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Muscle Tissue

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 1hrs 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which type of muscle tissue has intercalated disks?

a)

Cardiac

b)

Skeletal

c)

Smooth

d)

Cardiac & Skeletal

2.

Which type of muscle tissue is striated?

a)

Cardiac

b)

Smooth

c)

Skeletal

d)

Both cardiac and skeletal are correct

3.

Which type of muscle tissue is found in the walls of hollow internal organs?

a)

Cardiac

b)

Skeletal

c)

Smooth

d)

Smooth and Cardiac

4.

Which type of muscle tissue or tissues are involuntary?

a)

Smooth

b)

Skeletal

c)

Cardiac

d)

Both Cardiac and Smooth

5.

What does the endomysium cover?

a)

A muscle fiber

b)

A muscle fascicle

c)

The whole muscle organ

d)

A tendon

6.

Which of the following is NOT a function of skeletal muscles?

a)

Generate heat

b)

Maintain posture

c)

Move food through the GI tract

d)

Keep blood moving in veins and lymphs in the lymphatic system

7.

What is the sarcolemma

a)

Plasma membrane of a muscle fiber that forms T-tubules

b)

Cytoplasm of a muscle fiber that contains organelles, including myofibrils

c)

A polysaccharide that stores energy for muscle contraction

d)

A red pigment that stores oxygen for muscle contraction

8.

What is the Sarcoplasm

a)

Plasma membrane of a muscle fiber that forms T-tubules

b)

Cytoplasm of a muscle fiber that contains organelles, including myofibrils

c)

A polysaccharide that stores energy for muscle contraction

d)

A red pigment that stores oxygen for muscle contraction

9.

What is a Myofibril

a)

The smooth ER of a muscle fiber that stores calcium

b)

Extension of the sarcolemma that extends into the muscle fiber and conveys nerve signals that cause calcium to be released

c)

Thick and thin filaments whose structure and functions account for muscle striations and contractions

d)

A bundle of myofilaments that contract

10.

What is released from synaptic vessels to stimulate a muscle fiber to contract?

a)

Calcium ions

b)

Acetylcholine

c)

ATP

d)

Troponin

11.

The point at which the nerve cell reaches the sarcolemma of the muscle fiber is the _____.

a)

Neurotransmitter

b)

Acetylcholine

c)

Synaptic cleft

d)

Neuromuscular Junction

12.

The gap between the nerve cell and sarcolemma is the ____ ___.

a)

Synaptic cleft

b)

Neurotransmitter

c)

Motor unit

d)

Neuromuscular junction

13.

What is the specific neurotransmitter that stimulates the movement of skeletal muscles?

a)

GABA

b)

Acetylcholine

c)

Serotonin

d)

Dopamine

14.

What is the name of the component that houses the neurotransmitters?

a)

Synaptic cleft

b)

Acetylcholine

c)

Receptors

d)

Synaptic vesicles

15.

Which type of muscle is voluntary and striated?

a)

Cardiac

b)

Smooth

c)

Skeletal

16.

Which type of muscle is involuntary and striated?

a)

Cardiac

b)

Smooth

c)

Skeletal

17.

Which type of muscle is involuntary and non striated?

a)

Cardiac

b)

Smooth

c)

Skeletal

18.

What is the name of the connective tissue sheath that surrounds each muscle fiber?

a)

Endomysium

b)

Epimysium

c)

Perimysium

19.

Which membrane covers several fibers to form a fascicle?

a)

Endomysium

b)

Epimysium

c)

Perimysium

20.

Which membrane binds many fascicles together and covers the entire muscle?

a)

Endomysium

b)

Epimysium

c)

Perimysium

21.

What is the scientific name for a muscle fiber bundle?

a)

Tendon

b)

Ligament

c)

Fascicle

d)

Perimysium

22.

Which label is pointing to the epimysium?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

23.

Which label is pointing to the perimysium?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

24.

Which label is pointing to the endomysium?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

25.

Area #1 is known as a -

a)

perimysium

b)

epimysium

c)

muscle fiber

d)

fascicle

26.

Area #3 is called the

a)

perimysium

b)

epimysium

c)

muscle fiber

d)

fascicle

27.

Area #2 is called the -

a)

endomysium

b)

perimysium

c)

epimysium

d)

olomysium

28.

Area #4 is called the -

a)

epimysium

b)

perimysium

c)

endomysium

d)

muscle fiber

29.

Area #5 is called the -

a)

muscle fiber

b)

epimysium

c)

perimysium

d)

fascicle

30.
Connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone.
a)
Epimysium
b)
Tendon
c)
Perimysium
d)
sarcolemma
31.

Which label is the myofibril?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

32.

Which label is the muscle fiber?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D