The largest muscle in the body

Muscle weighs more than _____?

Muscle type found only in the heart

The ability of a muscle to recoil to original length after being stretched.

A sudden and involuntary contraction of one or more muscles.

The muscle of the upper arm that most people "flex".

The muscles produce most of the body's ______?

The muscle type that is found in the gastrointestinal system.

The ability of a muscle to shorten with force

A group of diseases, caused by a genetic mutation that interferes with protein production, that cause progressive weakness and loss of muscle mass.

The muscle most people receive a flu vaccine in.

The two protein microtubules that slide along each other to shorten the muscle fiber.

A voluntary, striated muscle type that attaches to bone.

The ability for a muscle to be stretched

A patient with complaints spasms and stiffness in muscles, in the jaw, neck and chest one week after cutting his let on an old fence while gardening. The patient could have?

The facial expression made by the zigomaticus. muscles

Fibrous connective tissue sheets that wrap around muscle bundles. Also a thick band on the bottom of the foot.

Also called dilator muscles.

The capacity of muscle to respond to a stimulus.

The most common type of hernia.

The common name for the semimembranosus, semitendinosus, and biceps femoris muscles on the posterior thigh.

A neurotransmitter that is responsible for muscle contraction

Also known as visceral muscles.

An action potential has led to a muscle contraction. This another name for action potential?

A long-term neuromuscular disease, caused by a lack of acetylcholine receptors, with varying degrees of skeletal muscle weakness