen or chart-recorder. Experiments include: stimulus voltage/response relationships, summation, tetanus, length-tension relationship (in sartorius muscle), action of curare (on muscle and CNAP). Each experiment is prefaced by introductory text and experiment guide and includes assignements for students to complete.

Details:

Language Versions: English

Recommended System Requirements:

Windows:

  • Microsoft Windows XP (32 bit), Windows Server 2003 (32-bit), Windows Server 2008 (32 bit), Windows Vista (32 bit), Windows 7 (32 bit and 64 bit), Windows 8
  • 2.33GHz or faster x86-compatible processor, or Intel Atom 1.6GHz or faster processor for netbooks
  • 128MB of RAM (1GB of RAM recommended for netbooks); 128MB of graphics memory
  • Internet Explorer 7.0 or later, Mozilla Firefox 4.0 or later, Google Chrome, Safari 5.0 or later, or Opera 11

Mac OS:

  • Mac OS X v10.6, v10.7, or v10.8
  • Intel Core Duo 1.83GHz or faster processor
  • 256MB of RAM; 128MB of graphics memory
  • Safari 5.0 or later, Mozilla Firefox 4.0 or later, Google Chrome, or Opera 11

Target Audience: Undergraduate medical, veterinary, dentistry and biological/biomedical science students.

Price: £250 (multiuser, educational license)

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