Essay: Susie was hospitalized because she cut herself in anaccident. Susie cut her nerve that supplies a muscle in her arm.Please explain to Susie because she is having a difficult timeunderstanding why her muscle doesn’t work if she cut her nerve. Youcan do so by writing an essay on skeletal muscle excitation andcontraction. You should be very detail and descriptive whenexplaining. Your essay should include and not be limited to thefollowing events:
- describe excitation of the muscle fiber and the events at theneuromuscular junction starting with the release of theneurotransmitter to all the possible things that can occur to orfrom it
- generation of an action potential
- propagation along the sarcolemma
- the events that lead to the release of “certain†ions
- the events that take place inside the cell which lead toexcitation contraction coupling and cross-bridge cycling indetail.
