Three Types of Muscles

Question 1

Skeletal

Answer 1

-allow our bodies to move
-attached to bones with tendons
-or attach directly to organ/other structure
-striated or striped

Question 2

Is the Skeletal muscle voluntary or involuntary?

Answer 2

voluntary
-uses acetylcholine and neuromuscular junction

Question 3

Cardiac Muscle

Answer 3

-generate electric impulse
-connected by intercalated disc to make them beat at the same time
-striated

Question 4

Is cardiac muscle voluntary or involuntary

Answer 4

involuntary

Question 5

Smooth Muscle

Answer 5

-found in blood vessels and many internal organs (GI or bladder)
-slower contractions than cardiac or skeletal
-under control of sympathetic or parasympathetic branches
-not striated

Question 6

Is the smooth muscle voluntary or involuntary

Answer 6

involuntary

Question 7

Tendons

Answer 7

connect bone to muscle or muscle to muscle with extensions of connective tissue

Question 8

Tendon layers

Answer 8

endomysium, perimysium, and epimysium

Question 9

Fascia

Answer 9

sheets of connective tissue that connect muscles to blood vessels, nerves, and body cavities