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Ch 6 Musclular System Test

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which term does NOT describe smooth muscle cells?

a)

Skeletal

b)

nonstriated

c)

visceral

d)

InvoluntaryCh 6 Skele

2.

The type of muscle shown is this image is (a)   .

3.

What organelle wraps and surrounds the myofibril and stores calcium?

a)

sarcolemma

b)

cross bridge

c)

sarcomere

d)

sarcoplasmic reticulum

4.

Muscle tissue has the ability to shorten when adequately stimulated, a characteristic known as ________.

a)

extensibility

b)

contractibility

c)

irritability

d)

elasticity

5.

One neuron and all the skeletal muscles it stimulates is known as a ________.

a)

Motor Unit

b)

Synaptic Cleft

c)

sarcoplasmic reticulum

d)

neuromuscular junction

6.

Striated involuntary muscle tissue found in the heart is ________.

a)

cardiac

b)

skeletal

c)

smooth

d)

dense regular

7.

What is covered by the endomysium?

a)

an individual muscle cell

b)

myofibrils

c)

an entire muscle

d)

fascicles of muscle cells

8.

The plasma membrane of a skeletal muscle cell is called the ________.

a)

sarcomere

b)

sarcoplasmic reticulum

c)

sarcolemma

d)

sarcoplasm

e)

myofilament

9.

What creates the alternating light and dark bands that provides the striation pattern on skeletal muscle tissue?

a)

A bands and I bands

b)

sarcoplasm and sarcolemma

c)

thick filaments and myosin heads

d)

H zones and M lines

e)

Z discs and H zones

10.

(a)   muscle contracts most quickly upon stimulation?

11.

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

a)

maintenance of posture

b)

stabilization of joints

c)

blood cell formation

d)

production of movement

e)

generation of heat

12.

A sarcomere is ________.

a)

the area between two intercalated discs

b)

the contractile unit between two Z discs

c)

a compartment in a myofilament

d)

the nonfunctional unit of skeletal muscle

e)

the wavy lines on the cell, as seen in a microscope

13.

Which one of the following is composed mostly of the protein myosin?

a)

Z discs

b)

thick filaments

c)

thin filaments

d)

all myofilaments

e)

light bands

14.

The heads of the myosin myofilaments are called ________ when they link the thick and thin filaments together during skeletal muscle contraction.

a)

motor units

b)

neuromuscular junctions

c)

cross bridges

d)

synapses

15.

The H zone, located within the A band, lacks thin filaments and is represented by label (a)   .

16.

Cardiac muscle fibers are joined by special gap junctions called intercalated discs; these discs allow heart activity to be closely coordinated.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Smooth muscles stabilize joints of the skeleton.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

The formation of cross bridges requires both calcium ions and ATP.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

The sarcoplasmic reticulum wraps like a sleeve around the myofibril and stores and releases calcium. 

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Cardiac and skeletal muscle both possess striations. 

a)

True

b)

False

21.

The epimysium is represented by label (a)   .

22.

The neurotransmitter used by the nervous system to activate skeletal muscle cells is acetylcholine.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

Depolarization of a skeletal muscle cell leads to the opening of more channels that only allow potassium entry. 

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Voluntary muscle tissue

a)

Smooth

b)

Skeletal

c)

Cardiac

25.

A neuromuscular junction consists of one neuron and all the skeletal muscles it stimulates.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Muscle tissue found only in the heart

a)

Smooth

b)

Skeletal

c)

Cardiac

27.

Muscle tissue that activates arrector pili muscles to stand hairs on end

a)

Smooth

b)

Skeletal

c)

Cardiac

28.

The striations seen in skeletal muscle are actually alternating dark A and light I bands. 

a)

True

b)

False

29.

Muscle tissue that dilates and constricts the pupils of our eyes

a)

Smooth

b)

Skeletal

c)

Cardiac

30.

Muscle tissue composed of branching cells and intercalated discs

a)

Smooth

b)

Skeletal

c)

Cardiac

31.

Performs very slow, sometimes rhythmic, contractions

a)

Smooth

b)

Skeletal

c)

Cardiac

32.

Muscle tissue that maintains posture, body position, and stabilizes joints

a)

Smooth

b)

Skeletal

c)

Cardiac

33.

The myofilament composed of actin is indicated by label (a)   .

34.

Specific neurotransmitter that stimulates skeletal muscle cells

a)

Sodium Ions

b)

synaptic cleft

c)

acetycholine

d)

calcium ion

e)

action potential

35.

Chemical that enters a muscle cell upon excitation

a)

Sodium Ions

b)

synaptic cleft

c)

acetycholine

d)

calcium ion

e)

action potential

36.

Muscle tissue that is multinucleate

a)

Smooth

b)

Skeletal

c)

Cardiac

37.

Gap between the axon terminals and the plasma membrane of a neighboring muscle cell

a)

Sodium Ions

b)

synaptic cleft

c)

acetycholine

d)

calcium ion

e)

action potential

38.

Electrical current that travels the length of the sarcolemma that results in the contraction of the muscle fiber

a)

Sodium Ions

b)

synaptic cleft

c)

acetycholine

d)

calcium ion

e)

action potential

39.

You have lost the labels to your muscle tissue slides in laboratory. Explain the characteristics that allow you to distinguish among skeletal muscle, smooth muscle, and cardiac muscle tissue.

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40.

Enzyme that breaks down acetylcholine (ACh)

a)

Sodium Ions

b)

synaptic cleft

c)

acetycholinesterase

d)

calcium ion

e)

action potential

41.

During skeletal muscle contraction, to what do myosin heads bind?

a)

actin filaments

b)

Z discs

c)

the H zone

d)

thick filaments

e)

myosin filaments

42.

The movement of a limb toward the body midline

a)

flexion

b)

supination

c)

abduction

d)

adduction

43.

Type of movement that decreases the angle of the joint

a)

flexion

b)

supination

c)

abduction

d)

adduction

44.

Type of movement that allows you to carry a soup bowl

a)

flexion

b)

supination

c)

abduction

d)

adduction

45.

The sarcoplasmic reticulum stores this chemical

a)

Sodium Ions

b)

synaptic cleft

c)

acetycholine

d)

calcium ion

e)

action potential

46.

The movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis

a)

flexion

b)

inversion

c)

plantar flexion

d)

rotation

47.

The movement of a limb away from the body midline

a)

flexion

b)

supination

c)

abduction

d)

adduction

48.

Type of movement that turns the sole of the foot medially

a)

flexion

b)

inversion

c)

plantar flexion

d)

rotation

49.

What enzyme breaks down acetylcholine into acetic acid and choline to prevent continued contraction of the muscle fiber?

a)

sarcoplasmic reticulum

b)

potassium ions

c)

calcium ions

d)

acetylcholinesterase

e)

cross bridges

50.

Fascicle arrangements produce skeletal muscles with different structures and functional properties, and determine their individual range of motion and power. List the seven different fascicle arrangements of human skeletal muscles and give a specific example of each.

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51.

The I band within a skeletal muscle fiber is indicated by label (a)   .

52.

The A band within a myofibril is indicated by label (a)   .

53.

What must rush into a muscle cell to promote its depolarization?

a)

calcium ions

b)

sodium ions

c)

acetylcholinesterase

d)

potassium ions

e)

acetylcholine

54.

The perimysium wraps a fascicle of muscle cells and is represented by label (a)   .

55.

The muscle fiber (cell) is indicated by label (a)   .

56.

The endomysium that wraps individual muscle fibers is indicated by label (a)   ..

57.

Why are calcium ions necessary for skeletal muscle contraction?

a)

Calcium ions cause ATP binding to actin.

b)

Calcium ions trigger the binding of myosin heads to actin filaments.

c)

Calcium ions bind to regulatory proteins on the myosin filaments, changing both their shape and their position on the thick filaments.

d)

Calcium ions increase the speed of the action potential transmitted along the sarcolemma.

e)

Calcium ions release the inhibition on Z discs.

58.

The mechanical force of contraction is generated by ________.

a)

shortening of the thick filaments

b)

the temporary disappearance of thin filaments

c)

shortening of the thin filaments

d)

the "accordion-like" folding of thin and thick filaments

e)

a sliding of thin filaments past thick filaments

59.

What is acetylcholine?

a)

a neurotransmitter that stimulates skeletal muscle to contract

b)

a component of thick myofilaments

c)

an oxygen-binding protein

d)

a source of energy for muscle contraction

e)

an ion pump on the postsynaptic membrane

60.

The gap between the axon terminal of a motor neuron and the sarcolemma of a skeletal muscle cell is called the ________.

a)

neuromuscular junction

b)

sarcomere

c)

synaptic cleft

d)

motor unit

e)

cross bridge