Muscular System Functions and Characteristics

Which characteristic of muscle tissue corresponds with a muscles ability to respond to stimulation?

• Excitability

• Contractability

• Extensibility

• Elasticity

The ability of a muscle to lengthen when it is not contracted refers to what characteristic of muscle tissue

• Excitability

• Contractability

• Extensibility

• Elasticity

When a muscle contracts, what best describes what it looks like

• long and slender

• short and thickened

• long and thickened

• short and slender

Muscles that we can control in the body would be classified as.....

• voluntary

• involuntary

• reflexive

• contractive

Muscles in the body that we cannot control and are maintained through the brain are known as

• voluntary

• involuntary

• reflexive

• contractive

Which of the following is defined as the ability of an object to quickly return to the original shape and size?

• Elasticity
• Excitibility
• Flexibility
• Extensibility

Muscles that oppose one another are

• synergist

• hateful

• prime movers

• antagonists

Muscles are composed of which of the following?

• Lipids
• Protiens
• Carbohydrates
• Fats

Skeletal muscles are responsible for which of the following?

• Movement of the body
• Movement of the heart
• Movement of the ligaments 
• Movement of the extremities

Skeletal muscles are attached to which of the following? 

• Bones and ligaments 
• Ligaments and tendons
• Tendons and bones
• Bones and fat