A&P chapter 5 study guide

______________ is the only human tissue capable of shortening or conttacting?

• epidermis

• dermis

• tissue

• muscle

True or False. APT is generated within the muscle cells and can generate heat?

(a)  

• True
• false

List the 3 major categories of muscle fibers

(a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)   ​

• Skeletal
• smooth
• cardiac
• none of the above

List 4 of the muscle behavioral characteristics

• Irritability

• stable

• extensibility

• elasticity

True or False. The relationship between the muscular system and the nervous system is referred to as the neuromuscular system

(a)  

• True
• false

Sprinters usually use the _____________ muscle fibers

• slow twitch

• fast twitch

• involuntary

• none of the above

What fiber attaches to more than one tendon and gives the ability to generate more force?

(a)  

• Pennate
• sectional
• distal
• proximal

Moving a finger, arm, or leg in a circle is called?

• adduction

• rotation
• abduction
• circumduction

Select the major planes that pass through the center of the body

• Frontal plane
• sagittal plane

• posterior plane

• transverse plane

True or False. Muscle cramps can be caused by electrolyte imbalance?

(a)  

• True
• false