Muscular System: Types and Functions
20 Questions
1 Views

Choose a study mode

Play Quiz
Study Flashcards
Spaced Repetition
Chat to lesson

Podcast

Play an AI-generated podcast conversation about this lesson

Questions and Answers

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?

  • Sympathetic Fibers
  • Motor Neurons
  • Tendon Spindles
  • Muscle Spindles (correct)

    • 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?

    <p>Prime mover</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the site where a nerve fiber meets a muscle fiber to supply it called?

    <p>Motor end plate</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of muscle is voluntary and striated?

    <p>Skeletal muscle</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the structural unit of a muscle?

    <p>Muscle fiber</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of muscle fiber orientation results in stronger but less range of movement?

    <p>Pennate</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which attachment moves the least in a muscle?

    <p>Origin</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of muscle is involuntary and non-striated?

    <p>Smooth muscle</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the chief muscle(s) responsible for a particular movement?

    <p>Primary mover</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of muscle fiber orientation results in stronger but less range of movement?

    <p>Pennate</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for a muscle that opposes the action of the prime mover?

    <p>Antagonist</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the structural unit of a muscle?

    <p>Sarcomere</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of sensory receptors primarily detect changes in muscle length?

    <p>Muscle spindles</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the function of skeletal muscles?

    <p>Produces movement, maintains posture, stabilizes joints, and generates heat</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the attachment that moves the least in a muscle known as?

    <p>Origin</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which connective tissue sheath surrounds the outer surface of a skeletal muscle?

    <p>Epimysium</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of muscle fiber orientation results in stronger but less range of movement?

    <p>Multipennate</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the structural unit of a muscle called?

    <p>Muscle fiber</p> Signup and view all the answers

    More Like This

    Use Quizgecko on...
    Browser
    Open
    Browser
    Browser