6.1a Muscle Type

Question 1

Name the 3 types of muscle tissue

Answer 1

Skeletal, Smooth, Cardiac Muscled

Question 2

Muscle cells that are elongated are called ___

Answer 2

Muscle Fibers

Question 3

The ability of muscle to shorten or contract depends on 2 types of…

Answer 3

Myofilaments

Question 4

Give the meaning of the following prefixes:

1. myo- or mys-
2. sarco-

Answer 4

1. Muscle
2. Flesh

Question 5

Packaged into organs called skeletal muscles that attach to the skeleton

Answer 5

Skeletal Muscle Fibers

Question 6

Skeletal Muscles are also known as ___ and ___

Answer 6

Striated Muscle, Voluntary Muscle

Question 7

Each muscle fiber is enclosed in a delicate connective tissue sheath called ___

Answer 7

Endomysium

Question 8

A coarser fibrous membranes that wraps several sheathed muscle fibers to form a fascicle

Answer 8

Perimysium

Question 9

Many fasciles are bound together by an even tougher “overcoat” if connective tissue called an ___

Answer 9

Epimysium

Question 10

The ends of the epimysium that extend beyond the muscle blend into either of these two:

1. Strong, cordlike
2. Sheetlike

Answer 10

1. Tendon
2. Aponeurosis

Question 11

A type of muscle that has no striations and is involuntary

Answer 11

Smooth Muscle

Question 12

This type of muscle is only found in one place in the body- the heart

Answer 12

Cardiac Muscle

Question 13

Cardiac Muscle fibers are branching cells joined by special gap junctions called ___

Answer 13

Intercalated Discs