Characteristics of Muscle tissue

What is the muscle’s ability to respond to stimuli called?

Excitability

What is an example of excitability?

When your motor neuron deliver an impulse to your biceps brachii, it contracts.

What is the muscle’s ability to shorten called?

Contractility

What is an example of contractility?

When you flex your elbow joint, your biceps brachii gets shorter.

What is a muscle’s ability to be stretched without tearing called?

Extensibility

What is an example of extensibility?

When a gymnast does a split

What is the muscle’s ability to return to its original shape called?

Elasticity

What is an example of elasticity?

After you stretch your muscles, they don’t stay in the longer state. After you contract your muscles, they don’t stay in that shorter state.