Muscles Quiz

What is the blanket of the muscles, a continuous layer of CT throughout the body?

• ligaments
• connective tissue
• fascia

What are the three layers of fascia?

• Endomysium, perimysium, epimysium
• Perimysium, endomysium, myofibrils
• Epimysium, perimysium, endomysium

Which layer of fascia wraps around the whole muscle?

• Epimysium
• Perimysium
• Endomysium

Which layer of fascia wraps around the fascicles (middle layer)?

• Epimysium
• Perimysium
• Endomysium

Which inner layer of fascia wraps around muscle fibers (cells)?

• Epimysium
• Perimysium
• Endomysium

What are the 3 principal functions of the muscular system?

• Movement, respiration, protection
• Facilitate movement, posture maintenance, heat production
• Contraction, relaxation, expansion

Bundles of muscle fibers make up the:

• ligaments
• cells
• fascicles

Which type of muscle fibers fatigue more easily and contain less myoglobin?

• Type II
• Type I
• Type III

What are properties of the muscles?

• elasticity
• irritability
• contractibility
• entensibility

What are the 3 parts of the Neuromuscular junction (NMJ)?

• actin, myosin
• epismysium, perimysium, endomysium
• motor neuron, synaptic gap, motor endplate