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| ability to receive and respond to stimulus. |
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| Contractilty (irritability) |
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| ability of a muscle to contract and produce force. |
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| ability of a muscle to stretched with out tissue damage. |
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| ability of a muscle to return to its original shape after shortening or extension. |
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| tough coat that covers entire surface of muscle belly. Tightly woven bundles of mostly collagen fibers with some elastin. Separates the individual muscle from each other and provides structural integrity for the whole muscle. |
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| divides muscles into bundles or fascicles. Provides pathway for major blood vessels and nerves. |
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| surrounds each of the fibers. |
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| as muscle fibers approach their tendons they taper down by as much as 90%. The muscle membrane of this area is highly folded increasing the surface area of the attachment. |
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| acts to slow or stop a movement. |
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| acts to stabilize a body part against some other force. |
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| acts to eliminate an unwanted action produced by an agonist. |
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| acts to perform the same action as another muscle. |
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| muscle property enabling tension development by stimulated muscle fibers |
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| time between arrival of a neural stimulus and tension development by the muscle |
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| a fiber that reaches peak tension relatively quickly |
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| a single motor neuron and all fibers it innervates. |
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| parallel elastic component |
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| passive elastic property of muscle derived from the muscle membranes |
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| parallel fiber arrangement |
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| patterns of fibers within a muscle in which the fibers are roughly parallel to longitudinal axis of the muscle. |
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| inability of a two joint muscle to stretch to the extent require to allow full range of motion at all joints crossed. |
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| pennate fiber arrangement |
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| pattern of fibers within a muscle with short fibers attaching one or more tendons |
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| passive elastic property of muscle derived from the tendons |
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| a fiber that reaches peak tension relatively. |
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| eccentric contraction followed immediately by concentric contraction. |
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| building in a additive fashion |
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| state of muscle producing sustain maximal tension result from repetitive stimulation. |
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| having the ability to stretch or shorten over time. |
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