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What are the three types of muscle tissue
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CardiacSkeletalSmooth
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Distinguish a muscle fiber
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Elongated
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Distinguish myofilaments
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Tiny streams
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Distinguish sarcolemma
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Surrounds muscle fiber=contracts
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What does excitability refer to in muscles
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Recieve and respond stimulus
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What are two chemical stimuli that muscle responds to?
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Neuro transmitters and PH changes
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Define contractility
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The ability to shorten forcibly when stimulated
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Define extensibility
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Extend, stretch
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Define elasticity
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Muscle cell recoil, resume resting length
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Which type of muscle tissue can you control
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Voluntary skeletal
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Which type of muscle tissue can't you control
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Involuntary cardiac
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Why does a muscle need extensive capillary branching
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Oxygen, energy, removal of waste
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What is insertion and an orgin
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Attached to immovable bone & tendon, anchored
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What does it mean that muscle act as syncytium?
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Fused embryonic cels
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What is the fluid in the muscle called?
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Sarcoplasm
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