factors affecting skeletal muscle tension

Question 1

what are the 3 factors affecting skeletal muscle tension within the body

Answer 1

• muscle tone
• length-tension relationship
• whether the muscle tension is generated during an isometric or isotonic contraction

Question 2

define muscle tone

Answer 2

the resting tension in a skeletal muscle generated by involuntary somatic nervous stimulation of the muscle

Question 3

what is resting muscle tone

Answer 3

random contraction of small numbers of motor units causing the skeletal muscle to develop tension