Muscles play a part in every function of the body. The muscular system is made up of over 600 muscles. These include three muscle types: smooth, skeletal, and cardiac. Only skeletal muscles are ...

The muscular system consists of various types of muscle that each play a crucial role in the function of the body. Some muscular system functions include mobility, stability, posture, and circulation.

Skeletal muscle is the type of muscle that controls movement. Problems with these muscles can be minor, life-threatening, or ongoing problems that make it hard to perform basic daily activities.

Abstracts of the Papers Communicated to the Royal Society of London, Vol. 5 (1843 - 1850), pp. 691-693 (3 pages) ...

The shoulder muscles are responsible for maintaining the widest range of motion of any joint in your body. This flexibility is also what makes the shoulder prone to instability and injury. Muscles, ...

The movements of cell muscles in the form of tiny filaments of proteins have been visualized at unprecedented detail. The movements of cell muscles in the form of tiny filaments of proteins have been ...

Evolution has left humans with many vestigial traits—remnants of once-useful biological features that serve little or no ...

The following is part of a series on brain-machine integration and biomechanical solutions to restore function to tissues damaged by disease, trauma, or time. The latest advances in brain-spine ...