Ohlsen muscle and nervous tissue

Most muscle tissue originates from

• ecoderm

• endoderm

• mesoderm

• all three layers

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of cardiac muscle?

• multinucleate

• involuntary

• lines the heart

• striated

Which of the following is a similarity between cardiac and smooth muscle?

• involuntary

• multinucleate

• striated

• spindle-shaped

Which of the following statements about muscle tissue is NOT correct?

• Muscle contraction produces heat.

• Skeletal muscle is under voluntary control.

• Smooth muscle is connected to the bones of the skeleton.

• Muscle tissue fibers are modified for contraction.

The wave-like contraction of smooth muscle lining the gastrointestinal tract that propels food is called

• peristalsis

• apoptosis

• serosa

• viscera

Which of the following is a function of muscle tissue?

• generating body heat

• absorbing glucose

• transporting blood gases

• forming the stroma of organs

Skeletal muscle tissue

• cells are multinucleate.

• is striated.

• is under voluntary control.

• all of these

Most nervous tissue originates from

• ectoderm

• endoderm

• mesoderm

• all three

Which of the following statements about muscle tissue is NOT correct?

• Muscle contraction produces heat.

• Muscle tissue fibers are modified for contraction.

• Skeletal muscle is under involuntary control.

• Smooth muscle moves digested food through the GI tract.

Only ________ muscle tissue contains intercalated discs.

• cardiac

• skeletal

• smooth

• striated