Q.Enlist the four major functional characteristics of the skeletal muscles.

Skeletal muscle has four defining functional properties, each describing a different stage of how it works. …

The chapter defines each: Excitability is "the ability to respond to a stimulus, which may be delivered from a motor neuron or a hormone." Contractility is "the ability of muscle cells to forcefully shorten themselves." Extensibility is "the ability of a muscle to stretch or the capacity to lengthen themselves." Elasticity is "the ability to recoil or bounce back to the musc …