How does muscle movement occur?
Muscles contract when they work. Muscles will contract to create movement

The ___ muscles job it contract the heart to pump blood
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The hardest working muscle in the body
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Heart

Tension, stress, overuse and minor injuries

Ability of muscle tissue to shorten and contract forcefully
Contractility

Cardiac

What connects bones and muscles together?

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Your muscles are contraction or tightening

Ability to generate an action potential in response to a stimulus
Excitability

The ___ muscle helps move bones and other structures
Skeletal
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Which muscle helps move your shoulders?
The deltoid muscles

According to it's size, what's the strongest muscle in the body?
Masseter
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Ability of muscle to stretch or get longer
Extensibility

Loose connective tissue, fat tissue, dense fibrous tissue and connective tissue
The rectus abdominus muscle makes up what part of the body?
The abs

The largest muscle in the body
Gluteus maximus. The gluteus maximus is located around the hip and buttocks. It's the muscle that helps you walk up the stairs and going a ladder

Ability to return to its original shape
Elasticity

The tongue is made up of two muscles
extrinsic and intrinsic muscle

What percentage do your muscles make up of your total body weight?

The muscle in your ear. It's what holds you ear onto your head. The smallest bones in your body can also be found in the ear
