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Extensibility: -Muscles can be passively stretched beyond resting length -This is a passive process Elasticity: -Muscles have the ability to recoil back to their resting length after stretching. -This is a passive process GROSS ANATOMY OF MUSCLES Each muscle is a discreet organ, and there are about 800 muscles in the body. They are