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muscular system   muscle are bundles of muscle fibers help togeder by conective tissue  
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excitability   irratability,the ability to respond to a stimulus such as a nerve impulse  
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contractibility   muscle fibers that are stimulated by nerves contract,or become short and thick,which cause movement  
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extensibility   the ability to be stretched  
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elasticity   allows the muscle to return to its original shape after it has contracted or stretched  
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cardic muscle   forms the walls of the heart and contracts to circulate blood  
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visceral   pertaining to organs  
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involuntary   funcition without consecious thought or control  
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skeletal muscle   attached to bone and cause body movement  
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voluntary   a person has control over its action  
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tendons   strong tough connective tissue cords  
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fascia   a though ,sheetlike membrane that convers and protectes the tissue  
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oring   the end that does not move  
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insertion   the end that moves when the muscle contracts  
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addution   moving a body part toward the midline  
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abdution   moving a body part away from the midline  
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flexion   descrasing the angle between two bones or bending a body part  
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extension   increasing the angle between two bones or straightening a body  
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rotation   turning a body part around its ownaxis  
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circumduction   moving in a circle at a joint,or moving one end of the body part in a circle  
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muscle tone   patially contracted at all time, even when hot in use  
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contracture   a severe tightening of a flexor muscle resulting in bending of a joint  
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