Anatomy: Muscle Quiz

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Isometric contraction is where a muscle

A. shortens

B. lengthens

C. stays the same

Area #5 is called the –

A.     muscle fiber

B.     epimysium

C.     perimysium

D.     fascicle

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of smooth muscle?

A.     multinucleated

B.     involuntary

C.     nonstriated

D.     single nucleated

Area #2 is called the –

A.     endomysium

B.     perimysium

C.     epimysium

D.     olomysium

Area #1 is known as a –

A.     perimysium

B.     epimysium

C.     muscle fiber

D.     fascicle

Eccentric contraction is where a muscle

A. shortens

B. lengthens

C. stays the same

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Cardiac muscles

A.     striated

B.     single nucleated

C.     involuntary

D.     multinucleated

A flat sheet like fibrous tissue that connects muscle or bone to other tissues

A. aponeurosis

B. contractility

C. agonist

D. antagonist

Concentric contraction is where a muscle –

A. shortens

B. lengthens

C. stays the same

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of skeletal muscles?

A.     striated

B.     involuntary

C.     voluntary

D.     multinucleated

Area #3 is called the

A.     perimysium

B.     epimysium

C.     muscle fiber

D.     fascicle

The ability of a muscle to respond to a stimulus is called

A. irritability

B. isometric

C. elastibility

D. concentric

Area #4 is called the –

A.     epimysium

B.     perimysium

C.     endomysium

D.     muscle fiber

Peristalsis, the squeezing of this muscle helps move food through the digestive system.

A. skeletal muscle

B. cardiac muscle

C. smooth muscle

D. none of the above.

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