Muscular System

Question 1

Muscles may be controlled consciously, in which case they’re referred to as

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Voluntary muscles

Question 2

Those that aren’t under our conscious control are called

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Involuntary muscles

Question 3

Did you know that the muscles and tissues of the muscular system make up half your

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Body weight

Question 4

There are approximately blank named muscles.

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700

Question 5

The primary role of the muscular system is to work with the skeletal system to enable the body to

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Move

Question 6

The three types of muscle tissues within the human body are

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cardiac, skeletal, and smooth (visceral).

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found within your heart and is involuntary muscle

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Cardiac muscle

Question 8

The purpose of cardiac muscle tissue is to

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pump blood throughout the body

Question 9

Visceral muscle is also known as

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Smooth muscle

Question 10

associated with the internal organs of the body, including the intestines, stomach, and blood vessels

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Smooth muscle

Question 11

Smooth muscle is composed of specialized cells that are capable of

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Contraction and relaxation

Question 12

What does smooth muscle lack

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Striations

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Is smooth muscle involuntary or voluntary in movement

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Involuntary

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When smooth muscle contracts, it allows

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Movement

Question 15

Visceral muscle is considered to be the blank of all the muscle tissues.

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Weakest

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attached to bones and runs across the joints to enable movement.

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Skeletal muscle