Muscle Anatomy

Question 1

3 types of muscles

Answer 1

Skeletal
Smooth
Cardiac

Question 2

Skeletal muscle

Answer 2

Voluntary; attached to the bones of the body

Question 3

Smooth muscle

Answer 3

Involuntary, occurring in the gut and other internal organs.

Question 4

Cardiac

Answer 4

Heart

Question 5

Which muscle do we have full control of, and makes up most of the body?

Answer 5

Skeletal muscle

Question 6

Sacrome

Answer 6

The most basic units of a muscle fiber where muscles contraction takes place; “the house”

Question 7

Which two proteins reside within the sarcomere?

Answer 7

Actin and Myosin

Question 8

What is the Sliding Filament?

Answer 8

Inside the sacromere, the myosin grabs the actin and pulls it so that the muscle shortens (contracts).

Question 9

Slow Twitch Muscle Fiber

Answer 9

Type I

Question 10

Fast Twitch Muscle Fiber

Answer 10

Type 2

Question 11

Actin

Answer 11

Thin filaments on the edge of the sarcomere

Question 12

Myosin

Answer 12

Think filaments in the middle of the sarcomere

Question 13

Type ___ Muscle fibers use oxygen

Answer 13

One

Question 14

During the first 16 workouts, an individual will see improvement in ________ __________

Answer 14

Motor Neurons

Question 15

________ pulls on ________ to shorten the muscle

Answer 15

Myosin; Actin