Muscle Anatomy Quiz

What is the basic unit of a muscle?

• muscle strand

• muscle cell

• muscle thread

• muscle fiber

Which type of muscle is responsible for voluntary movements?

• Adipose tissues

• Skeletal muscles

• Smooth muscles

• Cardiac muscles

Which connective tissue surrounds the entire muscle?

• Epimysium

• Mesomysium

• Endomysium

• Perimysium

Which connective tissue surrounds a bundle of muscle fibers?

• epimysium

• fascia

• endomysium

• perimysium

View the image of the structure of skeletal muscle. Label the parts of the skeletal muscle.

a

b

e

d

c

muscle

fascicle

myofibril

tendon

muscle fiber

Which of the following is a flat and wide connective tissue that connects the muscles to the bones?

• endomysium

• myofibril

• aponeurosis

• tendon

Which of the following describes the sarcolemma?

• dense outer layer of connective tissue that surrounds the entire muscle tissue

• connective tissue that surrounds groups of 10 to 100 or more muscle fibers

• specialized plasma membrane that surrounds each muscle fiber

• cytoplasm of the muscle fiber

Which of the following is the layer of connective tissue that covers every single muscle fiber?

• perimysium

• sarcoplasm

• epimysium

• endomysium