Characteristics of Muscular Tissue

What is the ability to respond to certain stimuli by producing electrical signals called? (a)  

• Contractility

• Extensibility

• Electrical excitability

• Elasticity

What is the ability of muscular tissue to contract forcefully when stimulated by an action potential called? (a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  

• Excitability

• Contractility

• Extensibility

• Elasticity

What is the ability of muscular tissue to stretch, within limits, without being damaged called? (a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  

• Elasticity

• Contractility

• Extensibility

• Electrical excitability

Which of the following are examples of producing body movements?

• Walking and running

• Sleeping and resting

• Eating and drinking

• Reading and writing

What activities are involved in stabilizing body positions and joints?

• Stretching exercises

• Strength training

• Cardio workouts

• Meditation

The body stores and moves substances within it through which systems?

• Digestive and Respiratory systems

• Circulatory and Lymphatic systems

• Nervous and Endocrine systems

• Skeletal and Muscular systems

The role of sphincters in the body is to:

• regulate the passage of substances between different parts of the body

• produce hormones

• store energy

• transmit nerve signals

The body regulates blood flow and promotes the flow of lymph through:

• the circulatory system and lymphatic system

• the digestive system and respiratory system

• the nervous system and endocrine system

• the skeletal system and muscular system

Thermogenesis is the process of:

• heat production in organisms

• photosynthesis in plants

• cell division in animals

• protein synthesis in cells

The body maintains normal body temperature through:

• sweating and shivering

• only sweating

• only shivering

• none of the above