Muscles & Muscle Contraction

Found attached to bones throughout the body

• smooth

• cardiac

• skeletal

• all

Found in the heart

• smooth

• cardiac

• skeletal

• all

Found in the walls of hollow organs; also called visceral

• smooth

• cardiac

• skeletal

• all

Use to move materials through contractions

• smooth

• cardiac

• skeletal

• all

What are the 3 types of muscles?

• Skeletal, muscular, ligament
• Skeletal, smooth, cardiac
• Smooth, Cellular, Cerebrum
• Cardiac, smooth, brain stem

Skeletal muscles always work _____.

• in groups
• in pairs
• singly
• none of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

Smooth muscle and cardiac muscle are considered _____ muscles because we can’t control them consciously.

• Immovable
• Involuntary
• Skeletal
• none of the above

A ______________________ attach bones to each other at joints.

• Ligament
• Bone
• Joint
• Cell

A ______ is a strong connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone.

• Tendon
• Ligament
• Cartilage

What is shown in the colored part of this diagram?

• a whole muscle

• five muscle fibers

• five muscle fascicles

• five myofibrils

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1