1.

What is the connective tissue covering of a muscle fascicle?

a. Sarcolemma

b. Endomysium

c. Epimysium

d. Sarcoplasm

e. Perimysium

2.

What is actin?

a. Myofilament

b. Myosin

c. Muscle fibers

d. Myofibrils

e. Myocardium

3.

Which of the following is composed of smooth muscle?

a. Upper esophagus

b. Heart

c. Tongue

d. Biceps muscle

e. Walls of the visceral organs

4.

What is a receptor in muscle?

a. Motor unit
b. Motor neuron

c. Motor end plate

d. Neuromuscular spindle

e. Neurotransmitter

5.

Which fiber type is larger in diameter?

a. Red fibers

b. White fibers

c. Intermediate fibers

d. All of the above

e. None of the above

6.

Which fiber type is make up fast-twitch muscle?

a. Red fibers

b. White fibers

c. Intermediate fibers

d. All of the above

e. None of the above

7.

Which fiber type has more myoglobin?

a. Red fibers

b. White fibers

c. Intermediate fibers

d. All of the above

8.

Which fiber type gets its energy primarily from glycogen?

a. Red fibers

b. White fibers

c. Intermediate fibers

d. All of the above

e. None of the above

9.

Which fiber type is seen in skeletal muscle?

a. Red fibers

b. White fibers

c. Intermediate fibers

d. All of the above

e. None of the above

10.

What is line that bisects the dark band in muscle?

a. A band

b. I band

c. Z line

d. H band

e. M line

1.

What is the outer connective tissue covering of a muscle?

b. Sarcoplasm

c. Perimysium

d. Sarcolemma

e. Endomysium

2.

What is myosin?

a. Muscle fibers

b. Myofibrils

c. Myocardium

d. Myofilament

e. Muscle cell

3.

Where is cardiac muscle found?

a. Myofilaments

b. Myosin

c. Muscle fibers

d. Myofibrils

e. Myocardium

4.

What type of muscle has visible cross striations?

a. Skeletal muscle

b. Cardiac muscle

c. Smooth muscle
d. Both "a" and "b"

e. "a" "b" and "c"

5.

What type of muscle is specialized for contraction?

a. Skeletal muscle

b. Cardiac muscle

c. Smooth muscle

d. Both "a" and "b"

e. "a" "b" and "c"

6.

What is released at a synapse?

a. Motor unit

b. Motor neuron

c. Motor end plate

d. Neuromuscular spindle

e. Neurotransmitter

7.

Which fiber type is more resistant to fatigue?

a. Red fibers

b. White fibers

c. Intermediate fibers

d. All of the above

e. None of the above

Lance Armstrong is the seven time winner of the Tour de France. The Tour de France is a bicycle race
which covers between 3500 to 4000 kilometers. What type of muscle fiber probably predominates in
his legs?

a. Red fibers

b. White fibers

c. Intermediate fibers

d. All of the above

e. None of the above

9.

What region is made of thin filaments?

a. A band

b. I band

c. Z line

d. H band

e. M line

10.

On a cross section of a muscle, how many thin filaments surround each thick filament?

a. 2

b. 3

c. 4

d. 6

e. 8

1.

What is the plasma membrane of a muscle cell called?

a. Endomysium
b. Sarcolemma

c. Sarcoplasm

d. Perimysium

e. Epimysium

2. What are the thin filaments?

a. Myocardium

b. Myofibrils

c. Myofilaments

d. Muscle fibers

e. Myosin

3.

Which of the following is composed of skeletal muscle?

a. Tongue

b. Blood vessel

c. Walls of the visceral organs

d. Lower esophagus

e. Heart

4.

What type of muscle is composed of spindle shaped cells?

a. Skeletal muscle

b. Cardiac muscle

c. Smooth muscle

d. Both "a" and "b"

e. "a" "b" and "c"

What type of muscle is always multinucleated?

a. Skeletal muscle

b. Cardiac muscle

c. Smooth muscle

d. Both "a" and "b"

e. "a" "b" and "c"

6.

Which fiber type is smaller in diameter?

a. Red fibers

b. White fibers

c. Intermediate fibers

d. All of the above

e. None of the above

7.

Which fiber type fatigues more readily?

a. Red fibers

b. White fibers

c. Intermediate fibers

d. All of the above

e. None of the above

8.

What type of muscle probably predominates in Charles Atlas, the worlds most famous power weight
lifter?
a. Red fibers

b. White fibers

c. Intermediate fibers

d. All of the above

e. None of the above

9.

What is line that bisects the light band in muscle?

a. A band

b. I band

c. Z line

d. H band

e. M line

10.

What is the name of the tissue which surrounds muscle fascicles?

a. Perimysium

b. Periosteum

c. Perichondrium

d. Perineurium

e. Endosteum

1.

What is the covering of an individual muscle fiber?

a. Sarcoplasm

b. Perimysium

c. Endomysium

d. Epimysium
e. Sarcolemma

2.

What are the thick filaments composed of?

a. Myofilaments

b. Myosin

c. Muscle fibers

d. Myofibrils

e. Myocardium

3.

Which of the following is composed of cardiac muscle?

a. Biceps muscle

b. Tongue

c. Heart

d. Upper esophagus

e. Walls of the visceral organs

4.

What type of muscle contains centrally placed nuclei?

a. Smooth muscle

b. Cardiac muscle

c. Skeletal muscle

d. Both "a" and "b"

e. "a" "b" and "c"

5.
What is the point that a neuron contacts a muscle called?

a. Motor unit

b. Motor neuron

c. Motor end plate

d. Neuromuscular spindle

e. Neurotransmitter

6.

Which fiber type makes up slow-twitch muscle?

a. Red fibers

b. White fibers

c. Intermediate fibers

d. All of the above

e. None of the above

7.

Which fiber type uses more anaerobic metabolism?

a. Red fibers

b. White fibers

c. Intermediate fibers

d. All of the above

e. None of the above

8.

What is the dark band in muscle?

a. A band

b. I band
c. Z line

d. H band

e. M line

9.

What bisects the H band

a. A band

b. I band

c. Z line

d. E band

e. M line

10.

What type of muscle has intercalated discs?

a. Skeletal muscle

b. Cardiac muscle

c. Smooth muscle

d. Both "a" and "b"

e. "a" "b" and "c"

1.

What is the cytoplasm of a muscle cell?

a. Epimysium

b. Sarcolemma

c. Endomysium

d. Sarcoplasm

e. Perimysium
2.

What is another term for muscle cells?

a. Myofilaments

b. Myosin

c. Muscle fibers

d. Myofibrils

e. Myocardium

3.

Which of the following contains a substantial amount of smooth muscle?

a. Upper esophagus

b. Blood vessels

c. Heart

d. Biceps muscle

e. Tongue

4.

What type of muscle contains actin and myosin?

a. Skeletal muscle

b. Cardiac muscle

c. Smooth muscle

d. Both "a" and "b"

e. "a" "b" and "c"

5.

What is a single neuron and the aggregation of muscle fibers innervated by that single neuron
called?

a. Motor unit
b. Motor neuron

c. Motor end plate

d. Neuromuscular spindle

e. Neurotransmitter

6.

Which fiber type has a lot of mitochondria?

a. Red fibers

b. White fibers

c. Intermediate fibers

d. All of the above

e. None of the above

7.

Which fiber type uses more aerobic metabolism?

a. Red fibers

b. White fibers

c. Intermediate fibers

d. All of the above

e. None of the above

8.

What is the light band in muscle?

a. A band

b. I band

c. Z line

d. H band
e. M line

9.

What type of muscle contains sarcomeres?

a. Skeletal muscle

b. Cardiac muscle

c. Smooth muscle

d. Both "a" and "b"

e. "a" "b" and "c"

10.

What type of muscle has branching cells?

a. Skeletal muscle

b. Cardiac muscle

c. Smooth muscle

d. Both "a" and "b"

e. "a" "b" and "c"

1.

Which fiber type is seen in smooth muscle?

a. Red fibers

b. White fibers

c. Intermediate fibers

d. All of the above

e. None of the above

2.

A sarcomere is defined as the segment from _____ to ____?

b. I band

c. Z line

d. H band

e. M line

3.

What are the bundle of longitudinal contractile elements within a muscle cell called?

a. Myofilaments

b. Myosin

c. Muscle fibers

d. Myofibrils

e. Myocardium