Muscular System Quiz 1

Choose the correct term for each definition below.

• origin

• Connective tissue that surrounds the entire muscle is

• endomysium

• The connective tissue that surrounds each fascicle is

• epimysium

• Muscle attachment to the immovable bone

• insertion

• Connective tissue that surrounds each muscle cell

• perimysium

• Muscle attachment to the movable bone

Choose the correct term for each definition below. Some answers will be used more than once.

Groups:

(a) skeletal

,

(b) cardiac

,

(c) smooth

• Muscle type with no striations, often in sheets

• Type of muscle that has steady, rhythmic contractions

• Type of muscle found in internal organs

• The type of muscle that is attached to bones is

• Type of muscle found in the heart

• The type of muscle that is voluntary and striated

Choose the correct term for each definition below.

• tendon

• The thick protein filaments found in a myofibral are

• actin

• A bundle of muscle fibers is a

• fiber

• The band of connective tissue that extends from a muscle to attach a bone is called a

• myosin

• The thin protein filaments found in a myofibral are

• fascicle

• A muscle cell may be referred to as a

Choose the correct term for each definition below.

• striations

• Calcium is stored in the smooth ER of the muscle or

• sarcolemma

• The plasma membrane of a muscle cell is the

• sarcoplasmic reticulum

• The contractile unit of the muscle fibers is a

• sarcomere

• Overlapping bands of actin and myosin produce visible