Muscular System

This is the ability of skeletal muscle where it can return to its original shape after it has been stretched

• Contractility

• Excitability

• Extensibility

• Elasticity

1 of the 4 main jobs of the muscular system is

• to give us posture

• sensory response (taste, smell, touch, etc)

• protect from disease

• deliver oxygen to the body

What muscle attaches to the bone and produces movement?

• skeletal muscle

• cardiac muscle

• smooth muscle

• visceral muscle

What muscle makes up the heart?

• involuntary muscle

• smooth muscle

• cardiac muscle

• voluntary muscle

What are the functions of the muscles?

• hold the body erect

• helps generate body heat

• helps blood move through the veins and food through the digestive system

• all are functions of the muscles.

True or False: The tendon connects your muscle to the bone

• True

• False

What is this structure?

What are the names of the 2 filaments

that interact during muscle contraction?

Which of the following is an example of where you would find smooth muscle in the body?

• The heart

• The arm muscles

• The stomach

• The tongue

What are the types of muscles?

• Skeletal, cardiac and brain

• Cardiac, Skeletal and smooth

• Smooth, rough and soft

• Skeletal, brain and nerve