A large broad sheet of connective tissue, such as on the abdomen, is called a/an _____ .

The membrane that is the closest to the individual muscle fiber is the _____ .

A group of skeletal muscle fibers is called a/an _____.

The structure that connects muscles to bones is the _____.

The fibers of a muscle that are connected to the overlying skin fibers is the _____ .

The muscle cells within a group such as the biceps brachii are individually called _____ .

The fiber cell membrane is termed the _____ .

Which of the following does not belong with the others?

The smallest, functional unit of contraction is the _____.

The I bands in a sarcomere are made of _____ .

The _____ zone contains only myosin and is in the center of a sarcomere.

The cisternae are enlarged portions of the _____ .

The gap between the muscle and a nerve is the _____.

The chemical that crosses a neuromuscular gap is _____.

The combination of a neuron and the muscle fiber it associates with is called a/an _____ .

The most abundant of the muscle proteins is _____ .

The main force of contraction occurs when actin forms a chemical complex with _____ .

When a muscle is at rest, which of the following is not associated chemically with the others?

During the contraction of a sarcomere, calcium ions bind with the protein _____.

The main neurotransmitter involved in skeletal muscle contraction is _____.

Which molecule directly supplies energy to myosin to allow the filaments to contract?

What is the most abundant storage form of energy within a muscle fiber?

What effect does creatine phosphokinase have an muscle activity?

How is excess sugar stored within muscle fibers?

Which main factor allows muscle to sustain contraction even during times when the blood supply is low?

The reddish brown color of muscle is due to the presence of _____ molecules.

Which molecule is produced during exercise, resulting in the oxygen debt?

Which of the following does not belong with the others?

About _____% of ATP energy becomes liberated as heat from muscle metabolism.

The minimum stimulus needed to cause a contraction is called the _____.

A single contraction of a muscle is called a ______.

The period of time between the stimulus and contraction is called the _____.

The complete contraction of a muscle, without the ability to relax, is called _____.

The constant contraction of a percentage of fibers within a muscle is referred to as _____.

Contractions called _____ occur whenever the forces applied to a muscle are increased, but the muscle does not appear to be moving.

Which of the following muscles always requires nerve impulses in order to contract?

Which type of muscle is found in the wall of blood vessels?

Since smooth muscle fibers have rhythmicity and can stimulate each other, they contract in a pattern called _____.

The degeneration of muscle fibers caused by a lack of proper stimulation and usage is called _____.

In smooth muscle, calcium ions combine with _____ to allow the actin and myosin cross-bridges to form.

The following cause smooth muscles to contract except which one?

The presence of _____ allow cardiac muscle fibers to transmit impulses faster among themselves.

The muscle is called the _____ when it is causing the movement that is being described.

Muscles that act together to cause the same movements are called _____.

The sternocleidomastoid muscle was named because of its _____.

The _____ muscle forms a broad flat sheet on top of the head.

Which muscle lines most of the inner cheek wall?

Which muscle causes smiling and is attached to the corners of the lips?

The _____ is the broad flat muscle on the neck, which causes frowning.

A condition called temporomandibular syndrome can be caused by contraction of the _____.

The following muscles belong together except which one?

The antagonist of the sternocleidomastoid is the _____.

The triangular shaped muscle on the back that rotates the shoulder is the _____

The _____ muscle acts to elevate the shoulders.

Adduction of the scapulae in a posterior view is mainly accomplished by the _____.

The _____ will move the shoulders on a forward plane.

An antagonist of the teres major is the _____.

The _____ is a common intramuscular injection site, which flexes the shoulder or extends the arm.

Which triangular thoracic muscle causes the arms to move towards the midline?

A synergist with the biceps brachii is the _____.

The pronator teres inserts on the _____.

The following belong together except which one?

Which of the following does not belong with the rest?

The following can be grouped together except which one?

The psoas major is the antagonist to the _____.

The _____ muscle attaches to a long band of tendon which runs down the lateral aspect of the leg.

The _____ muscle causes one to cross the leg by adducting the thigh and flexing the lower leg.

Which muscle runs from the anterior superior iliac spine to the medial tibial surface near the patella?

Which of the following does not belong with the others?

Which of these does not belong with the others?

The following cause dorsiflexion of the foot except which one?

Which of the following is attached to the calcaneus?

The _____ is inserted on the base of the first metatarsal.

Spontaneous contraction of random groups of muscles is called _____.

A disease which results in muscle weakness because of abnormal neuromuscular junction activity is _____.

Which of the following refers to a prolonged muscular spasm?