Muscle Types

Question 1

Origin (Skeletal Muscle)

Answer 1

End that doesn’t move

Usually attached at a joint

Question 2

Insertion (Skeletal Muscle)

Answer 2

End that moves

Question 3

Actions (Skeletal Muscle)

Answer 3

Flex or extend

Question 4

Cardiac Muscle

Answer 4

Striated
Single, central nuclei
Intercalated Disks
Parkinje fibers

Question 5

Smooth Muscle

Answer 5

Non-striated
Single, central nucleus
Walls of hollow structures (i.e. Blood vessels)