Muscular System

Question 1

is an organ system, involved majorly in
the movement of the body.

Answer 1

Muscular System

Question 2

There are nearly ___ muscles that are
connected to the bones of the skeletal
system, which roughly half make up the
human’s body weight.

Answer 2

700

Question 3

ability of the muscle to
respond to stimuli

Answer 3

Excitability

Question 4

ability of muscle to contract
contract or shorten its size

Answer 4

Contractibility

Question 5

ability of muscle to stretch

Answer 5

Extensibility

Question 6

ability of muscle to return to original length after stretching

Answer 6

Elasticity

Question 7

Covers the walls of the heart. Moves Involuntary and are striated, as well as uninucleated

Answer 7

Cardiac Muscle

Question 8

Covers the walls of the internal organs. Are also involuntary, non-striated and
uninucleated

Answer 8

Visceral Muscle

Question 9

Attached to bones, is responsible for skeletal
movements. Voluntary, striated and multi-
nucleated.

Answer 9

Skeletal Muscle

Question 10

Muscles that produces any particular movement
in the body

Answer 10

Agonist/Prime Movers

Question 11

muscles that produces the opposite effect of
the agonist

Answer 11

Antagonist

Question 12

muscles that help to stabilize a movement and
reduce extraneous movements

Answer 12

Synergist

Question 13

muscles that assist in movement by holding the
origin stable

Answer 13

Fixator

Question 14

Types of muscle fibers?

Answer 14

Slow twitch & fast twitch

Question 15

This forms the central axis of the human body.

This provides support and protection and a surface for the attachment of the muscles that move the head, neck and trunk.

This also stabilizes parts of the appendicular skeleton

Answer 15

Axial Skeleton

Question 16

Includes shoulder girdle, upper limbs, pelvic girdle and lower limbs

To make locomotion possible

Provide protection to the major organs of digestion, excretion and reproduction

Answer 16

Appendicular Skeleton

Question 17

are generally thin and can give considerable protection and provide extensive areas for muscle attachment.

Includes the cranial bones (which protects the brain), breast bone (sternum) and ribs (which
protects organs in the thorax)

Answer 17

Flatbones

Question 18

As implied by the name, their shapes are irregular and complicated. Vertebrae, sacrum, and coccyx of the spine

Answer 18

Irregular Bones