Muscular System Review

What type of muscle tissue is found in the heart?

• skeletal

• smooth

• cardiac

• voluntary

Muscles move bones by

• relaxing (getting longer)

• contracting (getting shorter)

• both contracting and relaxing

The thick filament is composed of: 

• Myosin
• Actin

Muscles contract when

• thin filaments slide past thin filaments

• thick filaments slide past thick filaments

• thin filaments slide past thick filaments

The thin filament is composed of: 

• Myosin
• Actin

Involuntary

• skeletal
• cardiac
• smooth
• smooth and cardiac

What type of muscles are attached to bones?

• cardiac

• smooth
• skeletal

Skeletal Muscle contraction is initiated when the ________ sends a message to the muscle cell.  

• Muscle cell
• Neuron
• Gland
• None of the above

Which connective tissue surrounds fasicles?

• epimysium

• endomysium

• perimysium

Which connective tissue surrounds the whole muscle?

• epimysium

• endomysium

• perimysium