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| Which types of muscles have striated appearances? |
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| Which type of muscle has a spindle shape appearance? |
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| What does skeletal muscle attach to? |
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| Where can you find smooth muscle? |
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- in walls of hollow organs -- blood vessels & GI
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Which types of muscles are involuntary?
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What is the prime function of muscle?
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- changing chemical energy into mechanical energy to perform work
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What are the 4 important functions of muscles?
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- Producing body movements
- Moving substances within the body & regulating organ volumes
- Stabilizing body positions (maintaing postures)
- Producing heat
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How does muscle produce heat?
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- involuntary contractions of skeletal muscle (shivering)
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What are bands of smooth muscles called? And what do they do?
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- sphincters
- they regulate organ volumes
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- the ability to respond to a stimuli by producing action potentials (nerve impulse, chemicals released from nerve cells)
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What is the one property of muscle tissue that can transmit electrical signals over membrane?
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- the ability to shorten and generate force
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What are the properties of muscle tissue?
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- conductivity
- contractility
- excitability
- elasticity
- extensibility
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What is the one property of muscle tissue that can return to its original shape after being stretched?
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What is the one property of muscle tissue that can be stretched without damaging the tissue?
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