Straighterline Bio201 | Topic 9 | Muscular System: Histology and Physiolo
1. constriction of organs: Which of the following is NOT a function of skeletal
muscle?
A. body movement
B. maintenance of posture
C. respiration
D. constriction of organs
E. production of heat
2. moving your feet in walking: 2. Which of the following actions is caused by
contraction of skeletal muscle?
A. contraction of the heart
B. moving your feet in walking
C. movement of food through the digestive tract
D. emptying of the urinary bladder
E. vasoconstriction
3. are under involuntary control.: 3. Smooth muscle and cardiac muscle are
similar in that they both
A. are under involuntary control.
B. are striated.
C. are widely distributed in the body.
D. have multiple nuclei.
E. are under voluntary control.
4. contractility.: 4. The capacity of a muscle cell to shorten forcefully is known as
A. contractility.
B. excitability.
C. extensibility.
D. elasticity.
E. flexibility.
5. responds to stimulation by the nervous system.: 5. Muscles exhibit the prop- erty of
excitability. This means that the muscle
A. shortens its length.
B. recoils to its original resting length.
C. stretches beyond its normal length.
D. responds to stimulation by the nervous system.
E. excites itself.
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6. Muscle tissue shortens forcefully but lengthens passively.: 6. Identify the
statement concerning general functional characteristics of muscle that is true.
A. Muscle tissue shortens forcefully but lengthens passively.
B. Muscle tissue shortens passively but lengthens forcefully.
C. Muscle tissue can get shorter, but can not get longer.
D. Muscle tissue can get longer, but can not get shorter.
E. None of these statements are true.
7. It is responsible for locomotion.: 7. Identify the statement concerning skeletal muscle
that is true.
A. It comprises about 20% of the body's weight.
B. It propels urine through the urinary tract.
C. Its function is largely under involuntary control.
D. It is a kind of connective tissue.
E. It is responsible for locomotion.
8. Smooth muscle is found in the walls of hollow organs.: 8. Which of the
following is true?
A. Skeletal muscle is capable of spontaneous contraction.
B. Smooth muscle is found in the walls of hollow organs.
C. Cardiac muscle cells have multiple nuclei.
D. Smooth muscle cells are long and cylindrical.
E. There is a small amount of smooth muscle in the heart.
9. possess striations.: 9. Skeletal muscle fibers
A. possess striations.
B. can contract but are not extensible or excitable.
C. do not require nerve innervation to contract.
D. increase dramatically in number after birth.
E. are found in the walls of the stomach.
10. smooth muscle: 10. Which type of muscle tissue has spindle-shaped cells?
A. skeletal muscle
B. smooth muscle
C. cardiac muscle
D. both skeletal and cardiac muscle
E. both cardiac and smooth muscle
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11. both skeletal and cardiac muscle: 11. Which type of muscle tissue possesses
striations?
A. skeletal muscle
B. smooth muscle
C. cardiac muscle
D. both skeletal and cardiac muscle
E. both cardiac and smooth muscle
12. both cardiac and smooth muscle: 12. Which type of muscle tissue is autorhyth- mic?
A. skeletal muscle
B. smooth muscle
C. cardiac muscle
D. both skeletal and cardiac muscle
E. both cardiac and smooth muscle
13. skeletal muscle: 13. Which type of muscle tissue is multinucleated?
A. skeletal muscle
B. smooth muscle
C. cardiac muscle
D. both skeletal and cardiac muscle
E. both cardiac and smooth muscle
14. cardiac muscle: 14. Which type of muscle tissue has cells that branch?
A. skeletal muscle
B. smooth muscle
C. cardiac muscle
D. both skeletal and cardiac muscle
E. both cardiac and smooth muscle
15. skeletal muscle: 15. Which type of muscle tissue would cause flexion and
extension of the arm?
A. skeletal muscle
B. smooth muscle
C. cardiac muscle
16. ccardiac muscle: 16. Which type of muscle tissue causes contraction of the
heart?
A. skeletal muscle
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B. smooth muscle
C. cardiac muscle
17. skeletal muscle: 17. What type of muscle tissue causes vasoconstriction?
A. skeletal muscle
B. smooth muscle
C. cardiac muscle
18. smooth muscle: 18. What type of muscle tissue causes peristalsis?
A. skeletal muscle
B. smooth muscle
C. cardiac muscle
19. skeletal muscle: 19. What type of muscle tissue has neuromuscular junctions?
A. skeletal muscle
B. smooth muscle
C. cardiac muscle
20. size of muscle fibers.
21. Skeletal muscle develops from multinucleated cells called
A. fascicles.
B. myoblasts.
C. myofibrils.
D. myotomes.
E. fasciculi. myoblasts.: 20. Hypertrophy of skeletal muscles from weight lifting is caused
by an increase in the
A. number of muscle fibers.
B. size of muscle fibers.
C. number of striations.
D. number of nuclei within the muscle fibers.
E. number of muscle cells.
21. is surrounded by perimysium.: 22. A fasciculus
A. is a bundle of reticular fibers.
B. is surrounded by perimysium.
C. is only found in smooth muscle.
D. possesses an external lamina.
E. is a bundle of collagen fibers.
1. constriction of organs: Which of the following is NOT a function of skeletal
muscle?
A. body movement
B. maintenance of posture
C. respiration
D. constriction of organs
E. production of heat
2. moving your feet in walking: 2. Which of the following actions is caused by
contraction of skeletal muscle?
A. contraction of the heart
B. moving your feet in walking
C. movement of food through the digestive tract
D. emptying of the urinary bladder
E. vasoconstriction
3. are under involuntary control.: 3. Smooth muscle and cardiac muscle are
similar in that they both
A. are under involuntary control.
B. are striated.
C. are widely distributed in the body.
D. have multiple nuclei.
E. are under voluntary control.
4. contractility.: 4. The capacity of a muscle cell to shorten forcefully is known as
A. contractility.
B. excitability.
C. extensibility.
D. elasticity.
E. flexibility.
5. responds to stimulation by the nervous system.: 5. Muscles exhibit the prop- erty of
excitability. This means that the muscle
A. shortens its length.
B. recoils to its original resting length.
C. stretches beyond its normal length.
D. responds to stimulation by the nervous system.
E. excites itself.
, Straighterline Bio201 | Topic 9 | Muscular System: Histology and Physiolo
6. Muscle tissue shortens forcefully but lengthens passively.: 6. Identify the
statement concerning general functional characteristics of muscle that is true.
A. Muscle tissue shortens forcefully but lengthens passively.
B. Muscle tissue shortens passively but lengthens forcefully.
C. Muscle tissue can get shorter, but can not get longer.
D. Muscle tissue can get longer, but can not get shorter.
E. None of these statements are true.
7. It is responsible for locomotion.: 7. Identify the statement concerning skeletal muscle
that is true.
A. It comprises about 20% of the body's weight.
B. It propels urine through the urinary tract.
C. Its function is largely under involuntary control.
D. It is a kind of connective tissue.
E. It is responsible for locomotion.
8. Smooth muscle is found in the walls of hollow organs.: 8. Which of the
following is true?
A. Skeletal muscle is capable of spontaneous contraction.
B. Smooth muscle is found in the walls of hollow organs.
C. Cardiac muscle cells have multiple nuclei.
D. Smooth muscle cells are long and cylindrical.
E. There is a small amount of smooth muscle in the heart.
9. possess striations.: 9. Skeletal muscle fibers
A. possess striations.
B. can contract but are not extensible or excitable.
C. do not require nerve innervation to contract.
D. increase dramatically in number after birth.
E. are found in the walls of the stomach.
10. smooth muscle: 10. Which type of muscle tissue has spindle-shaped cells?
A. skeletal muscle
B. smooth muscle
C. cardiac muscle
D. both skeletal and cardiac muscle
E. both cardiac and smooth muscle
, Straighterline Bio201 | Topic 9 | Muscular System: Histology and Physiolo
11. both skeletal and cardiac muscle: 11. Which type of muscle tissue possesses
striations?
A. skeletal muscle
B. smooth muscle
C. cardiac muscle
D. both skeletal and cardiac muscle
E. both cardiac and smooth muscle
12. both cardiac and smooth muscle: 12. Which type of muscle tissue is autorhyth- mic?
A. skeletal muscle
B. smooth muscle
C. cardiac muscle
D. both skeletal and cardiac muscle
E. both cardiac and smooth muscle
13. skeletal muscle: 13. Which type of muscle tissue is multinucleated?
A. skeletal muscle
B. smooth muscle
C. cardiac muscle
D. both skeletal and cardiac muscle
E. both cardiac and smooth muscle
14. cardiac muscle: 14. Which type of muscle tissue has cells that branch?
A. skeletal muscle
B. smooth muscle
C. cardiac muscle
D. both skeletal and cardiac muscle
E. both cardiac and smooth muscle
15. skeletal muscle: 15. Which type of muscle tissue would cause flexion and
extension of the arm?
A. skeletal muscle
B. smooth muscle
C. cardiac muscle
16. ccardiac muscle: 16. Which type of muscle tissue causes contraction of the
heart?
A. skeletal muscle
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B. smooth muscle
C. cardiac muscle
17. skeletal muscle: 17. What type of muscle tissue causes vasoconstriction?
A. skeletal muscle
B. smooth muscle
C. cardiac muscle
18. smooth muscle: 18. What type of muscle tissue causes peristalsis?
A. skeletal muscle
B. smooth muscle
C. cardiac muscle
19. skeletal muscle: 19. What type of muscle tissue has neuromuscular junctions?
A. skeletal muscle
B. smooth muscle
C. cardiac muscle
20. size of muscle fibers.
21. Skeletal muscle develops from multinucleated cells called
A. fascicles.
B. myoblasts.
C. myofibrils.
D. myotomes.
E. fasciculi. myoblasts.: 20. Hypertrophy of skeletal muscles from weight lifting is caused
by an increase in the
A. number of muscle fibers.
B. size of muscle fibers.
C. number of striations.
D. number of nuclei within the muscle fibers.
E. number of muscle cells.
21. is surrounded by perimysium.: 22. A fasciculus
A. is a bundle of reticular fibers.
B. is surrounded by perimysium.
C. is only found in smooth muscle.
D. possesses an external lamina.
E. is a bundle of collagen fibers.
