CH5.1 Muscle Tissue QUIZ

What is the role of an agonist muscle in the body?

• To slow or stop a movement

• To cause a movement

• To connect muscle to bone

• To respond to a stimulus

Which term describes the ability of a muscle to return to its normal length after being stretched?

• Contractility

• Extensibility

• Elasticity

• Irritability

What is the function of an antagonist muscle?

• To cause a movement

• To shorten a muscle

• To slow or stop a movement

• To stretch a muscle

Which type of muscle contraction involves no change in muscle length?

• Concentric

• Eccentric

• Isometric

• Elastic

What is an aponeurosis?

• A bundle of muscle fibers

• A wave of symmetrical squeezing in the digestive tract

• A flat, sheetlike fibrous tissue connecting muscle or bone to other tissues

• The outermost sheath of connective tissue around a muscle

Which of the following describes the ability of a muscle to respond to a stimulus?

• Contractility

• Extensibility

• Elasticity

• Irritability

What is the sarcolemma?

• A connective tissue sheath around a muscle fiber

• The delicate membrane surrounding each striated muscle fiber

• A bundle of muscle fibers

• The outermost sheath of connective tissue around a muscle

Which term refers to a contraction that results in the shortening of a muscle?

• Concentric

• Eccentric

• Isometric

• Elastic

What is the endomysium?

• A fine, protective sheath of connective tissue around a skeletal muscle fiber

• The outermost sheath of connective tissue around a muscle

• A connective tissue sheath that envelops each primary bundle of muscle fibers

• A wave of symmetrical squeezing in the digestive tract

What is peristalsis?

• A type of muscle contraction

• A wave of symmetrical squeezing of the digestive tract walls

• A bundle of muscle fibers

• The ability to be stretched