anatomy redo - vocab 2

Question 1

What is the name of the muscle tissue that is under involuntary control?

Answer 1

Both Smooth/Visceral and Cardiac

Question 2

Which of these tissues is NOT striated?

Answer 2

Smooth/Visceral

Question 3

What is the name of the muscle tissue that typically composes the gastrointestinal tract?

Answer 3

Smooth/Visceral

Question 4

What is the name of the muscle tissue that composes the heart?

Answer 4

Cardiac

Question 5

Which of these muscle tissues surrounds arteries and veins?

Answer 5

Smooth/Visceral

Question 6

What is the name of the muscle tissue that is under voluntary control?

Answer 6

Skeletal

Question 7

The connective tissue sheath that surrounds a single muscle cell is called a/an _____.

Answer 7

endomysium

Question 8

The smallest contractile unit of skeletal muscle is a _____.

Answer 8

sarcomere

Question 9

Which of the following characteristics is unique to muscle tissue?

Answer 9

Contractility

Question 10

Which of the following is NOT a function of muscles?

Answer 10

absorb nutrients

Question 11

The cell membrane of a muscle cell is called a _____.

Answer 11

sarcolemma

Question 12

What is the special name for cytoplasm in a muscle cell?

Answer 12

sarcoplasm

Question 13

Muscle cells are also called ______.

Answer 13

muscle fibers

Question 14

During muscle contractions

Answer 14

1) actin and myosin slide past each other
2) ATP supplies energy
3) calcium ions are involved

all of the above

Question 15

Training exercises such jogging, swimming & aerobics have this effect on skeletal muscle tissue.

Answer 15

increase number of mitochondria per muscle fibers

Question 16

What makes up the striations of muscles, is involved in contraction, and comes in 2 types?

Answer 16

Myofilaments

Question 17

What explains how muscles contract (where the myosin and actin slide over each other)?

Answer 17

Sliding Filament Theory

Question 18

Which muscle characteristic describes a muscle responding to stimuli?

Answer 18

irritability

Question 19

If a motor unit has a LARGE number of muscle fibers, ____ motor function occurs.

Answer 19

gross

Question 20

What is the term for the movements that move food through the digestive system?

Answer 20

peristalsis

Question 21

What provides ATP for the muscles to use as energy?

Answer 21

1) Creatine Phosphate
2) Aerobic Respiration
3) Anaerobic Respiration

All of the above

Question 22

Muscle fatigue and cramps are due, in part, to the accumulation of ______.

Answer 22

Lactic Acid

Question 23

What is an decrease in size of skeletal muscle cells called?

Answer 23

Muscle Atrophy

Question 24

Which term best describes a motor neuron and a muscle cell.

Answer 24

motor unit

Question 25

What is the term for the connective tissue that surrounds and separates muscles?

Answer 25

fascia

Question 26

If a motor unit has a SMALL number of muscle fibers, ____ motor function occurs.

Answer 26

fine

Question 27

What is an increase in size of skeletal muscle cells called?

Answer 27

Muscle Hypertrophy

Question 28

When one motor neuron transmits an impulse, ALL the muscle fibers in its ___ contract together.

Answer 28

motor unit