Exam 6: The Muscular System

Aerobic, or endurance, exercise involves jogging or biking.

The gap between the motor neuron and the muscle fiber it supplies at the neuromuscular junction is called the ________.

All types of muscle have endomysium covering individual muscle cells.

A muscle twitch results when the muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen.

Isometric contractions produce movement when filaments slide past one another and the muscle shortens.

Anaerobic glycolysis requires ________ to make ATP.

Which of the following is NOT a function of the muscular system?

Smooth muscle cells are ________.

Match the following: -Chemical that enters a muscle cell upon excitation

A nursing infant develops a powerful sucking muscle that adults also use for whistling or blowing a trumpet called the ________.

Sandra is playing the piano for her recital. Which muscle is NOT involved in the movement of her hands and/or fingers ________.

Match the following: -Primary action of the adductor muscles

Using Figure 6.2, match the following: -The epimysium is represented by ________.

Which one of the following is NOT a criterion generally used in naming muscles?

The muscle that closes each eye is the ________.

Match the following: -Electrical current that travels the length of the muscle

The point of muscle attachment to an immovable or less movable bone is known as the ________.

A smooth, sustained contraction is called ________.

Fascicle arrangements produce skeletal muscles with different structures and functional properties, and determine their individual range of motion and power. List the seven different fascicle arrangements of human skeletal muscles and give a specific example of each:

The movement opposite to abduction is ________.