The Muscular System

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  1. 1. What attaches muscle to muscle?
  2. 3. What is a type of striated muscle tissue that is attached to bone and is under voluntary control?
  3. 5. What is a human body system that includes muscles and tendons?
  4. 9. What is a type nonstriated muscle tissue that is found in the walls of internal organs and is not under voluntary control?
  5. 12. When straightening and extending of the joint to increase the angles between two bones or two body parts, is called?
  6. 14. When bending a joint to decrease the angle between two bones or two body parts, is called?
  7. 15. What type of tissue is found inside the heart, digestive organs, and blood vessels?
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  1. 2. When muscles form the walls of the heart and contracts to circulate the blood and also is a involuntary muscle, is called?
  2. 4. What does it mean when a muscle is able to return to its original resting shape and length after being extended or contracted?
  3. 5. What is a organelle in muscles fibers that allows muscles to contract?
  4. 6. What is it called when the muscular system is adaptable in that it can be changed in response to how it is used?
  5. 7. What does it mean when a muscle can be stretched without damage by the application of a force?
  6. 8. The muscles receive their ability to move the body through which system?
  7. 10. What is a organ of the muscular system that is composed primarily of cells called muscle fibers, which has the ability to contract?
  8. 11. What is a long, thin cell in muscle tissue that contains multiple nuclei, mitochondria, and organelles called myofibrils that allow the cell to contract?
  9. 13. What is a tough connective tissue that holds a skeletal muscle to a bone?