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Ch. 6: Muscular System (Sliding Filament Review)

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Using Figure 6.2, the myofilament composed of actin is indicated by ________.

a)

Label A

b)

Label B

c)

Label C

d)

Label D

2.

The I band within a skeletal muscle fiber is indicated by ________.

a)

Label A

b)

Label B

c)

Label C

d)

Label D

3.

The A band within a myofibril is indicated by ________.

a)

Label A

b)

Label B

c)

Label C

d)

Label D

4.

The H zone, located within the A band, lacks thin filaments and is represented by ________.

a)

Label A

b)

Label B

c)

Label C

d)

Label D

5.

Using Figure 6.2, the epimysium is represented by ________.

a)

Label A

b)

Label B

c)

Label C

d)

Label D

6.

Using Figure 6.2, the perimysium wraps a fascicle of muscle cells and is represented by ________.

a)

Label A

b)

Label B

c)

Label C

d)

Label D

7.

Using Figure 6.2, the muscle fiber (cell) is indicated by ________.

a)

Label A

b)

Label B

c)

Label C

d)

Label D

8.

Which term does not describe smooth muscle cells?

a)

Visceral

b)

Nonstriated

c)

Skeletal

d)

Involuntary

9.

What organelle wraps and surrounds the myofibril and stores calcium?

a)

Cross bridge

b)

Sarcomere

c)

Sarcolemma

d)

Sarcoplasmic reticulum

10.

 Striated involuntary muscle tissue is classified as ________ muscle.


a)

skeletal

b)

cardiac

c)

smooth

d)

either smooth or skeletal

11.

 One neuron and all the skeletal muscles it stimulates is known as a ________.

a)

sarcoplasmic reticulum

b)

motor unit

c)

synaptic cleft

d)

neuromuscular junction

12.

The heads of the myosin myofilaments are called ________ when they link the thick and thin filaments together during skeletal muscle contraction.

a)

neuromuscular junctions

b)

synapses

c)

cross bridges

d)

motor units

13.

What is the unstoppable electrical current that travels down the length of the entire surface of a sarcolemma?

a)

Neuromuscular junctions

b)

Action potential

c)

Neurotransmitter

d)

Acetylcholine

14.

According to the sliding filament theory, how does muscle contraction occur?

a)

Myosin heads form cross bridges and pull thin filaments, causing them to slide.

b)

Both thick and thin filaments shorten as the muscle contracts.

c)

A bands bunch up and shorten as myosin heads attach to thin filaments.

d)

Myosin heads attach and detach from thin filaments, causing thin filaments to shorten.

15.

Leaning against an immovable wall while waiting for a bus is a type of ________.

a)

isotonic contraction

b)

twitch

c)

 isometric contraction

d)

resistance exercise