When a Muscle Contracts It

question 54

Multiple Choice

When a muscle contracts it:

• A)opens wider.
• B)draws together or shortens.
• C)stretches.
• D)swells.
• E)moves away from the midline of the body.

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Definitions:

Causality

This refers to the relationship between cause and effect where one event (the cause) directly results in another event (the effect).

Morality

Refers to principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behavior.

Assimilating Information

The process of absorbing and integrating new information into one's existing knowledge or understanding.

Adaptation

In Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, the process by which the human mind constructs its knowledge, both assimilating new information to existing knowledge structures or understandings, and accommodating those structures to create a better fit to what is new.