Muscular
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Function
Function
Provide Motion
Maintain Posture
Generate Heat
Common Characteristics
Common Characteristics
Excitability: Response to Stimulus
Contractibility: Shorten and Lengthen when Stimulated
Extensibility: Stretch when Pulled
Elasticity: Return to Original Shape and Length After Contraction or Extension
Types of Muscle
Types of Muscle
Skeletal (voluntary striated)
Voluntary
Most Abundant
Allows for movement of Bones
Cardiac
Involuntary
Found only in heart
Makes up almost the entire heart
Smooth
Involuntary
Internal Organs
Eyes, air passages in the lungs, stomach, intestines, urinary bladder, blood vessels reproductive tract
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