Muscular System Intro

Myofilaments bundled together make:

• Myofibrils

• Fascicles

• Fibers

• The whole muscle

Myofibrils bundled together make:

• One Cell; Fascicles

• One Cell; Muscle Fibers

• The whole Muscle

Fibers bundled together make:

• Myofibrils

• One cell

• Fascicle

• The whole muscle

Fascicles bundled together make:

• Myofribrils

• One cell; Muscle fibers

• The whole muscle

The connective tissue covering 1 skeletal muscle cell fiber is called __________.

• Epimysium

• Perimysium

• Aponeurosis

• Endomysium

The connective tissue covering a bundle of skeletal muscle fibers (Fascicles) is called __________.

• Perimysium

• Endomysium

• Epimysium

• Aponeurosis

The connective tissue covering the whole muscle is called __________.

• Aponeurosis

• Endomysium

• Perimysium

• Epimysium

Tendons are made of what type of connective tissue?

• Dense irregular connective tissue

• Reticular connective tissue

• Areolar connective tissue

• Dense regular connective tissue

A sheet of tendons is called a(n):

• Endomysium

• Aponeurosis

• Perimysium

• Epimysium

What term is used for this feature: muscles that can receive signals from the nervous system and respond to a stimulus.

• Excitability

• Contractibility

• Extensibility

• Elasticity