Isotonic and Isometric contraction.

Define isotonic contraction and isometric contraction.

Differentiate between isotonic contraction and isometric contraction.

Isotonic contraction and isometric contraction

Isotones

Distinuish between isotonic and isometric muscular contraction.

How does an isometric contraction take place?

If a small load is attached to a muscle that is then tetanically stimulated, the muscle will lift the load in an isotonic contraction over a certain distance and then stop shortening and enter a state of isometric contraction. If a heavier load is used, the distance shortened before entering an isometric contraction is shorter. Explain these shortening limits in terms of the sliding filament model of contraction and the length-tension relation.

What do you mean by isotonic & isometic muscle contraction.