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Biochemistry 6th Edition by Reginald Garrett,Charles Grisham
Edition 6ISBN: 978-1305577206Biochemistry 6th Edition by Reginald Garrett,Charles Grisham
Edition 6ISBN: 978-1305577206 Exercise 5
Assessing the contraction potential of human muscle
Skeletal muscle can generate approximately 3 to 4 kg of tension or force per square centimeter of cross-sectional area. This number is roughly the same for all mammals. Since many human muscles have large cross-sectional areas, the force that these muscles can (and must) generate is prodigious. The gluteus maximus (on which you are probably sitting as you read this) can generate a tension of 1200 kg! Estimate the cross-sectional areas of all of the muscles in your body and the total force that your skeletal muscles could generate if they all contracted at once.
Skeletal muscle can generate approximately 3 to 4 kg of tension or force per square centimeter of cross-sectional area. This number is roughly the same for all mammals. Since many human muscles have large cross-sectional areas, the force that these muscles can (and must) generate is prodigious. The gluteus maximus (on which you are probably sitting as you read this) can generate a tension of 1200 kg! Estimate the cross-sectional areas of all of the muscles in your body and the total force that your skeletal muscles could generate if they all contracted at once.
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Biochemistry 6th Edition by Reginald Garrett,Charles Grisham
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