acting as levers

providing structural support

providing force for movement

anchoring muscles

flexion and extension

abduction and adduction

rotation

all the above

absorbing mechanical shocks

reducing friction between bones

connecting bones to muscles

allowing smooth movement between bones

protecting the ends of bones

providing force for movement

creating hydrostatic pressure

lubricating joints

muscle fibers contain intercalated discs

myofibrils have repeated units called sarcomeres

muscle fibres contain many contractile elements called myofibrils

a muscle fibre is multinucleated

1

5

3

4

1

2

5

6

cardiac

smooth

skeletal

all the above

cardiac

smooth

skeletal

all the above

endomysium

epimysium

perimysium

myofibril