Types of muscle

Question 1

Muscle

Answer 1

A group of cells that are specialized for shape change due to motor proteins (ex. myosin) that are specialized to move along other proteins (cytoskeleton).

Specialized in generating forces

Question 2

Properties of Muscle Tissue

Answer 2

Contract, excitable, extensible, elastic, heat

Question 3

Three types of muscle in humans

Answer 3

Skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle, smooth muscle

Question 4

Skeletal Muscle

Answer 4

Striated, multinucleate, not graded

Question 5

Cardiac Muscle

Answer 5

Striated, uninucleate, graded

Question 6

Smooth Muscle

Answer 6

Not striated, uninucleate, graded

Question 7

Autonomic Pathways

Answer 7

Target: Viscera, smooth/cardiac muscle

of neurons: 2

Action: Excitatory or inhibitory

Question 8

Somatic Pathways

Answer 8

Target: Skeletal muscle

of neurons: 1

Action: Excitatory

Question 9

Skeletal Muscles

Answer 9

Organ

Question 10

Muscle Fascicle

Answer 10

Bundle of cells

Question 11

Muscle Fiber

Answer 11

Cell

Question 12

Epimysium

Answer 12

Upon (around skeletal muscle)

Question 13

Perimysium

Answer 13

Around (around fascicles)

Question 14

Endomysium

Answer 14

Inside (around muscle fibers)

Question 15

Myofiber

Answer 15

Muscle fiber (cell)