Chapter 10/Lab 11 Anatomy

1. Excitability - nerve signals excite muscle cells an dcause contration

2. Contractility - Myofilatments allow for contractile force to occur. 

3. Elasticitiy - After being stretched, muscle tissue recoils passively

4. Extensibility - muscle tissue can be streched - the contraction of a muscle means another muscle is acting in the opposite force. 

1. produce movement

2. open and close body passageways

3. maintain posture and stabalize joints

4. generate heat. 

1. Skeletal - attach to and move the skeleton. Voluntary, striated, multinucleate. 

2. Cardiac - Heart, striated, monounucleate, involuntary. 

3. Smooth - hallow internal organ walls (other than heart), non striated, mononucleate, involuntary. 

The outter layer of DENSE IRREGULAR CONNECTIVE TISSUE that surround the WHOLE SKELETAL MUSCLE. the name means - outside muscle. 

Covers the groups of muscle fibers called FASCICLES. Fibrous connective tissue. 

S fine sheath of LOOSE CONNECTIVE TISSUE CONSISTING OF MOST RETICULAR FIBERS THAT SURROUNDS EACH MUSCLE FIBER. (name means - within the muscle).

A tendon connects muscle to muscle or muscle to bone. It is made up of the epimysium, perimysium and the endomysium. They converge to create the tendon. 

It means that when pull is exerted on one layer via the tendon a sequence transments the force of contractoin through all sheaths.