Question
Mention and explain the special properties of muscle.
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Answer
Muscles exhibit various special properties, some of them are as follows:
i. Contractibility: The cells of muscle can be shortened considerably and return to the original relaxed state.
ii. Excitability: It is due to the energy stored in the electrical potential difference across the plasma membrane.
iii. Muscles also possess properties of extensibility and elasticity (because of proteins actin and myosin).
i. Contractibility: The cells of muscle can be shortened considerably and return to the original relaxed state.
ii. Excitability: It is due to the energy stored in the electrical potential difference across the plasma membrane.
iii. Muscles also possess properties of extensibility and elasticity (because of proteins actin and myosin).
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