____ – disease caused bacteria that usually enter the body through deep puncture wound (rusty nail); bacterial toxin produces a sustained powerful contraction of skeletal muscles in the body

The greater the range of at a joint, the weaker it becomes

Bonus If you bruised your gluteus maximus, you would expect to experience discomfort when

_____ – increase rate of stimulation so that the relaxation phase is eliminated; most all normal muscular contractions contain _____ of muscle fibers

Name two structural (not functional) differences between the following muscles: Skeletal Smooth Cardiac

Muscle fibers in skeletal muscle form bundles called

The type of contraction in which the muscle fibers contraction produce increased tension that exceeds the resistance and muscle shortens

Name two functional (not structural) differences between the following muscles: Skeletal Smooth   Cardiac

Bonus Which of the following describes the action of the digastric muscle?

The most common lever systems in the body are those that have the applied force between the fulcrum and the load. These are called ________ levers.