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WorksheetsMuscle Tissue Quiz BSN I - Y
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
Which type of muscle tissue is striated, voluntary, and multinucleated?
Skeletal muscle tissue
Cardiac muscle tissue
Smooth muscle tissue
Superficial fascia
Which type of muscle tissue is found only in the heart?
Skeletal muscle tissue
Cardiac muscle tissue
Smooth muscle tissue
Deep fascia
Which type of muscle tissue is nonstriated or smooth?
Skeletal muscle tissue
Cardiac muscle tissue
Smooth muscle tissue
Endomysium
What is the main function of muscle tissue?
Produce body movements
Store and move substances within the body
Generate heat
All of the above
Which property of muscle tissue allows it to stretch without being damaged?
Electrical excitability
Contractility
Extensibility
Elasticity
What is the outermost layer of connective tissue that surrounds a whole muscle called?
Epimysium
Perimysium
Endomysium
Fascia
What is the functional site of communication between a motor neuron and a muscle fiber called?
Neuromuscular junction
Synaptic cleft
Motor end plate
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
What is the term for the inability of a muscle to contract forcefully after prolonged activity?
Muscle fatigue
Muscle atrophy
Muscle hypertrophy
Myasthenia gravis
Which hormone-like substance is illegally used by athletes to increase muscle size and strength?
Testosterone
Estrogen
Insulin
Anabolic steroid
What is the term for abnormal contractions of skeletal muscle, characterized by rapid and involuntary movements?
Spasm
Cramp
Tremor
Fasciculation
11. Which of the following is NOT used as a means of naming muscles?
a. location
b. action
c. shape
d. attachment
e. strength of contraction
12. In the human body, muscles may serve as all the following except
a. flexors
b. extensors
c. coordinators
d. adductors
13. The "shoulder pad" muscle into which many vaccinations are given is the
a. iliopsoas
b. deltoid
c. tibialis
d. rectus abdominis
14. The muscles of the thigh include the
a. latissimus dorsi and pectoralis major
b. sartorius and vastus lateralis
c, sternocleidomastoid
d. diaphragm and intercostal muscles
15. The largest muscle of the buttocks is the
a. tibialis anterior
b. gluteus maximus
c. transversus abdominis
d. iliopsoas
16. The "smiling muscle" is the
a. buccinator
b. platysma
c. orbicularis oris
d. latissimus dorsi
e. zygomaticus
17. The "trumpeter's muscle" is the
a. buccinator
b. platysma
c. orbicularis oris
d. latissimus dorsi
e. zygomaticus
18. The "pouting muscle" is the
a. buccinator
b. platysma
c. orbicularis oris
d. latissimus dorsi
e. zygomaticus
19. The "swimmer's muscle" is the
a. buccinator
b. platysma
c. orbicularis oris
d. latissimus dorsi
e. zygomaticus
20. The gastrocnemius and soleus muscles of the leg insert to the heel bone via the
a. plantaris tendon
b. Achilles tendon
c. femoral tendon
d. none of the preceding
