Muscular System Functions And Properties

•Body movement
•Maintenance of posture
•Respiration
•Production of body heat
•Communication
•Constriction of organs and vessels
•Heart beat

Properties Of Muscle :
•Contractility
–Ability of a muscle to shorten with force
•Excitability
–Capacity of muscle to respond to a stimulus
•Extensibility
–Muscle can be stretched to its normal resting length and beyond to a limited degree
•Elasticity
–Ability of muscle to recoil to original resting length after stretched

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