Muscular System Quiz Flashcards
Why is the muscular system unique?
Tissue and organs can contract
What is the first characteristic of the muscular system?
Producing movement (locomotion of whole body, face, and blood)
Second characteristic of muscular system?
Maintaining posture
Third characteristic of muscular system?
Joint stability
Fourth characteristic of muscular system?
Generating heat
What is excitablity?
The ability to respond to stimulus
What is contractibility?
The ability to shorten when stimulated
What is extensibility?
The ability to lengthen or stretch
What is elasticity?
The ability to bounce or recoil back into shape
What is connected to bones, cylindrical, striated, multinucleated, voluntarily controlled, contracts slow or quickly?
Skeletal Muscle tissue
What is found in the heart, striated, uninucleated, involuntarily controlled, contracts slow and steady?
Cardiac Muscle tissue
What is found in the walls of internal organs, nonstriated, uninucleated, involuntarily controlled, and slowly contracting for long periods of time?
Smooth Muscle tissue
