Muscle Physiology Practice

What are the three types of muscle tissue?

• Skeletal, Cardiac, and Smooth

• Epithelial, Connective, and Nervous

• Voluntary, Involuntary, and Cardiac

• Striated, Non-striated, and Cardiac

Striated is another word for ________________.

• Striped

• Smooth

• Rough

• Spotted

Skeletal muscles are characterized by what two things?

• Striations and voluntary control

• Smooth texture and involuntary control

• Lack of striations and voluntary control

• Striations and involuntary control

Cardiac muscles are ________________ and ________________ frequently.

• involuntary and striated

• voluntary and smooth

• voluntary and striated

• involuntary and smooth

Intercalated disks are specialized structures found in which type of muscle tissue?

• Skeletal muscle

• Smooth muscle

• Cardiac muscle

• Connective tissue

What is a major difference between cardiac muscle and skeletal muscle?

• Cardiac muscle is voluntary, while skeletal muscle is involuntary.

• Cardiac muscle is branched and involuntary.

• Cardiac muscle is multinucleated, while skeletal muscle is not.

• Cardiac muscle is striated, while skeletal muscle is not.

What makes smooth muscle structurally different from skeletal and cardiac muscle?

• Smooth muscle has striations like skeletal muscle.

• Smooth muscle is multinucleated like skeletal muscle.

• Smooth muscle lacks striations.

• Smooth muscle has intercalated discs like cardiac muscle.

What gives smooth muscle its smooth appearance?

• The presence of striations

• The absence of striations

• The presence of intercalated discs

• The presence of multiple nuclei

What makes smooth muscle similar to cardiac?

• Both are striated

• Both are voluntary

• Both have intercalated discs

• Both are involuntary

What is another name for smooth muscle?

• Skeletal muscle

• Cardiac muscle

• Visceral muscle

• Striated muscle