Regeneration, Aging Effects, and Disorders that Affect Muscle Tissue

This learning objects includes how muscle fibers might regenerate, how aging affects muscle tissues, and disorders of muscle tissue. Topics include: 1) whether or not and under what circumstances a muscle fiber might regenerate, 2) how aging affects muscle tissue, 3) disorders that affect muscle tissue such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy and myasthenia gravis. At the end of this learning object is an embedded quiz for self-assessment.