Muscle Slides- General Functions

Question 1

striated muscle, voluntary muscle (skeletal)

Answer 1

body movement, maintenance of posture, protection and support, storage and movement of materials, heat production

Question 2

muscle spindle

Answer 2

stretch receptor- sensory neurons tell motor neurons to signal extrafusal muscle fibers so muscle will contract, resisting stretch

Question 3

cardiac muscle

Answer 3

contraction of heart- pump blood

Question 4

any of the following: smooth muscle, duodenum, jejunum, ileum

Answer 4

propel material through digestive tract or other system