Human Body and Muscular System Quiz

Which of the following is NOT a component of the muscular system?

• Microscopic anatomy of muscle tissue

• Types of muscles

• Functions of muscles

• Photosynthesis

Which of the following is a function of tendons in the muscular system?

• Connect muscles to bones

• Store energy

• Produce red blood cells

• Filter waste from the blood

What are the three types of muscle tissue?

• Cardiac, skeletal, and epithelial

• Smooth, cardiac, and skeletal

• Nervous, connective, and epithelial

• Smooth, connective, and epithelial

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What function do smooth muscle tissues perform in the body?

• Pumping blood through the heart

• Moving bones

• Forcing food and other substances through internal body channels

• Transmitting nerve impulses

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Where does cardiac muscle tissue occur?

• In the lungs

• In the heart

• In the brain

• In the liver

Which of the following best describes the adaptability of skeletal muscle tissue?

• It can only exert a fixed amount of force.

• It is not adaptable and tires quickly.

• It is extremely adaptable and can exert forces ranging from a fraction of an ounce to over 70 pounds.

• It is adaptable but cannot exert more than 10 pounds of force.

What is the term for the muscle plasma membrane?

• Sarcoplasm

• Sarcolemma

• Myofibril

• Sarcomere

What is the role of skeletal muscles in the body?

• To maintain blood pressure

• To course blood through the body

• To aid in locomotion

• To squeeze substances through organs

Which type of muscle lacks the coarse connective tissue sheaths of skeletal muscle but has the endomysium?

• Cardiac muscle

• Smooth muscle

• Skeletal muscle

• Voluntary muscle

What is a characteristic of smooth muscle in terms of contractile mechanisms?

• They have different contractile mechanisms than skeletal muscle

• They have no contractile mechanisms

• They have essentially the same contractile mechanisms as skeletal muscle

• They have weaker contractile mechanisms than skeletal muscle