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SECTION 10
MUSCLE TISSUE
STUDY QUESTIONS
1. What are the five primary functions of skeletal muscle?
2. Which element is important in directly triggering contraction?
3. Muscle relaxation occurs when ________.
4. Muscle fatigue is caused by ________.
5. Which muscle type(s) (skeletal, smooth, or cardiac) can regenerate new muscle cells/fibers?
6. Smooth muscles differ from skeletal and cardiac muscles in that they ______.
7. What changes occur at the cellular level in response to endurance training? resistance training?
SECTION OBJECTIVES
1. Describe the function and structure of skeletal, cardiac muscle, and smooth muscle
2. Explain how muscles work with tendons to move the body
3. Describe how muscles contract and relax
4. Define the process of muscle metabolism
5. Explain how the nervous system controls muscle tension
6. Relate the connections between exercise and muscle performance
7. Explain the development and regeneration of muscle
Long-distance runners have a large number of SO fibers and relatively few FO and FG fibers. (credit: “Tseo2”/ Wikimedia Commons)
Body builders have a large number of FG fibers and relatively few FO
and SO fibers. flickr)
(credit: Lin Mei/
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