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Ch. 6 muscles
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| muscle to shorten with force | contractility |
| capacity of muscle to respond to a stimulus | excitability |
| ability to be stretched | extensibility |
| ability to recoil to original length after stretched | elasticity |
| each muscle surrounded by connective tissue | epimysium |
| surrounds and separates muscles | fascia |
| surrounded by loose connective tissue | perimysium |
| the fasciculi are composed of single muscle cells | fibers |
| each fiber surrounded by a connective tissue sheath | endomysuim |
| threadlike structure that extends from 1 end to other | myofibrils |
| thin myofilaments | actin myofilaments |
| thick myofilaments | myosin myofilaments |
| actin and myosin myofilaments form highly ordered units | sarcomeres |
| the charge difference across the membrane | resting membrane potential |
| the brief reversal back of the charge | action potential |
| nerve cells that carry action potentials to skeletal muscle fibers | motor neurons |
| each branch that connects to the muscle forms a | neuromusclular junction |
| a single motor neuron and skeletal muscle fibers innervates with | motor unit |