Good muscle tone improves coordination. When muscles are slightly contracted, they can react more rapidly if and when greater exertion is necessary. Muscles with poor tone are usually soft and flabby, but exercise will improve muscle tone.
There are two general types of exercise: isotonic and isometric. In isotonic exercise, muscles contract and bring about movement. […]

Muscle tissue is specialized for contraction. When muscle cells contract, they shorten and bring about some type of movement. There are three types of muscle tissue: skeletal, smooth, and cardiac. The movements each can produce have very different purposes.
Skeletal muscle may also be called striated muscle or voluntary muscle. Each name describes a particular aspect […]

Muscle Blood Flow. A key requirement of cardiovascular function in exercise is to deliver the required oxygen and other nutrients to the exercising muscles. For this purpose, the muscle blood flow increases drastically during exercise. A recording of muscle blood flow in the calf of a person for a period of […]