The four special characteristics of muscle tissue
What is excitability, contractility, extensibility, and elasticity
The role of the T tubules
What is enhancing cellular communication during muscle contraction?
The charge of the muscle membrane after the chemically gated sodium potassium channels open
What is positive
Cardiac muscle is ______and _______ (lines or not and functions by conscious or unconscious control)
What is striated and involuntary
Action potentials in the T tubules cause the sarcolemma to release
What are Ca 2+ ions?
This is the name for a perimysium wrapped bundle of muscle fibers.
What is a fascicle?
Smooth Muscle is _______and _______(Lines or not and what type of control)
What is non-striated and involuntary
The muscle contraction type that causes a shortening of the muscle
What is isotonic contraction