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Muscle tissue

Muscle tissue. Physiological Properties: Excitability – Respond to stimuli Contractibility – Able to contract Extensibility – Can be stretched Elasticity – Able to return to original shape. Thick, long, unbranched , cylindrical. Short, branching, cylindrical. Small, spindle shaped.

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Muscle tissue

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  1. Muscle tissue • Physiological Properties: • Excitability – Respond to stimuli • Contractibility – Able to contract • Extensibility – Can be stretched • Elasticity – Able to return to original shape

  2. Thick, long, unbranched, cylindrical Short, branching, cylindrical Small, spindle shaped

  3. Heavily striated Voluntary control, found in skeletal muscles, Help with movement, maintaining of posture, Produces heat. Finely striated Involuntary control, found in wall or heart, causes heart to contract and pump blood. Nonstriated Involuntary control, found in walls of hollow organs and blood vessels, causes movement of internal organs, blood vessels

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