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| Attached to eh bones of the skeleton. |
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| Small and spindle-shaped. Unmarked by any distinctive striations. Involuntary. |
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| Found only in the heart. Striated and branched. Involuntary. |
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| Quality no other body tissues possesses. Reduces distance between the parts of its contents, or the space it surrounds. |
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| Excitability/Irritability |
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| The ability to respond to certain stimuli by producing electiric signals. |
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| Electric signals impulses. |
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| The ability to be stretched. |
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| The ability to return to orginal length when relaxing. |
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| The part of a skeletal muscle that is attached to a fixed structure or bone. |
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| Produces movement in a singlle direction. |
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| The muscle located on the front part of the upper arm. |
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| Muscle on the back of the upper arm. |
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| Help to steady a movement or stabilize joint activity |
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| Caused by an accumulation of latic acid in muscles. |
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| Muscles shrink from disease |
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| Muscles slightly contracted and ready to pull. |
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| General sense of comfort and well-being. |
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| A sustained contarction of the muscle. |
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| Occurs when an organ protrudes through a weak muscle. |
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| Used to describe muscle pain. |
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| The retaining of injured or unused muscles. |
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| The over stretching or tear of a muscle. |
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