Kinesiology 597MM - ST- Skeletal Muscle Biology

This course will provide students with knowledge of multiple aspects of skeletal muscle biology. The material will include information about the basics of muscle contraction, muscle activation and bioenergetics. Laboratory-based opportunities will be used for students to try/experience various techniques commonly used to study muscle function from the molecular to whole muscle levels.

Students should have taken, at a minimum, one year of A&P. In addition, courses in biochem, biomech., biophys., neuroscience, vascular phys., comp physiology & metabolism may be useful. Permission of instructor is required for all undergraduate students.