Muscular System #2

Question 1

Cardiac Muscle

Answer 1

Type of muscle that is self-exciting

Question 2

Skeletal Muscle

Answer 2

Contracts in response to acetylcholine

Question 3

Smooth Muscle

Answer 3

Stimulates each other to contract

Question 4

Cardiac Muscle

Answer 4

The muscle that is slowed by acetylcholine

Question 5

Smooth Muscle

Answer 5

The muscle that has the action of peristalsis

Question 6

Skeletal Muscle

Answer 6

The muscle that is under voluntary movement

Question 7

ATP

Answer 7

Needed for sustained or repeated muscle contractions

Question 8

Creatine Phosphate

Answer 8

Produces rapid energy

Question 9

Aerobic Respiration

Answer 9

Uses the body’s store of glucose

Question 10

Pyruvate Acid

Answer 10

Converts to lactic acid with strenuous exercise

Question 11

Lactic Acid

Answer 11

Causes muscle fatigue

Question 12

Epimysium

Answer 12

The thin covering under the fascia that surrounds the muscle

Question 13

Fascia

Answer 13

Separate the muscles from each other

Question 14

Tendons

Answer 14

Connects muscles to bones

Question 15

Perimysium

Answer 15

Divides a muscle into sections called fascicles

Question 16

Endosyium

Answer 16

Surrounds individual muscle cells

Question 17

Aponeurosis

Answer 17

Attaches muscles to the other muscles

Question 18

Visceral Smooth Muscle

Answer 18

Type of muscle is found on hollow organs

Question 19

Multiunit Smooth Muscle

Answer 19

Type of muscle found in the iris of the eye and walls of blood vessels

Question 20

Peristalsis

Answer 20

The rhythmic contraction that pushes substances through tubes of the body

Question 21

Pyruvic Acid

Answer 21

Supplies energy to living cells

Question 22

ATP

Answer 22

Energy carrying molecule

Question 23

Acetylcholine

Answer 23

Causes the skeletal muscle to contract ( muscle fibers respond to this neurotransmitter)

Question 24

Acetylcholinesterase

Answer 24

Breaks down acetylcholine, allows muscles to relax