Muscle and Nervous Tissue Quiz

Which type of muscle is responsible for voluntary movement?

What is the function of tendons in muscle tissue?

Which types of tissues are needed for muscle to function?

Which type of muscle is responsible for the involuntary movement of material through organs like the intestines?

What is the main function of skeletal muscle?

Which muscle type has the ability to contract without voluntary control?

What is the structure that gives skeletal muscle its striated appearance?

Which protein structure connects the actin fibers and the myosin in a muscle?

What happens when you use ATP in muscle fibers?

What is the maximum extension of a skeletal muscle before it tears?

What is the purpose of the perimysium in a muscle?

True or false: Muscle tissue consists only of muscle cells?

True or false: Skeletal muscle is responsible for involuntary movement?

True or false: Nervous tissue is necessary for muscle contraction?

True or false: Skeletal muscle is formed by the fusion of multiple cells and has multiple nuclei.

True or false: Cardiac muscle has nuclei located at the center of the fibers.

True or false: Smooth muscle is responsible for regulating blood pressure in blood vessels.

True or false: Skeletal muscle is also known as striated muscle due to the presence of thin stripes called striations.

True or false: The Z band is a protein structure to which the myosin filaments are connected.

True or false: The maximum extension of a skeletal muscle is around 1.5-1.6 times its original length.

True or false: Muscle fibers are surrounded by the endomysium, which is an inner connective tissue sheath.

True or false: Visceral skeletal muscles include the muscles of the tongue, pharynx, upper esophagus, and diaphragm.

Muscle tissue consists of muscle cells, connective tissue, and ________ tissue.

Skeletal muscle is the muscle that performs ________ movement.

Tendons connect the skeletal muscle to the ________.

Smooth muscle is responsible for moving material through ________

Cardiac muscle is responsible for pumping ________ through the body

Skeletal muscle is also known as ________ muscle

Muscles have a lot of ________ due to the amount of work they perform

Muscle fibers are surrounded by the ______ which is an inner connective tissue sheath

The ______ is the most important muscle in breathing

The ______ attaches muscle to bone

The ______ muscle moves the skeleton

Which muscle is responsible for moving the tongue towards the chin?

Which bone is often damaged if someone is throttled?

What is the genetic factor that determines the ability to roll the tongue?

Which type of muscle is responsible for involuntary contraction and slow, long contractions?

What is the structure that connects the nerve cell with the muscle cell and contains neurotransmitters?

What is the function of the dense bodies in smooth muscle cells?

What is the motor unit?

What is the main difference between multi-unit smooth muscle and single-unit smooth muscle?

What is the function of gap junctions in smooth muscle cells?

Where can you find multi-unit smooth muscle in the body?

What is the main function of single-unit smooth muscle?

True or false: The tongue muscle is directly attached to bone.

True or false: The hyoid bone is a strong and thick bone in the neck.

True or false: Rolling the tongue is a genetically determined ability.

True or false: Skeletal muscle is responsible for involuntary contraction?

True or false: Smooth muscle is responsible for regulating blood pressure in blood vessels?

True or false: Cardiac muscle has nuclei located at the center of the fibers?

True or false: The Z band is a protein structure to which the myosin filaments are connected?

True or false: Smooth muscle cells can contract without receiving signals from nerve cells?

True or false: Single-unit smooth muscle cells communicate with each other through gap junctions?

True or false: Multi-unit smooth muscle cells behave like a syncytium, even though they are individual cells?

True or false: Single-unit smooth muscle cells are found in the gastrointestinal tract and are important for peristalsis?

You can still perform very complicated ______ with this skeletal muscle

The hyoid bone is a very thin and fragile bone in your ______

You in order to have muscle ______, you do not only need muscle, blood vessels, and connective tissue

Smooth muscle consists of individual cells with each with an individual ______

Smooth muscle is not ______

When a smooth muscle cell contracts, it can become shorter, but it can also become ______

Smooth muscle is responsible for ______ contractions

Smooth muscle cells are connected to each other by ______

Multi-unit smooth muscle cells can be regulated individually and contract ______

The ______ of the eye contains multi-unit smooth muscle

Single-unit smooth muscle cells communicate with each other through ______

Which protein structure is responsible for forming a channel between two cells in a gap junction?

What can be transported through gap junctions in smooth muscle cells?

What is the maximum stretch capacity of smooth muscle compared to skeletal muscle?

What is the function of the intercalated discs in cardiac muscle?

What is the main cause of pelvic floor dysfunction in women?

Why can smooth muscle stretch more than skeletal muscle?

What happens if the puboparynel muscle in the pelvic floor is overstretched during childbirth?

What is the main function of the somatic nervous system?

Which type of muscle is innervated by pocine fibers?

What is the primary function of neuroglia cells in nervous tissue?

What is the main difference between multi-unit smooth muscle and single-unit smooth muscle?

True or false: Gap junctions are formed by connections between proteins on the same side of the cell membrane?

True or false: Smooth muscle can stretch almost 3.3 fold, whereas skeletal muscle can only stretch 1.5 to 1.6 fold?

True or false: Gap junctions in smooth muscle allow for the transport of small molecules and electric signals between cells?

True or false: Women with pelvic floor dysfunction may experience difficulty controlling their bladder.

True or false: The pelvic floor muscles can stretch to three times their normal length during childbirth.

True or false: Smooth muscle is able to stretch longer than skeletal muscle.

True or false: Intercalated discs are tight junctions that connect individual cells in cardiac muscle.

True or false: Neuroglia cells are a type of connective tissue in the nervous tissue?

True or false: Neurons have the ability to divide?

True or false: The somatic nervous system controls voluntary movements of the body's viscera?

True or false: The autonomous nervous system controls the synthesis, composition, and release of secretions in glandular epithelium?

Smooth muscle cells communicate with each other through ______

Smooth muscle cells can transport small molecules such as sugar, water, or amino acids through ______

Smooth muscle can stretch almost 3.3 fold, whereas skeletal muscle can only stretch 1.5 to 1.6 fold due to the presence of ______

______ muscle is a striated muscle

Neurons have a very large cell body which is also called the ______

The somatic nervous system controls the sensory and motor innovation of the ______ part

The autonomous nervous system controls the ______ of hollow tubes like blood vessels and gastrointestinal tract

Women often have so-called pelvic floor ______

The skull of the newborn human is very ______

All these muscles seem to be ______ muscles

The cardiac muscle consists of individual ______ cells