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Quiz Muscular System

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Hard QUIZ 17 QUESTIONS
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1

The skeletal muscular system consists of over _____ large and small muscles.

2

_____ muscles are governed by the central nervous sytem and appear striated or striped under the microscope.

3

_____ muscle is composed of cells that are distinctly striated, are quadrangular, joined end to end, and grouped in bundles supported by a framework of connective tissue.

4

___ muscles are controlled by the autonomic nervous sytem. Are spindle-shaped nonstriated cells that overlap at the ends often forming fibrous bands. Can maintain a contraction for a long time.

5

All of the following are characteristics of muscles EXCEPt _____.

6

The muscle cell has a connect tissue covering called the _____ that maintains its parallel position with other cells.

7

_____ connect muscle to bones.

8

A(n) _____ is the smallest functional unit of the muscle fiber.

9

The site where the muscle fiber and nerve fiber meet is called the _____.

10

The energy for muscle contraction comes from the breakdown of the _____ molecule.

11

_____ results weither because the circulation of blood cannot keep pace w/the demend for oxygen or because the waste products accumulate faster than they can be removed.

12

_____ have a relatively slower contraction time and a high resistance to fatigue.

13

The white breast meat of a chicken is made of _____ muscle fibers.

14

_____ muscle fibers provide on-demand, powerful, explosive contractions. These fibers tend to be larger with more actin/myosin filaments but fewer mitochondria and less blood supply.

15

_____ muscles support the body against gravity and are made up of a high proportion of Type I fibers.

16

The place the muscle is anchored to a relatively immovable section of the skeleton is called the place of _____.

17

The _____ point of a muscle is generally attached to the more distal aspect of an appendage.