Muscle

Question 1

Define muscle

Answer 1

Contractile tissue of the body that produces movement of the body parts and viscera

Question 2

Define 3 types of muscular tissue

Answer 2

Skeletal → the muscles that are attached to the skeleton
Smooth → found in the viscera and blood vessels
Cardiac → the muscle of the heart

Question 3

What is the histological appearance of skeletal muscle?

Answer 3

Striated, non-branching

Question 4

What is histological appearance of the smooth muscle?

Answer 4

Non-striated, spindle-shaped

Question 5

What is histological appearance of the cardiac muscle?

Answer 5

Striated, branching

Question 6

What is called the origin?

Answer 6

The site of attachment at which the muscle starts

Question 7

What is called the insertion?

Answer 7

The site of attachment at which the muscle ends

Question 8

What happens when the muscle contracts?

Answer 8

Insertion is pulled towards the origin

Question 9

Define belly

Answer 9

The fleshy part of he muscle

Question 10

Define tendons

Answer 10

He ends that are attached to the bone

Question 11

What are the 3 structures that the skeletal muscle is attached to the bone by?

Answer 11

Tendons → cylindrical, cord-like
Aponeuroses → flat sheet
Raphe → crossing of the tendons of the flat muscle

Question 12

Answer 12

Skeletal muscle

Question 13

Answer 13

Smooth muscle

Question 14

Answer 14

Cardiac muscle

Question 15

Answer 15

Calf muscle, Gastrocnemius, Achilles tendon

Question 16

Answer 16

Aponeurosis

Question 17

Answer 17

Raphe