1. Human A&P Quiz chapter 8 Name ___________________________
1. Match each of the following descriptions of muscle type with the correct type of muscle unit.
A Cardiac muscle cells
B Smooth muscle cells
C Skeletal muscle fibers
__Single, very long, cylindrical, multinucleate
cells with striations
__Branching chains of cells; uni- or binucleate
striations; intercalated discs
__Single, fusiform, uninucleate; no striations
2. Match each of the following descriptions of muscle function with the appropriate type of
muscle.
A Cardiac muscle
B Smooth muscle
C Skeletal muscle
__Voluntary via axonal endings of the somatic
nervous system
__ Involuntary; intrinsic system regulation,
hormones and autonomic nervous system
controls
__ Involuntary, autonomic nerves, hormones,
local chemicals
3. Match each of the following muscle chemicals with the correct name.
A Myoglobin
B Lactic acid
C Acetylcholine
D Creatine phosphate
__Neurotransmitter at the neuromuscular
junction
__High-energy compound in muscle
__ Oxygen storage molecules in muscle
__Product of anaerobic glycolysis
4. Match each of the following descriptions with the correct types of muscle.
A Skeletal muscle
B Cardiac muscle
B Smooth muscle
__ Striated, voluntary, and attached to the
skeleton
__ Nonstriated, involuntary, found on the wall
of hollow organs and tracts
__Striated, involuntary, found in the heart
2. 5. Which of the following muscles is voluntary?
a) The muscle that extends the arm at the elbow
b) The muscle in the wall of the heart.
c) The muscle of the stomach
d) The muscle in the wall of the urinary bladder
6. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of skeletal muscle contraction?
a) It is voluntary.
b) It can exert tremendous power.
c) It can contract for long periods of time without tiring.
d) It contracts rapidly.
7. Which of the following characteristics is unique to smooth muscle?
a) Hyperplasia
b) The absence of striations
c) Stress relaxation response
d) The ability of ATP to energize the sliding process
8. State three examples of reverse peristalsis.
a.
b.
c.
9. State three examples of adverse effects of anabolic steroid use to build muscular strength and
endurance.
a.
b.
c.
3. 10. Make a list of twenty-five muscles and determine by which criteria each muscle derived its name. Students
should categorize the muscles they have chosen by size, location, number of origins, shape, direction of the muscle
fibers, action, and origin/insertion points.
Muscles Which criteria each muscle derived its name?
11. Give one example of the locations of multiunit and visceral smooth muscles.
Multiunit Visceral
Location
