Muscle Physiology Quiz

What is the connective tissue that covers the entire muscle?

Which type of muscle controls involuntary movements and is striated?

What is the property of muscles that allows them to be stretched without damaging the tissues?

What is the group of muscle fibers called?

What type of muscle is responsible for controlling voluntary movements and is multinucleate?

What is the connective tissue that covers the fascicles of a muscle?

Which type of muscle is mononucleate and autorhythmic?

What is the property of muscles that allows them to generate force by shortening?

What structure contains bundles of protein filaments organized into sarcomeres?

What are the alternating light and dark crossbands produced by the distribution of contractile proteins called?

Muscles can only respond to electrical signals, not chemicals released from motor neurons

Smooth muscle is striated and multinucleate

Cardiac muscle is not able to return to its original shape after being stretched

Skeletal muscles are responsible for controlling involuntary movements

Striations are produced by the distribution of contractile proteins in muscles