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6307815829three characteristics common to all muscle tissue.irritability, contractility, extensibility, elasticity0
6307832672The structural and functional unit of a skeletal muscle fiber issacromeres1
6307862608Neuromuscular junctionsynapse between a motor neuron and skeletal muscle2
6307875867motor neuronnerve cells forming part of a pathway passing impulses from brain to muscle3
6307893193axon terminalcontain neuron transmitters4
6307899320Neurotransmitterchemical that is released when a nerve impulse happens5
6307912528snaptic cleftmicroscopic gap between neurons6
6307922331motor unit,made up of motor neuron and muscle fibers7
6307950644depolarizationdifference inchange inside and outside the plasma membrane8
6307994612repolarizationchange in membrane that returns it to negative value9

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