The key characteristics of skeletal muscle include being excitable, contractile:

What is the name of the large central portion of a muscle?

What is the function of a tendon?

What fascial layer surrounds each skeletal muscle fiber?

What fascial layer forms the outer envelope of the muscle and anchors it to the hypodermis?

Which muscle attachment is generally on the bone that moves during any motion?

Fascia is classified as what type of connective tissue?

What connective element of skeletal muscle is described as the tenoperiosteal junction?

What portion of a muscle cell is the actual contractile unit?

What is the anatomic name for a skeletal muscle cell?

Which microscopic fiber in muscle is formed by the end-to-end arrangement of sarcomeres?

Which of the following is an accurate description of a motor unit?

What is the advantage of having multiple motor units in a skeletal muscle?

The physiologic principle that explains how a muscle contracts is:

Which muscle physiology reflex increases or decreases the number of motor units engaged according to the effort required for a movement?

Once stimulus is removed, which of these is the last step in the sliding filament mechanism?

What is the name of the physiologic theory that explains the relationship between muscle length and the force generated by its contraction?

What change occurs in the muscle during a concentric contraction?

The consistent state of low-grade tension in a muscle generated by a tonic contraction is called:

What type of muscle contraction maintains our posture and each muscle's state of readiness to contract fully?

What change occurs in a muscle during an eccentric contraction?

What type of nonproductive contraction occurs when the muscle is bombarded with a constant stream of stimuli that causes the muscle to “lock”?

What type of contraction is occurring when muscles are carrying out their prime function?

A sudden, spasmodic muscle contraction that is often subconsciously stimulated is called a:

What type of muscle contraction occurs in the biceps brachii as we lower a barbell to the table?

What kind of contraction occurs in the hamstrings when we bend our knee to climb stairs?

Which method of energy production for muscle contraction uses ATP stored in the skeletal muscle and produces only enough energy for a short-term effort?

Which method of energy production generates the highest amount of ATP?

What method of energy production creates lactic acid and the largest oxygen debt?

In the direct phosphorylation method of energy production, what substance is broken down to replenish the ATP?

The physiologic processes that occur as the oxygen debt is paid back include:

What is the function of retinaculi in the muscular system?

What are the two basic categories of fiber arrangements in skeletal muscles?

Which of these skeletal muscles is a type of pennate muscle?

Which category of muscle architecture is described as a muscle with a broad belly and parallel fascicles with same length fibers that taper to form cord-like tendons at the ends?

Which of these statements is the best explanation of reciprocal inhibition?

Even though movements are rarely created by one single muscle, the one that is largest and has the best angle of pull across the joint is generally considered the:

What class of lever are most joints of the body?

A wheelbarrow and standing heel raise exercises are examples of what class of lever?

Muscle names are generally descriptive of their size, shape, function, location, attachment points, fiber direction, and:

What is the common function of the brachioradialis, brachialis, and biceps brachii muscles?

What is the common function for all of the quadriceps?

Where is the adductor muscle group located?

Which muscle is the most lateral muscle of the erector spinae group?

What is the common function of the anterior and posterior tibialis?

Muscles that abduct the hip include the gluteus medius, gluteus minimus, and:

What muscle is nicknamed “Lat’s little helper” because it assists with all of the same functions?

Which of these muscles serves as a major stabilizer and has no movement function?

After applying direct compression to the cramp, how can you apply your knowledge of muscle physiology to relieve a calf cramp?