Medically reviewed by Katrina Carter, DPTSkeletal muscles are voluntary muscles that can be consciously controlled, such as the muscles of your neck, arms, and legs. It makes up 30% to 40% of human ...

Cardiac muscle cells contract and relax to pump blood around our bodies. Smooth muscle cells make up thin sheets of muscle, such as the stomach lining. Skeletal muscle is joined to bones.

Cardiac enzymes ― also known as cardiac ... including myocardial necrosis. Because skeletal muscle contains myoglobin, this measurement is quite nonspecific for MIs. The benefit in myoglobin ...

Cardiac function is limited by the performance of its weakest ... Specifically, we are currently testing an AMPK activator as novel therapy for the aging right heart. Skeletal muscle dysfunction in ...

When most people think about muscle mass, they picture the muscles you flex at the gym. However, it encompasses more ...

Sex differences in susceptibility to muscle damage are also of interest. This overview will briefly examine these questions and summarise the current evidence for oestrogenic influence on skeletal ...

In both affected siblings, an accumulation of amorphous material immunoreactive for desmin, dystrophin and vimentin was observed in the cytoplasm of the skeletal muscle cells. An uncle and the ...