Human Anatomy, Feb. 1, Period 3

[blonde-doctor.livejournal.com]

The classroom has been remade into a very small gym, with 12 treadmills in a row pointed at another treadmill facing them. Workout mats and timers are in the back of the room, and the desks have "disappeared." (Elliot hoped the troll janitor, who she bribed to move them, wouldn't eat them.)

Once the class was gathered, Elliot hopped on the treadmill and began to talk, running at a slow pace. She only had to gasp for breath occasionally. "I thought that because we're learning about muscles today, I would make you guys get in a little workout while we learn," she said. "Bonus? Some of you are a little Peter, I mean pudgy."

"Anyhow, the muscular system is contractile tissue of the body and is derived from the mesodermal layer of embryonic germ cells. Its function is to produce force and cause motion, either locomotion or movement within internal organs. Much of muscle contraction occurs without conscious thought and is necessary for survival, like the contraction of the heart, or peristalsis (which pushes food through the digestive system). Voluntary muscle contraction is used to move the body, and can be finely controlled, like movements of the eye, or gross movements like the quadriceps muscle of the thigh. There are two broad types of voluntary muscle fibers, slow twitch and fast twitch. Slow twitch fibers contract for long periods of time but with little force while fast twitch fibers contract quickly and powerfully but fatigue very rapidly." She gestured to a poster on the wall behind her, stumbling slightly as she pointed. "This is what the major muscle groups look like."

She continued her lecture for about 15 minutes before wrapping, not notably winded. (Though she might have been leaning on the treadmill handles a tiiiiiny bit.)

"My TA-slash-future BFF is going to demonstrate ... something for you guys, and then I'd like you to hit the mats and test your core muscle strength. No cheating, no faking it. Okay? Let's go."

Comments

Sign in, Anatomy, 2/01

[blonde-doctor.livejournal.com]

La!

Re: Sign in, Anatomy, 2/01

[sonofdragons.livejournal.com]

Tannim Drake

Lecture and general class stuff, anatomy, 2/01

[blonde-doctor.livejournal.com]

Yes, you are stuck on a treadmill. Sorry.

Re: Lecture and general class stuff, anatomy, 2/01

[bigfat-peter.livejournal.com]

Peter? Totally not enjoying this. He was going as slow as humanly possible and he was still sweating up a storm.

Re: Lecture and general class stuff, anatomy, 2/01

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Chad was thinking it was a good thing he knew all this stuff from last semester, or else it would be impossible to take notes on this lecture.

And he worried for the structural integrity of the treadmill. Chad was a big guy. He did not run lightly, even at a slow pace.

Re: Lecture and general class stuff, anatomy, 2/01

[girlsnamehere.livejournal.com]

JD is dancing on his treadmill. This is likely facilitated by the fact that he hasn't turned it on yet.

Re: Lecture and general class stuff, anatomy, 2/01

[henryoredward.livejournal.com]

Henry turned on the treadmill on his first try. He cranked it up to the fastest walk he could, and got going. Walks were something he could do.

Re: Lecture and general class stuff, anatomy, 2/01

[repeterpetrelli.livejournal.com]

"What'd I do?" Peter asked. He looked down at himself, wondering when he'd gained enough weight for the teacher to comment.

Re: Lecture and general class stuff, anatomy, 2/01

[can_be_more]

This is Aeryn's easiest class ever. She's even speeding up the treadmill a little occasionally.

Re: Lecture and general class stuff, anatomy, 2/01

[the-right-ray.livejournal.com]

This ain't so hard and Ray keeps up a nice pace while jogging.

Re: Lecture and general class stuff, anatomy, 2/01

[janet_fraiser]

Janet was faintly winded, but at least cheerleading was keeping her in pretty good shape.

JD's Demonstration, Anatomy, 2/01

[blonde-doctor.livejournal.com]

Please wait for him to tag in.

Re: JD's Demonstration, Anatomy, 2/01

[girlsnamehere.livejournal.com]

JD was dressed in yellow suspenders and a red beret.

"Now it's time to use those muscles to GET DOWN! Everyone in a line!"

Muscle test, Anatomy, 2/01

[blonde-doctor.livejournal.com]

Pair up or do it solo.

Re: Muscle test, Anatomy, 2/01

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Yeah. This'll be hard...

Re: Muscle test, Anatomy, 2/01

[girlsnamehere.livejournal.com]

JD... demonstrates a core muscle strength equivalent to that of a 12 year old girl. He is very impressed with himself.

Re: Muscle test, Anatomy, 2/01

[repeterpetrelli.livejournal.com]

Peter worked on his own since that meant less headaches for the mun

Re: Muscle test, Anatomy, 2/01

[can_be_more]

Again, not a problem. She's not even shaking by the end.

Re: Muscle test, Anatomy, 2/01

[the-right-ray.livejournal.com]

Ray does this one, no problem.

Sketchy time, Anatomy, 2/01

[blonde-doctor.livejournal.com]

The outlines? You're still filling them in. Draw a muscle or five.

Re: Sketchy time, Anatomy, 2/01

[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

Marty filled in his biceps. Possibly making them bigger than they actually were.

Re: Sketchy time, Anatomy, 2/01

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Chad knows muscles well. He sketches a few of them in carefully.

Re: Sketchy time, Anatomy, 2/01

[girlsnamehere.livejournal.com]

JD sneaks away, moving towards the the rats. He has peanut brittle and chocolate covered coffee beans for them today.

Re: Sketchy time, Anatomy, 2/01

[henryoredward.livejournal.com]

Henry drew quickly. It was a little sloppy, but he wanted to get in as many muscles as he could before the bell rang.

OOC, Anatomy, 2/01

[blonde-doctor.livejournal.com]

And we are done!