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When a skeletal muscle contracts to cause a given movement, the more movable end of attachment of the muscle is termed its. origin. insertion. antagonist. synergist. When a muscle contracts, it usually has an opposing muscle that can cause movement in the opposite direction.
An important characteristic of skeletal muscle is its ability to contract to varying degrees. A muscle, like the biceps, contracts with varying degrees of force depending on the circumstance (this is also referred to as a graded response). Muscles do this by a process called summation, specifically by motor unit summation and wave summation. Motor Unit Summation - the degree of contraction of a skeletal muscle is influenced by the number of motor units being stimulated (with a motor unit being a motor neuron plus all of the muscle fibers it innervates; see diagram below).