Muscular System STRUCTURE

Which of the following are muscle characteristics?

• Excitability (respond to stimuli)

• Contractility (shorten)

• Extensibility (lengthen)

• Elasticity (return to resting state)

What are the functions of the muscular system?

• Movement

• Posture

• Support

• Maintaining Body Temperature

What are the three types of muscle tissue?

• Smooth Muscle

• Nervous Muscle

• Cardiac Muscle

• Skeletal Muscle

Which types of muscle are striated (obvious stripes)?

• Skeletal Muscle

• Smooth Muscle

• Cardiac Muscle

Which type of muscle is under our conscious/voluntary control?

• Skeletal Muscle

• Smooth Muscle

• Cardiac Muscle

What is the main function of skeletal muscle?

• Attached to bones and help with movement

• Make up walls of organs and blood vessels

• Makes up heart

What is the main function of Smooth Muscle?

• Attached to bones and help with movement

• Make up walls of organs and blood vessels

• Make up heart

What is the main function of Cardiac Muscle?

• Attached to bones and help with movement

• Make up walls of organs and blood vessels

• Make up heart

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

From smallest to largest, which list of muscle components is in the correct order?

• Myofilaments

  Muscle FIber

  Fascicle

  Muscle Tissue

• Muscle Fiber

  Myofilaments

  Fascicle

  Muscle Tissue

• Myofilaments

  Fascicle

  Muscle Fiber

  Muscle Tissue

• Muscle FIber

  Fascicle

  Myofilaments

  Muscle Tissue

What is endomysium?

• An epithelial tissue that encloses muscle fibers

• A connective tissue that encloses muscle fibers

• An epithelial tissue that encloses myofilaments

• A connective tissue that encloses myofilaments