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excitability   he ability to respond to a stimulus, which may be delivered from a motor neuron or a hormone  
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irritability   reaction to stimuli and for the pathological, abnormal or excessive sensitivity to stimuli  
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relax   Loosening, lengthening, or lessening of tension in a muscle  
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isometric contraction   A muscular contraction in which the length of the muscle does not change  
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isotonic contraction   muscular contraction in which the length of the muscle changes  
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contracting   either to shorten or to undergo an increase in tension  
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cardiac muscle   an involuntary, striated muscle that constitutes the main tissue of the walls of the heart  
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smooth muscle   shows no cross stripes under microscopic magnification. It consists of narrow spindle-shaped cells with a single, centrally located nucleus.  
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glycogen   a large, branched polysaccharide that is the main storage form of glucose  
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lactic acid   a hygroscopic organic acid C3H6O3 present normally especially in muscle tissue as a by-product of anaerobic glycolysis  
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strain   a stretched or torn muscle or tendon  
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spasm   a sudden involuntary contraction of a muscle, a group of muscles, or a hollow organ  
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atrophy   decrease in size of a body part, cell, organ, or other tissue  
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fibromyalgia   a chronic disorder characterized by widespread pain, tenderness, and stiffness of muscles and associated connective tissue structures  
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fascia   a sheet, or any other dissectible aggregations of connective tissue that forms beneath the skin to attach, enclose, and separate muscles and other internal organs  
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extensibility   the ability of a muscle to be stretched  
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striated muscle   a muscle tissue that features repeating functional units called sarcomeres. The presence of sarcomeres manifests as a series of bands visible along the muscle fibers, which is responsible for the striated appearance  
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muscle tone   he maintenance of partial contraction of a muscle  
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insertion point   The point or mode of attachment of a skeletal muscle to the bone or other body part that it moves  
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sprain   a stretched or torn ligament  
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aponeurosis   a sheet of pearly white fibrous tissue that takes the place of a tendon in flat muscles having a wide area of attachment  
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ligament   a short band of tough, flexible fibrous connective tissue which connects two bones or cartilages or holds together a join.  
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origin   the attachment site that doesn't move during contraction  
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cramp   a sudden, involuntary, spasmodic contraction of a muscle or group of muscles  
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inflamed   a response to cellular injury that is marked by capillary dilatation, leukocytic infiltration, redness, heat, pain, swelling, and often loss of function and that serves as a mechanism initiating the elimination of noxious agents and of damaged tissue  
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muscular dystrophy (MD)   a group of diseases that cause progressive weakness and loss of muscle mass  
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myasthenia gravis   a disease characterized by progressive weakness and exhaustibility of voluntary muscles  
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tendon   a flexible but inelastic cord of strong fibrous collagen tissue attaching a muscle to a bone  
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