Muscular System Quiz Questions And Answers
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Questions and Answers
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What are muscles made up of?
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Specialized Cells or fibers that have the unique ability to change their length.
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Of bands og string that create the shape of the muscle.
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A. Specialized Cells or fibers that have the unique ability to change their length. -
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Functions of the muscular system.
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shapes and supports the skeleton
Is responsible for locomotion and all motor functions
Uses the majority of food and oxygen we consume to produce energy for movement - 3.
What are the three types of muscle tissue?
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Striated (skeletal-Voluntary)
Smooth (Visceral/organs-involuntary )
Cardia / Striated ( Heart-involuntary) - 4.
What are the characteristics of muscles?
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Irritability or excitability - the ability of musc to receive and react to stimuli
Contractibility - the ability to contract or shorten and thereby exert force.
Extensibility - the ability of muscle to stretch
Elasticity - the ability of muscle to return to it's normal shape - 5.
Forms a continuous net-like framework throughout the body. It consist largly of a fluid matrix (ground substance) and collagen fibers that support, bind and connect a wide range of body structures.
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Connective Tissue - 6.
Situated just below the skin and covers the entire muscular system.
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Superficial fascia - 7.
Penetrates to the bone and seperates muscle fibers and individual muscles
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Deep fascia - 8.
Connective tissue that covers a muscle
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Epimysium - 9.
Extends inward and seperates the muscle into bundles of muscle fibers or fascicles.
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Perimysium - 10.
Covers each individual muscle fiber
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Endomysium - 11.
Flat tendinous sheaths that connect muscle to muscle, muscle to bone and muscle to skin. (Good example te lats)
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Aponeuroses - 12.
What is muscle fiber or muscle cell
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A site where muscle fiber and nerve fiber meet.
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Neuromuscular or myoneural junction - 14.
Chemical neruotransmitter that bridges the gap between the nerve end and the muscle fiber
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Acetylcholine - 15.
The energy for muscl contraction comes fromthe break down of the
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Adenosine Triphosphate molecule - ATP
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