Classification criteria: smooth muscle - Answers -✔✔ 1. no striations
2. involuntary control
3. uninucleate
What does it mean for muscle to have the property of excitability? - Answers -✔✔ it has
the ability to respond to a stimulus
What does it mean for muscle to have the property of contractility? - Answers -✔✔ it
has the ability to contract (shorten and length) as a response to stimuli
What does it mean for muscle to have the property of extensibility? - Answers -✔✔ it
can be stretched
What does it mean for muscle to have the property of elasticity? - Answers -✔✔ it has
the ability to return to its original shape and repeat the process
What is direct attachment of a muscle? - Answers -✔✔ muscle is fused directly to
periosteum or perichondrium
What is indirect attachment of a muscle? - Answers -✔✔ there is tissue between the
bone and the attachment point
What is a tendon? - Answers -✔✔ a rope-like piece of connective tissue that connects
muscle to bone
-indirect attachment
What is an aponeurosis? - Answers -✔✔ a broad, flat sheet tendon
-indirect attachment
The origin of a muscle is where it attaches to... - Answers -✔✔ the bone that doesn't
move
The insertion of a muscle is where it attaches to... - Answers -✔✔ the bone that does
move
What is the epimysium? - Answers -✔✔ a dense irregular connective tissue covering of
the entire muscle
What is a fascicle? - Answers -✔✔ bundle of muscle fibers
What is the perimysium? - Answers -✔✔ connective tissue surrounding each fascicle of
a muscle
Different names for muscle fiber: - Answers -✔✔ -muscle cell
-myofiber
What is the endomysium? - Answers -✔✔ reticular connective tissue covering around
each individual muscle cell
Myofibrils are contained in ____. - Answers -✔✔ myofibers
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