Muscular System Quiz 1

Choose the correct term for each definition below.

• epimysium

• Connective tissue that surrounds each muscle cell

• insertion

• Muscle attachment to the immovable bone

• perimysium

• Connective tissue that surrounds the entire muscle is

• endomysium

• Muscle attachment to the movable bone

• origin

• The connective tissue that surrounds each fascicle is

Choose the correct term for each definition below. Some answers will be used more than once.

Groups:

(a) skeletal

,

(b) cardiac

,

(c) smooth

• Muscle type with no striations, often in sheets

• Type of muscle found in internal organs

• Type of muscle found in the heart

• The type of muscle that is voluntary and striated

• Type of muscle that has steady, rhythmic contractions

• The type of muscle that is attached to bones is

Choose the correct term for each definition below.

• fascicle

• The band of connective tissue that extends from a muscle to attach a bone is called a

• actin

• The thick protein filaments found in a myofibral are

• tendon

• The thin protein filaments found in a myofibral are

• fiber

• A muscle cell may be referred to as a

• myosin

• A bundle of muscle fibers is a

Choose the correct term for each definition below.

• sarcolemma

• Calcium is stored in the smooth ER of the muscle or

• striations

• The plasma membrane of a muscle cell is the

• sarcomere

• The contractile unit of the muscle fibers is a

• sarcoplasmic reticulum

• Overlapping bands of actin and myosin produce visible