Thursday 16 May 2013


Musculoskeletal Short Term Effects of the Muscular System.






Body temperature increases due to the flow of blood inside the body.vessels come to the surface and are more visible in order to cool down you often see the face go red.

Micro tears may start to occur after exercise causing you to experience quite a bit of soreness for quite some time.

One of the most obvious short term effects of the Musculoskeletal system is the increase in muscle tone and efficiency over a short period of time you will see the decrease in the body's fat storage but during some exercise the body may rely on it's fat stores depending on the exercise.

Breathing is also a short term effect as breathing becomes harder as you exercise due to the fact the body cannot distribute that much oxygen in that amount of time.

During exercise your muscles will be in demand of more energy requiring glucose and oxygen to provide this energy glucose is a major source of energy for the body's cells, glucose in the muscular system create lactic acid with that lactic acid providing the body with more energy meaning the body tires quicker.

When the muscles get warmer they become much more flexible and are able to stretch more this is because pliability with in the muscles increase meaning the body performs at a better level than usual.

Thursday 9 May 2013

 

Long Term Effects Of The Muscular-skeletal System 

 

Hypertrophy


Hypertrophy is a muscle cell that increases in size by growing.

  • Over a period of 3-6 weeks of you're usaul exercise 3-4 time per week your muscles will begin to grow this makes the muscle become stronger allowing you to perform activities easier and much more efficiently. To maintain the strength annd body composistion you should keep this up. The training or exercise has to be resistance or weight training and causes microtears.

 

  • Micro tears cause soreness they are mini tears in the muscles that then rebuild on to the muscle making them stronger than before, it adds an additional layerwhen they grow back because there will be more fibres with makes the muscles bigger and stronger.

Synovial Fluid


Synovial Fluid is a fluid surrounding the joints that lubricates and nourishes certain parts of the joints.

  • The amount of Synovial fluid around the bone increases this is beneficial because its less likely to damage your system. the synovial fluidincrease the amount of movement your body can produce

Cartilage


Cartilage is a type of connective tissue in the body.

  • The amount of cartilage increases this happens because it means that it will take longer to wear away, meaning we can continue exercising for much longer, it also provides much more protection is takes longer to wear away

Tendon


Tendons are flexible but an inelastic cord of strong fibrous collagen tissue attaching a muscle to a bone.

  • There is an increase in tendon strength this means you can use more force in each contraction and have less of a chance of casuing injury to your self. This helps us to exercise easier and make activities less stressful.