Muscular System - Chapter Assessment

Which of the following types of muscle are found in the stomach or blood vessels?

• Cardiac

• Skeletal

• Visceral

• Striated

A large broad sheet of connective tissue, such as on the abdomen, is called a/an _____ .

• Aponeurosis

• Epimysium

• Perimysium

• Endomysium

The membrane that is the closest to the individual muscle fiber is the _____ .

• Aponeurosis

• Epimysium

• Perimysium

• Endomysium

A group of skeletal muscle fibers is called a/an _____.

• Perimysium

• Fascicle

• Epimysium

• Tendon

The structure that connects muscles to bones is the _____.

• Aponeurosis

• Fascicle

• Tendon

• Ligament

The fibers of a muscle that are connected to the overlying skin fibers is the _____ .

• Subcutaneous fascia

• Deep fascia

• Subserous fascia

• Tendon

The muscle cells within a group such as the biceps brachii are individually called _____ .

• Sarcolemmas

• Fibers

• Myocyte

• Myofibrils

The fiber cell membrane is termed the _____ .

• Myofibril

• Myosin

• Myofilament

• Sarcolemma

Which of the following does not belong with the others?

• Myofilament

• Myosin

• Myofibril

• Actin

The smallest, functional unit of contraction is the _____.

• Fiber

• Sarcomere

• Filament

• Myofibril