Muscle Tissue Study Guide

Question 1

What are the three types of muscle tissue?

Answer 1

Skeletal, cardiac, smooth

Question 2

What are the five functions of muscle?

Answer 2

skeletal movement, maintain posture, support soft tissue, guard entries/exits, and maintain body temperature

Question 3

Name the smallest contractile unit of a muscle

Answer 3

sarcomeres

Question 4

Provide another term for muscle cell

Answer 4

muscle fiber

Question 5

What are the connections for connecting muscle to bone?

Answer 5

tendon/aponeurosis

Question 6

Define fascicle

Answer 6

bundle of muscle fibers

Question 7

Define motor unit

Answer 7

neuron and muscle fibers it stimulates

Question 8

What protein makes up thick filaments

Answer 8

myosin (thing: actin)

Question 9

What is the area of the sarcomere where there are no thick filaments?

Answer 9

I Bands

Question 10

What are the three connective tissues in skeletal muscle and what do they cover?

Answer 10

epimysium: entire muscle, perimysium: covers fascicles, endomysium: surrounds individual muscle fibers

Question 11

What is the neurotransmitter for skeletal muscle tissue?

Answer 11

acetycholine

Question 12

Starting with sacromere, build the layers of the skeletal muscle.

Answer 12

sarcomeres, myofibril, muscle fiber, fascicle, whole muscle

Question 13

What are the two types of muscle contractions?

Answer 13

Isometric: builds up tension in muscles but no movement, isotonic: movement occurs

Question 14

What is the rule of muscle tissue?

Answer 14

Use it or lose it

Question 15

What are the effects of exercise on muscles?

Answer 15

Bigger/stronger/better endurance

Question 16

what are the special properties of muscle tissue

Answer 16

much larger, multinucleated, humerous mitochondria, contractibility, irritability