Muscular vocab practice

When bending the elbow, such as depicted in the following example, the muscle cells within the biceps brachii are shortening.

What is the term for muscle shortening?

• contraction

• relaxation

• extension

• stimulation

Muscle tissue can be classified as striated or non-striated.

Match the muscle tissue with its classification.

• striated

• smooth muscle

• non-striated

• skeletal muscle

• striated

• cardiac muscle

Muscle tissue can be classified as having voluntary or involuntary control.

Match the muscle tissue with its classification.

• involuntary

• smooth muscle

• involuntary

• skeletal muscle

• voluntary

• cardiac muscle

Peristalsis is the contraction of smooth muscles, specifically to help move food through digestive system. This is informally known as swallowing. What would reverse peristalsis be called?

• vomitting

• burping

• urination

• flatulance

Match the movement name with its definition

• adduction

• move towards the midline of the body

• abduction

• decrease the angle of a joint

• flexion

• increase the angle of a joint

• extension

• move away from the midline of the body

Match the movement name with its definition

• rotation

• move superiorly

• supination

• turn the palm upward

• elevation

• turn the palm downward

• pronation

• move inferiorly

• depression

• move along the axis of a bone

Match the movement name with its definition

• 3

• myosin (thick) filament

• 8

• actin (thin) filament

• 1

• sarcolemma

• 7

• myofibril

• 16

• sarcomere

What is the space called between a nerve axon terminal and a muscle cell sarcolemma.

What is this space called?

• neuromuscular junction

• sacromere

• sodium / potassium pumps

• sarcolemma

A chemical used for cell - to - cell communication is called a 

• neurotransmitter

• sodium / potassium pump

• actin

• myosin