Muscular System – Study Guide
Types of Muscle Tissue
Fill in A for skeletal muscle tissue, B for cardiac muscle tissue, and C for smooth muscle tissue. For
some questions, you will select multiple answers.
1. B________ Cells branch and interconnect 14. C________ Found in intestines & stomach
2. B, C______ Cells: central nuclei 15. C________ Found in uterus & vas
deferens
3. A________ Cells: multinucleated
16. C________ Job: causes blushing
4. B, C______ Cells: one nucleus
17. A________ Job: causes movements such
5. A________ Cells: peripheral nuclei
as kicking, running, or walking
6. A, B______ Cells: striated
18. C________ Job: contractions during birth
7. B, C______ Completely involuntary control
19. A________ Job: creating body heat
8. A________ Completely voluntary control
20. C________ Job: digestion
9. A________ Ex. Biceps brachii
21. A________ Job: maintains our posture
10. A________ Found attached to bones and when sitting and walking
sometimes skin
22. B________ Job: pumping blood through
11. C________ Found in urinary bladder blood vessels
12. C________ Found in eye & blood vessels 23. B, C______ Mainly involuntary control
13. B________ Found in heart 24. C________ Slow contractions (called
peristalsi
Characteristics of Muscle Tissue
Fill in A for excitability, B for contractility, C for extensibility, and D for elasticity. For some questions,
you will select multiple answers.
1. C______ Muscle’s ability to be stretched without tearing
2. B______ Muscle’s ability to shorten
3. A______ Muscle’s ability to respond to stimuli, such as an action potential from a motor neuron
4. D______ Muscle’s ability to return to its original shape after contracting or relaxing
5. D______ Example: After doing a split, a gymnast’s muscles return to their original shape.
6. B______ Example: As you lift a weight over your head, your triceps muscle shortens.
7. A______ Example: Your brain sends a message to your hamstrings to contract. Your
hamstrings respond.
8. D______ Example: When you are finish lifting weights, your muscles do not stay in that
contracted state, but go back to their original shape and size.
9. C______ Example: You stretch before your cross-country race and your muscles do not tear.
10. B______ Example: When Luigi Galvani hooked frogs up to electricity their muscles contracted.
11. B______ Example: Your intestines do peristalsis, which causes them to shorten as they push
food through themselves.
12. D______ Example: Every 0.7 seconds your heart contracts. When it is done contracting, it
goes back to its resting state.
Types of Muscle Tissue
Fill in A for skeletal muscle tissue, B for cardiac muscle tissue, and C for smooth muscle tissue. For
some questions, you will select multiple answers.
1. B________ Cells branch and interconnect 14. C________ Found in intestines & stomach
2. B, C______ Cells: central nuclei 15. C________ Found in uterus & vas
deferens
3. A________ Cells: multinucleated
16. C________ Job: causes blushing
4. B, C______ Cells: one nucleus
17. A________ Job: causes movements such
5. A________ Cells: peripheral nuclei
as kicking, running, or walking
6. A, B______ Cells: striated
18. C________ Job: contractions during birth
7. B, C______ Completely involuntary control
19. A________ Job: creating body heat
8. A________ Completely voluntary control
20. C________ Job: digestion
9. A________ Ex. Biceps brachii
21. A________ Job: maintains our posture
10. A________ Found attached to bones and when sitting and walking
sometimes skin
22. B________ Job: pumping blood through
11. C________ Found in urinary bladder blood vessels
12. C________ Found in eye & blood vessels 23. B, C______ Mainly involuntary control
13. B________ Found in heart 24. C________ Slow contractions (called
peristalsi
Characteristics of Muscle Tissue
Fill in A for excitability, B for contractility, C for extensibility, and D for elasticity. For some questions,
you will select multiple answers.
1. C______ Muscle’s ability to be stretched without tearing
2. B______ Muscle’s ability to shorten
3. A______ Muscle’s ability to respond to stimuli, such as an action potential from a motor neuron
4. D______ Muscle’s ability to return to its original shape after contracting or relaxing
5. D______ Example: After doing a split, a gymnast’s muscles return to their original shape.
6. B______ Example: As you lift a weight over your head, your triceps muscle shortens.
7. A______ Example: Your brain sends a message to your hamstrings to contract. Your
hamstrings respond.
8. D______ Example: When you are finish lifting weights, your muscles do not stay in that
contracted state, but go back to their original shape and size.
9. C______ Example: You stretch before your cross-country race and your muscles do not tear.
10. B______ Example: When Luigi Galvani hooked frogs up to electricity their muscles contracted.
11. B______ Example: Your intestines do peristalsis, which causes them to shorten as they push
food through themselves.
12. D______ Example: Every 0.7 seconds your heart contracts. When it is done contracting, it
goes back to its resting state.
