excitability - ANSWER responsiveness to
chemical signals, stretch, and electrical changes across the plasma membrane
conductivity - ANSWER local electrical
excitation sets off a wave of excitation that travels along the muscle fiber
contractility - ANSWER shortens when stim
extensibility - ANSWER capable of being
stretched b/w contractions
, elasticity - ANSWER returns to its original rest
length after being stretched
organization of skeletal muscle - ANSWER
microfilaments, myofibril, muscle fiber, muscle fascicle, and skeletal muscle
endomysium - ANSWER thin sleeve of loose CT
around each fiber
perimysium - ANSWER thicker layer of CT that
wraps fascicles
fascicles - ANSWER bundles of muscle fibers
wrapped together
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