MUSCULAR SYSTEM

refers to the skeletal system and constitutes constitutes 40-50% of total body weight

specialized tissue which converts chemical energy into mechanical work, thus muscles is instrument of action

the scientific study of muscles

muscle cells are called

help propel and mix food and water in the digestive tract, propel secretions from organs, regulate blood flow through vessel

heart to beat, propelling blood to all parts of the body

widest part of the body

number of abdominal muscles

largest part of the body

longest part of the body

abbility to respond to certain stimuli

ability to transmit impulses

ability to shorten and thicken to generate to do work

ability to be stretched without damaging the tissue

ability to return to its original form and shape after contraction

skeletal muscle cells

smallest amount of stimulus, enough to produce a muscle twitch

any stimulus sof lesser strength, a type of stimulus that cannot produce twitch

surround and protect the muscle tissue

large sheet like connective tissue that covers the entire muscle, bandage

subcutaneous layer, hypodermis

sa loob

cord of dense connective tissue that attaches muscle to a bone

broad, flattened connective tissue that attaches muscle to another

white glistening fibrous bands of connective tissue which attach the muscle to the bone

flat tendons are

less moveable attachement site, more stable end, usually proximal

more moveable attachement site, less stable end, usually distal

persistent or continous state of slight muscle contraction

defined as the tension in a muscle at rest