Differbetween
Muscle
Difference Between Fast and Slow-Twitch Muscles
The two types of skeletal muscle fibers are slow-twitch (type I) and fast-twitch (type II). Slow-twitch muscle fibers support long distance endurance ...
Differences Between a Pulled Muscle and a Pinched Nerve
Is it a pulled muscle or pinched nerve?How can you tell the difference between nerve pain and muscle pain?How do you know if it's a pulled muscle or s...
Difference Between Flexor and Extensor Muscles
Flexors are muscles involved in flexing a muscle, like the biceps. ... These muscles extend two muscles further, e.g. Triceps. 3 Extensors are muscles...
Difference Between Multiunit and Visceral Smooth Muscle
Single-unit smooth muscle in the walls of the viscera, called visceral muscle, has a stress-relaxation response that permits muscle to stretch, contra...
Difference Between Endomysium and Sarcolemma
The sarcolemma is the cell (plasma) membrane of the muscle fiber itself. The endomysium is a thin sleeve of fibrous connective tissue over the muscle ...
Difference Between Concentric and Eccentric Contractions
In a concentric contraction, the muscle tension rises to meet the resistance then remains stable as the muscle shortens. During eccentric contraction,...
Difference Between Cardio Muscles and Skeletal Muscles
Cardiac muscle is involuntary and found only in the heart. Skeletal muscle is striated in regular, parallel bundles of sarcomeres. Cardiac muscle is s...
Difference Between Muscle Spindle and Golgi Tendon Organ
Golgi tendon organs are activated when the tendon attached to an active muscle is stretched. ... The result is a reduction in tension within the muscl...
Difference Between Epimysium and Fascia
Each muscle is surrounded by a connective tissue sheath called the epimysium. Fascia, connective tissue outside the epimysium, surrounds and separates...