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Guiding questions
Guiding questions
How do muscles contract and cause movement?
What are the benefits to animals of having muscle tissue?
Linking questions
Linking questions
What are the advantages and disadvantages of dispersal of offspring from their parents?
In what ways does locomotion contribute to evolution within living organisms?
Syllabus statements
Syllabus statements
B3.3.1 Adaptations for movement as a universal feature of living organisms
B3.3.2 Sliding filament model of muscle contraction
B3.3.3 Role of the protein titin and antagonistic muscles in muscle relaxation
B3.3.4 Structure and function of motor units in skeletal muscle
B3.3.5 Roles of skeletons as anchorage for muscles and as levers
B3.3.6 Movement at a synovial joint
B3.3.7 Range of motion of a joint
B3.3.8 Internal and external intercostal muscles as an example of antagonistic muscle action to facilitate internal body movements
B3.3.9 Reasons for locomotion
B3.3.10 Adaptations for swimming in marine mammals
Resources used in class
Resources used in class
The power point presentation and the accompanying student notes are used as resources in class - together with activites, discussion, simulations and experiments.
1. B 3.3 HL Muscles and motility - student notes.pdfPage updated
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