Muscular System

__________ connect muscles to bones

• tendons

• collagen

• joints

• cartilage

__________ protects bones from rubbing against each other.

• joints

• cartilage

• sutures

• tendons

Your shoulder joint is an example of __________.

• a hinge joint

• a saddle joint

• a pivot joint

• a ball-and-socket joint

What best describes your heart?

• smooth muscle

• skeletal muscle

• cardiac muscle

• memory muscle

What kind of muscle is found in the stomach wall?

• cardiac

• smooth

• skeletal

• memory

Neurotransmitters are released upon stimulation from a nerve impulse by special nerves called __________.

• sarcoplasmic reticulum

• sarcolemma of the muscle cell

• motor neurons

• myofibrils

Endomysium covers _____________________________.

• fascicles of muscle cells

• an entire muscle cell

• an individual muscle fiber

• myofibrils

The movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis is known as ________________________.

• rotation

• extension

• circumduction

• flexion

Which movements are shown in the picture?

• Abduction & Adduction

• Eversion & Inversion

• Flexion & Extension

• Dorsiflexion & Plantar flexion

Which movements are shown in the picture?

• Abduction & Adduction

• Dorsiflexion & Plantar flexion

• Eversion & Inversion

• Flexion & Extension