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What is the term to describe the degree to which an individual muscle is lengthen?
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A contraction that causes a muscle to lengthen rather than shorten is called?
An eccentric contraction is one that causes a muscle to lengthen.
What is the word for muscular contraction involving muscle movement?
Isotonic contractions are the type that involve muscle movement. This movement is due to a change in length as the muscle fibers shorten or lengthen.
Why do muscles work in antagonistic pairs?
Because muscle can only contracts. The only way for it to lengthen is by having an outside force, ie, another muscle's contraction.
Do all types of muscle have endomysium covering individual muscle cells?
Yes. All types of muscle have endomysium covering individual muscle cells.
What type of strength development exercise are you performing if the length of your muscle does NOT change?
The type of exercises that does not lengthen the muscle is called isometrics. The strengthening of the muscles is from utilizing range of motion movements.
Muscle tissue has four characteristics what are they?
Contractility - the ability of a muscle to shorten. Extensibility - the ability to lengthen. Elasticity - the ability to return to their original shape. And, Excitability - can be triggered by electrical stimulation.
What is the term that is used to describe the shape of a muscle?
The terms used to describe the shape of a muscle are; deltoid and rhomboid.
Which term is used to describe the outer layer of a muscle?
The term used to describe the outer layer of a muscle is the epimysium.
How are individual muscle cells different from the muscle tissue in the bicep?
Muscle cells are smaller than muscle tissues.
Individual muscle cells are called?
muscle fibre
Describe the events of muscle cell contraction?
6 steps in a muscle contraction
What factors affect muscle contraction?
the degree of muscle stretch is affect the strength or force of skeletal muscle contraction
