Muscle contraction: Part 1, The contractile process
digital file Black & White Sound 1971 39:20
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Summary: The first part of a two-part lecture. The structure of the muscle fibre is reviewed, followed by an outline of the history of various theories of muscle contraction. Professor Huxley describes his own experimental work, shows film of muscle contraction under interference microscopy, and outlines the thinking that led to the development of the sliding filament theory of muscle contraction. The programme finishes with a summary of the mechanisim of force generation. 8 segments.
Title number: 18356
LSA ID: LSA/21513
Description: Segment 1 Gilliland introduces Huxley. Huxley begins the lecture by describing in detail the anatomy of a muscle. Time start: 00:00:00:00 Time end: 00:04:44:00 Length: 00:04:44:00 Segment 2 Huxley describes the appearance of muscle fibres, using photomicrographs to illustrate his points. Time start: 00:04:44:00 Time end: 00:09:32:13 Length: 00:04:48:13 Segment 3 Huxley shows the first part of a short film which shows muscle striation patterns during contraction. Time start: 00:09:32:13 Time end: 00:15:04:13 Length: 00:05:32:13 Segment 4 Huxley shows diagrams which further illustrate the areas covered by the film. Then he shows the film again, with reference to specific sections. Time start: 00:15:04:13 Time end: 00:20:15:00 Length: 00:05:10:12 Segment 6 Huxley describes, using diagrams, the sliding movements that happen between filaments in muscle fibres. Time start: 00:26:05:10 Time end: 00:30:22:00 Length: 00:04:16:15. Segment 7 Huxley shows diagrams which detail striation patterns in muscle contractions. Time start: 00:30:22:00 Time end: 00:35:15:00 Length: 00:04:53:00. Segment 8 Huxley sums up and concludes the lecture. Time start: 00:35:15:00 Time end: 00:39:20:19 Length: 00:04:05:19
Credits: Presented by Prof Andrew Huxley, UCL. Intro by Dr Ian Gilliland. Producer: Peter Bowen. Research films by Prof Huxley with Dr R Niedergerke, Dr RE Taylor, Dr AM Gordon. Other films Columbia University Educational Films. Electron micrographs LD Peachey.
Further information: This tape is one of more than 120 titles, originally broadcast on Channel 7 of the ILEA closed-circuit television network, given to Wellcome Trust from the University of London Audio-Visual Centre shortly after it closed in the late 1980s. Although some of these programmes might now seem rather out-dated, they probably represent the largest and most diversified body of medical video produced in any British university at this time, and give a comprehensive and fascinating view of the state of medical and surgical research and practice in the 1970s and early 1980s, thus constituting a contemporary medical-historical archive of great interest. The lectures take place in a small and intimate studio setting, often face-to-face with the camera - testing the lecturers' abilities to integrate visual aids within reach. Some of the lecturers are telegenic and some are clearly uncomfortable with this medium.
Keywords: Muscles -- physiology; Muscle Contraction
Locations: United Kingdom; England; London; University of London
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