Question

What are some properties of muscles?

Answer 1

Muscles:

1. Muscles are the soft tissues responsible for locomotion.
2. The human body has 500 to 600 muscles, which enable the functioning of the internal organs.
3. Muscles are used for a variety of purposes like running, jumping, and delicate tasks like threading a needle all benefit from certain muscles.
4. Properties of muscles:
   • Contractility - ability to tighten, shorten, or lengthen muscles
   • Excitability - ability to respond to a stimulus, which may be delivered from a motor neuron or a hormone
   • Elasticity - ability to recoil or bounce back to the muscle's original length after being stretched
   • Extensibility - ability of a muscle to extend to a predetermined endpoint