properties of muscle tissue

Question 1

skeletal muscle responsible for

Answer 1

locomotion, facial expression, posture, respiratory movements, etc

Question 2

smooth muscle found in

Answer 2

walls of hollow organs, blood vessels, eye glands, skin

Question 3

functions of smooth muscle

Answer 3

propel urine
mix digestive food
dilating/constricting pupils

regulating blood flow (in arteries)

Question 4

smooth muscle controlled by

Answer 4

involunatry—endocrine and autonomic nervous system
in some locations autorythmic

Question 5

cardiac muscle controlled by

Answer 5

autorythmic
involunatry endocrine and autonomic nervous sytem

Question 6

contractibility

Answer 6

ability of muscle to shorten with force

Question 7

excitability

Answer 7

capacity of muscle to respond to a stimulus

Question 8

extensibility

Answer 8

muscle can be stretched beyond its normal resting length and still be able to contract

Question 9

elastibility

Answer 9

ability of muscle to be able to recoil or original resting length after stretched