Describe the four traits that all muscle types share

What will be an ideal response?


Muscles have the ability to shorten and are contractile. Muscles are excitable and can respond to stimuli. Muscles are extensible and have the ability to stretch. Muscles are elastic and can return to their original length after being either lengthened or shortened.

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