muscular system study set

what are the characteristics of striated/skeletal muscle

• involuntary, found on organs

• attached to bone, consciously controlled

• heart muscle, interwoven

what characteristics do visceral/smooth muscle have

• attached to bone, consciously controlled

• involuntary, found on organs

• heart muscle, interwoven

what characteristics does cardiac muscle have

• attached to bone, consciously controlled

• involuntary, found on organs

• heart muscle, interwoven

what is excitability?

• the ability to receive and respond to stimuli

• the ability to shorten or extend

• the ability to stretch or extend

• the ability to return to its original length

what is contractility?

• the ability to receive and respond to stimuli

• the ability to shorten or thicken

• the ability to stretch or extend

• the ability to return to its original length

what is extensibility?

• the ability to receive and respond to stimuli

• the ability to shorten or thicken

• the ability to stretch or extend

• the ability to return to its original length

what is elasticity?

• the ability to receive and respond to stimuli

• the ability to shorten or thicken

• the ability to stretch or extend

• the ability to return to its original length

what is a tendon ?

• where two bones meat

• connects skeletal muscle to bone

• connects two bones

what is a ligament

• where two bones meet

• connects two bones

• connects skeletal muscle to bone

what is a joint

• where two bones meet

• connects two bones

• connects skeletal muscle to bone