Bio 152
Module 5
Review
Questions
Muscular
System/
Portage
Learning
,Module 5: Review
Questions
Anatomy of the Muscular system: Introduction & Muscles of the Head, Neck and Trunk
1. Name the three types of muscle tissue found in the body:
Cardiac, skeletal and smooth
2. What does it mean that skeletal muscles are under conscious control?
Skeletal muscles are under conscious control, meaning that a person can consciously decide to use
these muscles to complete an action.
3. What is included in the central nervous system?
Brain and spinal cord
, 4. Describe a motor action vs. sensory input in terms of the nervous system.
Messages from the central nervous system to a muscle are called a motor actions. Nerves also
carry information from the external environment to the central nervous system, called sensation or
sensory input.
5. True or false: The brachial plexus supplies nerves to the lower extremities.
Module 5
Review
Questions
Muscular
System/
Portage
Learning
,Module 5: Review
Questions
Anatomy of the Muscular system: Introduction & Muscles of the Head, Neck and Trunk
1. Name the three types of muscle tissue found in the body:
Cardiac, skeletal and smooth
2. What does it mean that skeletal muscles are under conscious control?
Skeletal muscles are under conscious control, meaning that a person can consciously decide to use
these muscles to complete an action.
3. What is included in the central nervous system?
Brain and spinal cord
, 4. Describe a motor action vs. sensory input in terms of the nervous system.
Messages from the central nervous system to a muscle are called a motor actions. Nerves also
carry information from the external environment to the central nervous system, called sensation or
sensory input.
5. True or false: The brachial plexus supplies nerves to the lower extremities.
