Unit 3 Muscle system Quiz 1

Which of the following is a function of the muscular system?

• Facilitating movement

• Generating heat

• Maintaining posture

• All of the choices are correct

__________ movement cannot be controlled by conscious thought.

• Voluntary

• Involuntary

• Vigorous

• Non-vigorous

Which of the following muscle tissue types provides more strength?

• Non-striated

• Striated

• Branched

• Cylindrical

Muscle(s) which support the movement by stabilizing

• Synergist

• Antagonist

• Agonist

Muscle which opposes the action and relaxes when the agonist in contracted

• Agonist

• Antagonist

• Synergist

Main muscle responsible for the movement

• Agonist

• Antagonist

• Synergist

Cardiac muscle is found in the walls of the heart.

• True

• False

Cardiac muscle is non-striated and branched.

• True

• False

Cardiac muscle is stimulated by the autonomic nervous system.

• True

• False

__________ composes the lining of internal organs to aid in moving substances.

• Smooth muscle

• Adipose tissue

• Skeletal muscle

• Cardiac muscle