Muscular System

Question 1

What is the first function of the muscular system?

Answer 1

1. Produces movement

Question 2

What is the second function of the muscular system?

Answer 2

2. Stabilizes joints

Question 3

What is the third function of the muscular system?

Answer 3

3. Stabilizes posture

Question 4

What is the fourth function of the muscular system?

Answer 4

4. Produces heat

Question 5

What is the fifth function of the muscular system?

Answer 5

5. Moving of substances in the body

Question 6

What is the sixth function of the muscular system?

Answer 6

6. Stabilizes body position

Question 7

What are the 3 e’s and the one c (the things the muscle tissue must do)?

Answer 7

1. Contractility (must contract + expand)
2. Extensibility
3. Excitability
4. Elasticity

Question 8

What is the first layer of the muscle constructed of?

Answer 8

Whole

Question 9

What is the second layer of the muscle constructed of?

Answer 9

Fascicle

Question 10

What is the third layer of the muscle constructed of?

Answer 10

Fiber

Question 11

What does myofibril contain?

Answer 11

Sarcomere

Question 12

What does sarcomere contain?

Answer 12

Myosin and actin; two chemical structures that latch onto one another

Question 13

What is the Sliding Filament Theory?

Answer 13

The way myosin and actin latch in waves