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2. | A type of muscle contraction resulting in a change in distance between the two ends of the muscle |
3. | The point at which a muscle fiber and a nerve join |
4. | The characteristic of muscle to receive and react to a stimulus |
5. | The part of the muscle where about 80% of all muscle strains occur |
6. | The muscle filaments within a sarcomere that do not move but are responsible for muscle contraction |
7. | When muscle tissue demands more oxygen than the body can supply, we are said to be in oxygen _____. |
10. | The middle layer of connective tissue covering skeletal muscle |
13. | The characteristic of muscle to return to its original shape after being stretched |
14. | A muscle that exists in pairs called flexors and extensors |
16. | Smooth, cardiac and skeletal are the three types of muscle ________ |
18. | The muscle filaments within a sarcomere that acutally move |
19. | The smallest functional unit of the muscular system |
20. | A type of muscle contraction where neither the muscle nor the body part affected moves |
23. | The chemical which, by losing something, provides the energy for muscle contraction |
24. | The muscle tissue type found in the digestive system and surrounding arteries |
25. | When a rapid or prolonged muscle contraction continues to the extreme, this occurs |
26. | A mineral required for muscle contraction and obtained from bone and our diet |