Multiple Choice
Which type of muscle cell is typically the largest?
9. Muscle Tissue
Introduction to Muscles and Muscle Tissue
Back9. Muscle Tissue
Introduction to Muscles and Muscle Tissue
- Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following muscle types is/are both voluntary and striated?
- Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is present in muscle cells but absent in most other cell types?
- Multiple ChoiceThe __________ are inward invaginations of the sarcolemma that run deep into the cell and ensure that every myofibril in the muscle fiber contracts at virtually the same time.
- Multiple ChoiceMyofibrils are composed of repeating contractile elements called __________.
- Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following muscles is voluntary?
- Multiple ChoiceThe thin myofilaments of skeletal muscle are composed chiefly of __________.
- Open QuestionUse the key to classify each of the following described tissue types into one of the four major tissue categories.Key:connective tissueepitheliummusclenervous tissue_________(1) Tissue type composed largely of nonliving extracellular matrix; important in protection and support_________(2) The tissue immediately responsible for body movement_________(3) The tissue that enables us to be aware of the external environment and to react to it_________(4) The tissue that lines body cavities and covers surfaces
- Open QuestionDifferentiate between the roles of neurons and the supporting cells of nervous tissue.
- Open QuestionName and describe the four special functional abilities of muscle that are the basis for muscle response.
- Open QuestionMrs. Delancy went to the local meat market and bought a beef tenderloin (cut from the loin, the region along the steer's caudal vertebral column) and some tripe (cow's stomach). What type of muscle was she preparing to eat in each case?
- Open QuestionCompare and contrast skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscle tissue relative to structure, body location, and specific function.
- Open Question
Which type of muscle fascicle pattern has an appearance similar to a feather?
a. Fusiform
b. Triangular
c. Pennate
d. Parallel
- Open Question
Mark the following statements as true or false. If a statement is false, correct it to make a true statement.
c. The plasma membrane of a muscle cell is called the sarcoplasmic reticulum.
- Open Question
Mark the following statements as true or false. If a statement is false, correct it to make a true statement.
d. Muscle cells are contractile, conductive, distensible cells.