ATI EXIT EXAM FINAL PAPER 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ What are the types of striated muscle?
A. Cardiac and smooth
B. Skeletal and cardiac
C. Smooth only
D. Skeletal and smooth. Answer: B. Skeletal and cardiac
⩥ Which types of muscle are involuntary?
A. Skeletal only
B. Skeletal and smooth
C. Cardiac and smooth
D. Skeletal and cardiac. Answer: C. Cardiac and smooth
⩥ Smooth muscle is responsible for what movements?
A. Contraction of the heart
B. Stretching the arm
C. Moving food with the small intestine
D. Moving the neck to see on the right side. Answer: C. Moving food
with the small intestine
,⩥ A ring-like band of muscle made of smooth muscle that will stop the
flow of contents from one organ to another is known as what?
A. Sphincter
B. Aponeurosis
C. Tendon
D. Valve. Answer: A. Sphincter
⩥ Which property means the ability of muscular tissue to stretch, within
limits, and not be damaged?
A. Contractility
B. Hyperplasia
C. Elasticity
D. Extensibility. Answer: D. Extensibility
⩥ Muscles help control the glucose levels in the bloodstream by
_____________.
A. absorbing, storing, and using large amounts of glycogen
B. production of 20-30% of the body's heat
C. stabilizing body parts
D. pumping blood from the heart. Answer: A. absorbing, storing, and
using large amounts of glycogen
,⩥ Excitability of the muscles means what?
A. Muscle cells take up ions, producing an electrical current along the
cell.
B. Muscle cells are able to return to their original length.
C. Muscle cells, once contracted, cannot relax.
D. There is no change to the length of the muscle cell.. Answer: A.
Muscle cells take up ions, producing an electrical current along the cell.
⩥ Which function of muscle is best described as helping to maintain
posture and preventing unwanted movements?
A. Mobilizing substances within the body
B. Stabilizing body positions
C. Generating heat
D. Storing glucose. Answer: B. Stabilizing body positions
⩥ Muscles have the ability to shorten. This is known as
______________.
A. electrical excitability
B. contractility
C. extensibility
D. elasticity. Answer: B. contractility
⩥ Which is a function of skeletal muscle?
, A. Moves bones and the skin of the face
B. Moves blood in blood vessels
C. Pumps blood from the heart into the blood vessels
D. Moves substances within a tube (example: peristalsis). Answer: A.
Moves bones and the skin of the face
⩥ Which characteristics are common to both cardiac and smooth
muscle? Select all that apply.
A. Uninucleated
B. Striated
C. Involuntary
D. Long
E. Found in the heart. Answer: A. Uninucleated
C. Involuntary
⩥ Which type of muscle tissue would best be described as long, thin,
cylindrical, multinucleated, and voluntary?
A. Smooth muscle
B. Skeletal muscle
C. Non-striated muscle
D. Cardiac muscle. Answer: B. Skeletal muscle
⩥ Intercalated discs are only found in __________________.
QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ What are the types of striated muscle?
A. Cardiac and smooth
B. Skeletal and cardiac
C. Smooth only
D. Skeletal and smooth. Answer: B. Skeletal and cardiac
⩥ Which types of muscle are involuntary?
A. Skeletal only
B. Skeletal and smooth
C. Cardiac and smooth
D. Skeletal and cardiac. Answer: C. Cardiac and smooth
⩥ Smooth muscle is responsible for what movements?
A. Contraction of the heart
B. Stretching the arm
C. Moving food with the small intestine
D. Moving the neck to see on the right side. Answer: C. Moving food
with the small intestine
,⩥ A ring-like band of muscle made of smooth muscle that will stop the
flow of contents from one organ to another is known as what?
A. Sphincter
B. Aponeurosis
C. Tendon
D. Valve. Answer: A. Sphincter
⩥ Which property means the ability of muscular tissue to stretch, within
limits, and not be damaged?
A. Contractility
B. Hyperplasia
C. Elasticity
D. Extensibility. Answer: D. Extensibility
⩥ Muscles help control the glucose levels in the bloodstream by
_____________.
A. absorbing, storing, and using large amounts of glycogen
B. production of 20-30% of the body's heat
C. stabilizing body parts
D. pumping blood from the heart. Answer: A. absorbing, storing, and
using large amounts of glycogen
,⩥ Excitability of the muscles means what?
A. Muscle cells take up ions, producing an electrical current along the
cell.
B. Muscle cells are able to return to their original length.
C. Muscle cells, once contracted, cannot relax.
D. There is no change to the length of the muscle cell.. Answer: A.
Muscle cells take up ions, producing an electrical current along the cell.
⩥ Which function of muscle is best described as helping to maintain
posture and preventing unwanted movements?
A. Mobilizing substances within the body
B. Stabilizing body positions
C. Generating heat
D. Storing glucose. Answer: B. Stabilizing body positions
⩥ Muscles have the ability to shorten. This is known as
______________.
A. electrical excitability
B. contractility
C. extensibility
D. elasticity. Answer: B. contractility
⩥ Which is a function of skeletal muscle?
, A. Moves bones and the skin of the face
B. Moves blood in blood vessels
C. Pumps blood from the heart into the blood vessels
D. Moves substances within a tube (example: peristalsis). Answer: A.
Moves bones and the skin of the face
⩥ Which characteristics are common to both cardiac and smooth
muscle? Select all that apply.
A. Uninucleated
B. Striated
C. Involuntary
D. Long
E. Found in the heart. Answer: A. Uninucleated
C. Involuntary
⩥ Which type of muscle tissue would best be described as long, thin,
cylindrical, multinucleated, and voluntary?
A. Smooth muscle
B. Skeletal muscle
C. Non-striated muscle
D. Cardiac muscle. Answer: B. Skeletal muscle
⩥ Intercalated discs are only found in __________________.
