Muscle

Question 1

What two factors will result in muscle fatigue ?

Answer 1

Not even oxygen and nutrients
Build up of waste products

Question 2

What does ATP stand for?

Answer 2

Adenosine triphosphate

Question 3

In health what is the normal temperature range?

Answer 3

36.1 - 37.2

Question 4

How many times can a muscle be stretched without rupturing?

Answer 4

Up to three times its contracted length

Question 5

Define muscle contractility

Answer 5

Ability of a muscle to forcefully shorten

Question 6

Define muscle extensibility

Answer 6

Ability for a muscle to be stretched

Question 7

Define muscle excitability

Answer 7

The ability to respond to stimulus

Question 8

Define muscle elasticity

Answer 8

The ability for muscle to recoil or bounce back to its original length after being stretched

Question 9

What are the five functions of muscle?

Answer 9

Posture and muscle tone
Stability
Mobility and movement
Circulation
Respiration

Question 10

Define a myofibril

Answer 10

A very fine contractile fibre group that extend in parallel column along the length of striated muscle fibres

Question 11

Define sarcomere

Answer 11

Myofibrils made up of many short units that are made up by two types of myofilament known as myosin and actin

Question 12

Does a skeletal muscle have involuntary or voluntary control?

Answer 12

Voluntary

Question 13

Does the cardiac muscle have involuntary or voluntary control?

Answer 13

Involuntary

Question 14

Does the smooth muscle have involuntary or voluntary control?

Answer 14

Involuntary

Question 15

Where is the cardiac muscle found ?

Answer 15

The wall of the heart

Question 16

Where is the smooth muscle located ?

Answer 16

Alimentary canal
Wall of blood and lymphatic vessels
Where movement of soft tissue is needed

Question 17

Define a muscle

Answer 17

A band of fibrous tissue in a human or animal body that has the ability to contract, producing movement or maintaining position of body parts

Question 18

What are the four properties of muscle tissue?

Answer 18

Contractility
Excitability
Extensibility
Elasticity

Question 19

What are the three main muscle groups?

Answer 19

Striated or skeletal
Non - striated or smooth or visceral
Cardiac