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level: Muscle

Questions and Answers List

Question	Answer
True/False: Muscle, a tissue or organ of the animal body characterized by the ability to contract, usually in response to a stimulus from the nervous system.	True
A result of alternating contraction and relaxation of muscles	Motion
Muscle tissue constitute about _____ of the total body weight of adult.	40-50%
Study of muscle	Myology
Muscle is the contractile tissue of the body and is derived from the _______ layer of embryonic germ cells.	mesodermal
Muscle cells contain ______ _______ that move past each other and change the size of the cell.	contractile filaments
Function of muscle is to produce ______ and cause ______.	force, motion
Muscles can cause either ______ of the organism itself or _______ of internal organs.	locomotion, movement