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The Muscular System

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins

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Class
Date
1.

Cardiac Muscle Characteristics (Select all that apply)

a)

Found only in the heart

b)

Branching Cells

c)

Involuntary

d)

No striations

e)

Usually has multiple nucleus

2.

Skeletal Muscle Functions include

a)

Produce movement

b)

Maintain posture

c)

Stabilize joints

d)

Generate heat

3.

What is the sarcolemma?

a)

Long organelles inside muscle cell

b)

Specialized sooth endoplasmic reticulum

c)

Specialized plasma membrane

4.

A contractile unit of a muscle fiber? Sarcomere or Myofilaments

(a)  

5.

What does the thick filaments have?

a)

Composed of the protein filaments

b)

Anchored to the Z disc

c)

Has ATPase enzymes

d)

Myosin filaments have heads

e)

Mysoin actin overlap somewhat

6.

Which filament has actin filaments, composed of protein actin, and anchored to the Z disc? Thin or Thick

(a)  

7.

At rest, there is a bare zone that lacks actin filaments called what?

a)

The H zone

b)

The C zone

8.

The Sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) does what?

a)

Stores and releases calcium

b)

Long organelles inside muscle cells

c)

Surrounds the myofibril

9.

Excitability means?

a)

Ability to shorten when an adequate stimulus is received

b)

Ability to recoil and resume resting length after stretching

c)

Ability to receive and respond to a stimulus

d)

Ability of muscle cells to be stretched

10.

A synaptic cleft is?

a)

Gap between nerve and muscle

b)

Nerve and muscle do not make contact

c)

Nerve muscle do make contact

d)

Area between nerve and muscle is filled with interstitial fluid

11.

A neurotransmitter is a chemical released by nerve upon arrival of nerve impulse

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Is this in order?

  1. 1. Activation by nerve causes myosin heads (cross bridges) to attach to binding sites on the thin filament

  • 2. Myosin heads then bind to the next site of the thin filament and pull them toward the center of the sarcomere

  • 3. This continued action causes a sliding of the myosin along the actin

  • 4. The result is that the muscle is shortened (contracted) 

a)

Yes, it is in order

b)

No, it is not in order

13.

The three basic muscle types are found in the body

a)

Skeletal

b)

Cardiac

c)

Smooth

14.

What prefixes refer to muscle?

a)

Myo

b)

Musc

c)

Mys

d)

Myuo

15.

Skeletal Muscles are...?

a)

Involuntary

b)

Voluntary

16.

Cardiac muscle is..?

a)

Voluntary

b)

Involuntary

17.

The site that is NOT muscle attachment

a)

Bones

b)

Hair

c)

Cartilage

d)

Connective tissue coverings

18.

What do tendons NOT have?

a)

Cord-like structures

b)

Sheet-like structures

c)

Mostly collagen fibers

d)

Often cross a joint due to toughness and small size

19.

Where is smooth muscle found in?

a)

Mainly in the walls of hollow organs

b)

The heart and brain

20.

True or false/ the cardiac muscle is found in more than one place in the body?

a)

False

b)

True