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Anatomy/ Physiology

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The ability of skeletal muscles to shorten with force   Contractiliy  
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Capacity of skeletal muscles to respond to a stimulus   Excitability  
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Ability to be stretched   Extensibility  
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Ability to recoil to their original resting length after they have been stretched   Elasticity  
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Connective tissue sheath that surrounds each skeletal muscle   Epimysium  
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Connective tissue located outside the epimysium; surrounds and separates muscles   Fascia  
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Connective tissue sheath that surrounds each fiber   Endomysium  
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Threadlike structure that extends from one end of the fiber to the other   Myofibrils  
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Sigle muscle cells   Fibers  
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Thin myofilaments   Actin myofilaments  
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Thick myofilaments   Myosin myofilaments  
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Highly ordered units joined end to end to form the myofibril   Sarcomere  
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Basic structural and functional unity of the muscle   Sarcomere  
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Nerve cells that carry action potentials to skeletal muscle fibers   Motor neurons  
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Brief reversal back of the charge when a muscle cell is stimulated   Action potential  
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Light area on each side of the Z line; consists of actin   I band  
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Darker central region in each sarcomere that extends the length of the myosin   A band  
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Muscle attached to bones or to skin   Skeletal muscle  
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Muscle found in the heart   Cardiac muscle  
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Muscle that has no striations and is involuntary   Smooth muscle  
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Muscle located mostly in walls of hollow visceral organs (other than the heart)   Smooth  
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