NEW
Font size
WorksheetsPhysiology: The Muscles That Move Us
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which type of muscle is found in hollow organs?
skeletal
smooth
cardiac
striated
____________ are surrounded by perimysium and are made up of individual muscle cells.
muscle bellies
fasiculi
muscle fibres
Another name for the cell membrane of a muscle fibre is the plasmalemma.
True
False
The ends of a sarcomere are called a __________.
Z-disk
H-zone
A-bands
Myosin, a protein filament, is considered the __________ filament.
thin
thick
This covers myosin binding sites at rest, before calcium can help to move it.
troponin
tropomyosin
actin
titin
Titin is a myofilament that helps to prevent overstretching.
True
False
Which main neurotransmitter helps to pass an electrical signal from a neuron to a muscle fibre?
glutamate
serotonin
acetylcholine
T-tubules help to bring electrical signals deep into the muscle fibres.
True
False
In muscle fibres, calcium is stored (and released from) the ____________ _____________ .
sarcoplasmic reticulum
mitochondrial network
terminal buttons
