When a skeletal muscle is passively stretched, that cell has a tendency to spring back once the force that was stretching the muscle is removed due to . When a skeletal muscle is passively stretched, that cell has a tendency to spring back once the force that was stretching the muscle is removed due to . the passive interaction between actin and myosin (no energy required) the elastic connective tissue that surrounds the muscle cells and fascicles actin and myosin acting as a spring using the energy stored by the stretching the active interaction between actin and myosin (energy required) titin acting as a spring using the energy stored by the stretching