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Muscle Tissue Quiz BSN I - Y

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which type of muscle tissue is striated, voluntary, and multinucleated?

a)

Skeletal muscle tissue

b)

Cardiac muscle tissue

c)

Smooth muscle tissue

d)

Superficial fascia

2.

Which type of muscle tissue is found only in the heart?

a)

Skeletal muscle tissue

b)

Cardiac muscle tissue

c)

Smooth muscle tissue

d)

Deep fascia

3.

Which type of muscle tissue is nonstriated or smooth?

a)

Skeletal muscle tissue

b)

Cardiac muscle tissue

c)

Smooth muscle tissue

d)

Endomysium

4.

What is the main function of muscle tissue?

a)

Produce body movements

b)

Store and move substances within the body

c)

Generate heat

d)

All of the above

5.

Which property of muscle tissue allows it to stretch without being damaged?

a)

Electrical excitability

b)

Contractility

c)

Extensibility

d)

Elasticity

6.

What is the outermost layer of connective tissue that surrounds a whole muscle called?

a)

Epimysium

b)

Perimysium

c)

Endomysium

d)

Fascia

7.

What is the functional site of communication between a motor neuron and a muscle fiber called?

a)

Neuromuscular junction

b)

Synaptic cleft

c)

Motor end plate

d)

Sarcoplasmic reticulum

8.

What is the term for the inability of a muscle to contract forcefully after prolonged activity?

a)

Muscle fatigue

b)

Muscle atrophy

c)

Muscle hypertrophy

d)

Myasthenia gravis

9.

Which hormone-like substance is illegally used by athletes to increase muscle size and strength?

a)

Testosterone

b)

Estrogen

c)

Insulin

d)

Anabolic steroid

10.

What is the term for abnormal contractions of skeletal muscle, characterized by rapid and involuntary movements?

a)

Spasm

b)

Cramp

c)

Tremor

d)

Fasciculation

11.
  1. 11. Which of the following is NOT used as a means of naming muscles?

a)

a. location

b)

b. action

c)

c. shape

d)

d. attachment

e)

e. strength of contraction

12.
  1. 12. In the human body, muscles may serve as all the following except

a)

a. flexors

b)

b. extensors

c)

c. coordinators

d)

d. adductors

13.
  1. 13. The "shoulder pad" muscle into which many vaccinations are given is the

a)

a. iliopsoas

b)

b. deltoid

c)

c. tibialis

d)

d. rectus abdominis

14.
  1. 14. The muscles of the thigh include the

a)

a. latissimus dorsi and pectoralis major

b)

b. sartorius and vastus lateralis

c)

c, sternocleidomastoid

d)

d. diaphragm and intercostal muscles

15.
  1. 15. The largest muscle of the buttocks is the

a)

a. tibialis anterior

b)

b. gluteus maximus

c)

c. transversus abdominis

d)

d. iliopsoas

16.
  1. 16. The "smiling muscle" is the

a)

a. buccinator

b)

b. platysma

c)

c. orbicularis oris

d)

d. latissimus dorsi

e)

e. zygomaticus

17.
  1. 17. The "trumpeter's muscle" is the

a)

a. buccinator

b)

b. platysma

c)

c. orbicularis oris

d)

d. latissimus dorsi

e)

e. zygomaticus

18.
  1. 18. The "pouting muscle" is the

a)

a. buccinator

b)

b. platysma

c)

c. orbicularis oris

d)

d. latissimus dorsi

e)

e. zygomaticus

19.
  1. 19. The "swimmer's muscle" is the

a)

a. buccinator

b)

b. platysma

c)

c. orbicularis oris

d)

d. latissimus dorsi

e)

e. zygomaticus

20.
  1. 20. The gastrocnemius and soleus muscles of the leg insert to the heel bone via the

a)

a. plantaris tendon

b)

b. Achilles tendon

c)

c. femoral tendon

d)

d. none of the preceding