Adams, Amy

The muscular system/ Amy Adams. - Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2004. - xv, 209 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. - Human body systems (Westport, Conn.); .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-204) and index.

Anatomy of the muscular system -- Energy use by muscles -- Muscular adaptation to exercise -- Development of the muscular system -- Early discoveries in muscle anatomy and physiology -- Current approaches to understanding the muscular system -- Muscular injuries -- Muscular dystrophy -- Other diseases of the skeletal muscles -- Diseases of the heart muscle.

0313324034 (alk. paper)


Muscles--Physiology.
Muscles--Diseases.
Muscles--Research--History.

616.74 / ADA/M