Question 1: Question 5:
What is the main responsibility of the muscular In which body organs, apart from the skeletal
system? system, is muscle tissue found?
a) Digestion a) Brain
b) Movement of the human body b) Liver
c) Breathing c) Heart, digestive organs, and blood vessels
d) Blood circulation d) Lungs
Question 2: Question 6:
What are muscles attached to within the human What role do muscles play in the heart, digestive
body? organs, and blood vessels?
a) Lungs a) They control vision
b) Skin b) They move substances throughout the body
c) Skeletal system c) They produce sound
d) Digestive organs d) They regulate temperature
Question 3: Question 7:
Approximately how many named muscles make Where does most of the body's movement result
up roughly half of a person's total body weight? from?
a) 100 a) Bone growth
b) 300 b) Brain activity
c) 500 c) Muscle contraction
d) 700 d) Hormone secretion
Question 4: Question 8:
What is a muscle composed of? What can one modify to enhance strength and
endurance in muscle tissues?
a) Skeletal muscle tissue
a) Muscle color
b) Fat
b) Type of muscle fibers
c) Bones
c) Heart rate
d) Skin
d) Bone density
Question 9: Question 13:
Which chemical messenger is released from the What is a flat, broad tendon that attaches a
end of a motor neuron? muscle to another muscle or bone called?
a) Dopamine a) Apoptosis
b) Serotonin b) Appendage
c) Insulin c) Aponeurosis
d) Acetylcholine d) Atherosclerosis
Question 10: Question 14:
Which protein makes up the thin myofilaments? What is ATP used for in cells?
a) Actin a) Communication between cells
b) Collagen b) To store genetic information
c) Hemoglobin c) To perform various functions, including
muscle contraction
d) Myoglobin
d) To build cell membranes
Question 11:
Question 15:
Which process breaks down fatty acids for
energy when oxygen is present? What is the condition in which impulses arrive
so fast that the muscle cannot relax between
a) Anaerobic respiration
stimuli, resulting in a prolonged contraction?
b) Photosynthesis
a) Muscle spasm
c) Cellular respiration
b) Muscle confusion
d) Aerobic respiration
c) Complete tetanus
d) Muscle relaxation
Question 12:
What do you call muscles that oppose the action
Question 16:
of a prime mover?
What is the primary system responsible for the
a) Assistants
movement of the human body?
b) Agonists a) Nervous system
b) Respiratory system
c) Antagonists
c) Muscular system
d) Synergists d) Circulatory system
Question 17: Question 21:
Which process breaks down glucose for energy Which term refers to bundles of muscle fibers?
when oxygen is not plentiful?
a) Fascia
a) Photosynthesis
b) Hypertrophy
b) Anaerobic respiration
c) Fascicles
c) Cellular respiration
d) Isotonic contraction
d) Aerobic respiration
Question 22:
Question 18:
What is the condition of rapid muscle
What is the decrease in the size of a muscle contraction with only partial relaxation called?
called?
a) Incomplete tetanus
a) Hypertrophy
b) Isometric contraction
b) Growth
c) Insertion
c) Atrophy
d) Motor unit
d) Enlargement
Question 23:
Question 19:
Which part of a muscle attaches to the more
Select the correct descriptions of the term mobile bone?
"Belly" in the context of muscle anatomy:
a) Endomysium
a) The thin part of the muscle.
b) Epimysium
b) The thick midsection of the muscle.
c) Insertion
c) A type of muscle contraction.
d) Muscle tone
d) A small, fleshy part of the muscle.
Question 24:
Question 20:
What is the enlargement of a muscle called?
What is the function of endomysium in muscle
a) Fascicles
tissue?
b) Isotonic contraction
a) Surrounds muscles as a whole
b) Binds muscle fibers together c) Hypertrophy
c) Covers each muscle fiber
d) Connective tissue surrounding the muscle d) Muscle fiber
Question 25: Question 29:
Which type of contraction results in the muscle Which term describes a contraction in which the
changing length to move a load? tension within a muscle increases while its
length remains the same?
a) Isometric contraction
a) Isotonic contraction
b) Isotonic contraction
b) Isometric contraction
c) Fascia
c) Incomplete tetanus
d) Motor unit
d) Fascicles
Question 26:
Question 30:
Continuous state of partial muscle contraction
that allows for the maintenance of posture is What are the bundles of muscle fibers called?
known as:
a) Motor units
a) Fascicles
b) Fascia
b) Fascia
c) Fascicles
c) Isometric contraction
d) Hypertrophy
d) Muscle tone
Question 31:
Question 27:
A neuron and all the muscle fibers it stimulates
What is the connective tissue covering that collectively form a:
surrounds muscles as a whole and binds all
a) Fascia
muscle fibers together called?
b) Isotonic contraction
a) Fascia
c) Isometric contraction
b) Muscle tone
d) Motor unit
c) Epimysium
d) Endomysium
Question 32:
What is the primary function of fascia in muscle
Question 28:
anatomy?
Which term refers to a skeletal muscle cell?
a) Surrounds muscles as a whole
a) Isometric contraction b) Covers each muscle fiber
b) Muscle tone c) Binds all muscle fibers together
c) Muscle fiber d) Provides structural support and protection
d) Insertion
Question 33: B) To make up the fine protein fibers of a
myofibril.
What are myofibrils?
C) To attach the muscle to the more stationary
A) Fine protein fibers that make up a myofibril.
bone.
B) Long protein bundles that fill the sarcoplasm
D) To serve as a connection between a motor
of a muscle fiber.
neuron and a muscle fiber.
C) The connection between a motor neuron and
a muscle fiber.
Question 37:
D) The cytoplasm of a muscle fiber.
What is the perimysium?
A) Fine protein fibers that make up a myofibril.
Question 34:
B) A sheath of connective tissue encasing
What is myosin?
fascicles.
A) A sheath of connective tissue encasing
C) The main muscle triggering a movement.
fascicles.
D) The unit of contraction of the myofibrils of a
B) The protein of which the thick myofilaments
muscle.
are composed.
C) The unit of contraction of the myofibrils of a
muscle. Question 38:
D) The narrow space between the end of a What is a prime mover in muscle physiology?
motor nerve and a muscle fiber.
A) A phenomenon in which each successive
twitch contracts more forcefully than the
previous one.
Question 35:
B) A single, brief contraction.
Where is the neuromuscular junction located?
C) The main muscle triggering a movement.
A) In the cytoplasm of a muscle fiber.
D) The unit of contraction of the myofibrils of a
B) At the end of a muscle that attaches to the
muscle.
more stationary bone.
C) In the perimysium.
Question 39:
D) It is the main muscle triggering a movement.
What is a sarcomere?
A) The cytoplasm of a muscle fiber.
Question 36:
B) The unit of contraction of the myofibrils of a
What is the function of the origin of a muscle?
muscle.
A) To assist in the movement of a bone.
C) The connection between a motor neuron and Question 43:
a muscle fiber.
What is the function of a tendon?
D) A strong, fibrous cord through which a
A) To serve as a connection between a motor
muscle attaches to a bone.
neuron and a muscle fiber.
B) To make up the fine protein fibers of a
Question 40: myofibril.
Where is the sarcoplasm located? C) To assist in the movement of a bone.
A) In the perimysium. D) To provide a strong, fibrous attachment of a
muscle to a bone.
B) In the transverse (T) tubules.
C) The cytoplasm of a muscle fiber.
Question 44:
D) In the synaptic cleft.
What do transverse (T) tubules do?
A) Fine protein fibers that make up a myofibril.
Question 41:
B) Allow electrical impulses to travel deep into
What is the synaptic cleft?
the muscle cell.
A) A sheath of connective tissue encasing
C) The cytoplasm of a muscle fiber.
fascicles.
D) A sheath of connective tissue encasing
B) The cytoplasm of a muscle fiber.
fascicles.
C) A narrow space between the end of a motor
nerve and a muscle fiber.
Question 45:
D) A fine protein fiber that makes up a myofibril.
What is the phenomenon called when each
successive twitch contracts more forcefully than
Question 42: the previous one?
What are synergists in muscle physiology? A) Treppe
A) Fine protein fibers that make up a myofibril. B) Twitch
B) Muscles that assist in the movement of a C) Sarcomere
bone.
D) Sarcoplasm
C) Long protein bundles that fill the sarcoplasm
of a muscle fiber.
D) The connection between a motor neuron and
a muscle fiber.
Question 46: Question 49:
What is a twitch in muscle physiology? What is one of the functions of the muscular
system described in the provided text?
A) A single, brief contraction.
B) The main muscle triggering a movement.
a) Production of body heat
C) The unit of contraction of the myofibrils of a
muscle. b) Contraction of the heart
D) The connection between a motor neuron and c) Constriction of organs & vessels
a muscle fiber.
d) Maintenance of body temperature
Question 47:
Question 50:
What is the connection between a motor
Which of the following is one of the GENERAL
neuron and a muscle fiber known as?
PROPERTIES OF MUSCLE TISSUE?
A) The unit of contraction of the myofibrils of a
A) Contractility, Excitability, Extensibility,
muscle.
Elasticity
B) Fine protein fibers that make up a myofibril.
B) Flexibility, Excitability, Extensibility, Elasticity
C) The narrow space between the end of a
C) Contractility, Sensitivity, Extensibility,
motor nerve and a muscle fiber.
Elasticity
D) The neuromuscular junction.
D) Contractility, Excitability, Digestibility,
Elasticity
Question 48:
What are myofilaments, as described in the Question 51:
text?
Ability of a muscle to shorten with force
A) Fine protein fibers that make up a myofibril. A) Contractility
B) Excitability
B) The connection between a motor neuron and
C) Extensibility
a muscle fiber.
D) Elasticity
C) The unit of contraction of the myofibrils of a
muscle.
Question 52:
D) Long protein bundles that fill the sarcoplasm
of a muscle fiber. Capacity of muscles to respond to stimulus
A) Contractility
B) Excitability
C) Extensibility
D) Elasticity
Question 53: Question 57:
Can be stretched to its normal resting length & Which type of muscle tissue shares
beyond to a limited degree characteristics with both skeletal and smooth
muscle tissues?
A) Contractility
B) Excitability
C) Extensibility
A) Cardiac muscle tissue
D) Elasticity
B) Smooth muscle tissue
C) Skeletal muscle tissue
Question 54:
D) Elastic muscle tissue
Ability of muscle to recoil to original resting
length after stretched.
A) Contractility Question 58:
B) Excitability What is the function of EPIMYSIUM in the
C) Extensibility muscular system?
D) Elasticity
A) It surrounds each muscle fasciculus.
Question 55:
B) It separates muscle fascicles from each other.
Which type of muscle tissue is also known as
striated muscle tissue, characterized by the C) It surrounds the entire skeletal muscle.
presence of transverse bands and striations D) It surrounds each muscle fiber.
under a microscope?
A) Smooth muscle tissue
B) Cardiac muscle tissue Question 59:
C) Skeletal muscle tissue Which connective tissue covers the bundle of
D) Elastic muscle tissue muscle fibers known as a muscle fasciculus?
Question 56: A) Epimysium
What distinguishes smooth muscle tissue from B) Perimysium
the other two types of muscle tissue?
C) Endomysium
A) Striations visible under a microscope
B) Spindle-shaped cells with one nucleus per D) Tendomysium
cell
C) Involuntary neural signals for contraction
D) Share characteristics with both skeletal and
cardiac muscle
Question 60: Question 63:
This structure separates the extracellular from
What is the purpose of PERIMYSIUM in muscle
intracellular compartments of a cell. What do
anatomy?
you call the membrane that encases a muscle
fiber.
A) To surround each individual muscle fiber.
B) To connect muscles to bones. a. Endomysium
C) To separate muscle fascicles from each other. b. Presynaptic membrane
D) To provide energy for muscle contraction. c. Sarcolemma
d. Plasma membrane
Question 61:
Which connective tissue surrounds each
individual muscle fiber?
A) Epimysium
B) Perimysium
C) Endomysium
D) Tendomysium
Question 62:
What are muscle fascicles, as mentioned in the
text?
A) Entire skeletal muscles
B) Loose connective tissues
C) Separate muscle cells
D) Bundles within a muscle
