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Which type of muscle is characterized by a fiber arrangement where the origin is wider than the point of insertion?
Which type of muscle is characterized by a fiber arrangement where the origin is wider than the point of insertion?
- Triangular
- Circular
- Convergent (correct)
- Sphincter
What type of sensory receptors primarily detect changes in the length of a muscle?
What type of sensory receptors primarily detect changes in the length of a muscle?
- Sympathetic Fibers
- Motor Neurons
- Tendon Spindles
- Muscle Spindles (correct)
What occurs if a nerve trunk of a muscle is severed?
What occurs if a nerve trunk of a muscle is severed?
- Loss of muscle tone
- Regulation of blood flow to the muscle
- Partial state of contraction
- Paralysis of the muscle (correct)
What is the chief muscle(s) that are responsible for a particular movement known as?
What is the chief muscle(s) that are responsible for a particular movement known as?
What is the site where a nerve fiber meets a muscle fiber to supply it called?
What is the site where a nerve fiber meets a muscle fiber to supply it called?
Which type of muscle is voluntary and striated?
Which type of muscle is voluntary and striated?
What is the structural unit of a muscle?
What is the structural unit of a muscle?
What type of muscle fiber orientation results in stronger but less range of movement?
What type of muscle fiber orientation results in stronger but less range of movement?
Which attachment moves the least in a muscle?
Which attachment moves the least in a muscle?
Which type of muscle is involuntary and non-striated?
Which type of muscle is involuntary and non-striated?
What is the term for the chief muscle(s) responsible for a particular movement?
What is the term for the chief muscle(s) responsible for a particular movement?
Which type of muscle fiber orientation results in stronger but less range of movement?
Which type of muscle fiber orientation results in stronger but less range of movement?
What is the term for a muscle that opposes the action of the prime mover?
What is the term for a muscle that opposes the action of the prime mover?
What is the structural unit of a muscle?
What is the structural unit of a muscle?
Which type of sensory receptors primarily detect changes in muscle length?
Which type of sensory receptors primarily detect changes in muscle length?
What is the function of skeletal muscles?
What is the function of skeletal muscles?
What is the attachment that moves the least in a muscle known as?
What is the attachment that moves the least in a muscle known as?
Which connective tissue sheath surrounds the outer surface of a skeletal muscle?
Which connective tissue sheath surrounds the outer surface of a skeletal muscle?
What type of muscle fiber orientation results in stronger but less range of movement?
What type of muscle fiber orientation results in stronger but less range of movement?
What is the structural unit of a muscle called?
What is the structural unit of a muscle called?
