CH 10

Question 1

What are the functions of skeletal muscle

Answer 1

Body movement, maintenance of posture, protection and support, regulating elimination of materials, heat production.

Question 2

What skeletal muscle function is responsible for circular sphincter muscles that control entry & exit of materials through certain body tracts?

Answer 2

Regulation elimination of waste

Question 3

Increased muscle tension and shivering produce body heat that comes from which skeletal muscle function?

Answer 3

Heat production

Question 4

What is the ability to respond to a stimulus by changing electrical membrane potential?

Answer 4

Excitability

Question 5

What is the ability to send electrical change down the length of the cell membrane?

Answer 5

Conductivity

Question 6

What is exhibited when filaments slide past each other? (they enable muscle to cause movement)

Answer 6

Contractility

Question 7

What is the ability to be stretched?

Answer 7

Extensibility

Question 8

What is the ability to return to original length following a lengthening or shortening

Answer 8

Elasticity

Question 9

What makes the skeletal muscle an organ?

Answer 9

Skeletal muscle fibers, connective tissue, blood vessels, and nerves working together

Question 10

True or False: A muscle fiber is bundled within a fascicle, and is a muscle cell

Answer 10

TRUE

Question 11

What CT is a dense irregular connective tissue that wraps whole muscle

Answer 11

Epimysium

Question 12

CT that is a dense irregular connective tissue that wraps fascicles and
houses many blood vessels and nerves

Answer 12

Perimysium

Question 13

CT is an areolar connective tissue that wraps individual fibers
, is a delicate layer for electrical insulation, capillary support, and binding of neighboring cells

Answer 13

Endomysium