Exam 2 Quiz Questions

define extensibility

ability to continue to contract over a range of resting lengths

define excitability

ability to respond to a stimulus

define contractility

ability to shorten actively and exert a pull or tension

what is the name of the ligament that functions as a spring

calcaneonavicular ligament

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ch 10 axial musculature

which structure separates the muscle bellies of the rectus abdominis

intermediate tendon

the unhappy triad injury involves injury to the

medial collateral ligament, anterior cruciate ligament, tibial collateral ligament

what is NOT a function of synovial fluid

nourishment for osteocytes

the epimysium is a layer of dense irregular connective tissue that

surround the entire skeletal, separating the muscle from surrounding tissues and organs