Lesson 5.1

Question 1

agonist

Answer 1

role played by a skeletal muscle acting to slow or stop movement.

Question 2

antagonist

Answer 2

role played by a skeletal muscle acting to slow or stop a movement.

Question 3

aponeurosis

Answer 3

a flat. sheet like fibrous tissue that connects muscle or bone to other tissues.

Question 4

concentric

Answer 4

The type of contraction that results in the shortening of a muscle.

Question 5

contractility

Answer 5

the ability to contract or shorten

Question 6

eccentric

Answer 6

contraction accompanied by lengthening of a muscle.

Question 7

elasticity

Answer 7

the ability to return to normal length after a stretch.

Question 8

endomysium

Answer 8

a fine, protective sheath of connective tissue around a skeletal muscle fiber.

Question 9

epimysium

Answer 9

a fine, protective, sheath of connective tissue

Question 10

extensibility

Answer 10

the ability to be stretched

Question 11

fascicle

Answer 11

a bundle of muscle fibers

Question 12

irritability

Answer 12

the ability to respond to a stimulus

Question 13

isometric

Answer 13

A type of contraction that involves no change in muscle length

Question 14

muscle fiber

Answer 14

An individual skeletal muscle cell

Question 15

perimysium

Answer 15

a connective tissue sheath that envelops each primary bundle of muscle fibers.

Question 16

peristalsis

Answer 16

a wave of symmetrical squeezing of the digestive tract walls that occurs during digestion.

Question 17

sarcolemma

Answer 17

the delicate membrane surrounding each striated muscle fiber.