The Muscular System

Questions and Answers

Match the following types of muscles with their descriptions:

Skeletal muscle = Permits movement of the body and maintains posture Cardiac muscle = Can operate autonomously and is responsible for circulating blood throughout the body Smooth muscle = Non-striated muscle that helps in various involuntary functions

Match the muscular system's functions with their descriptions:

Movement = Allows the body to change position or location Posture = Maintains the body's structure upright or in a certain position Blood circulation = Responsible for moving blood throughout the body

Match the following structures of a muscle with their descriptions:

Muscle fiber = Consists of thousands, or tens of thousands, of small muscle fibers Fibrils = Tiny strands that impulses from nerve cells control the contraction of

Match the following systems with their functions:

Muscular system = Permits movement of the body, maintains posture, and circulates blood throughout the body Nervous system = Controls the muscular systems in vertebrates Musculoskeletal system = Responsible for the movement of the body Signup and view all the answers

Match the following muscle-related terms with their meanings:

Elastic tissue = Makes up each muscle Impulses = From nerve cells control the contraction of each muscle fiber Striated = Muscle that has visible bands or stripes Signup and view all the answers