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level: Muscular Overview

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level questions: Muscular Overview

QuestionAnswer
A whole skeletal muscle is considered an _____ of the muscular system.organ
What consists each organ or muscle?skeletal muscle tissue, connective tissue, nerve tissue, blood or vascular tissue
The muscular system is composed of specialized cells called?Muscle fibers
Nearly all movement in the body is the result of _____ _____.muscle contraction. Exceptions are action of cilia, flagellum on sperm cells, amoeboid movement of WBC.
More than __% of the body weight is muscle and it is made up of ____ and ____.50, proteins, water
True/False: Some skeletal muscles are broad in shape and some narrow.True
True/False: Some muscle fibers are parallel to the long axis of the muscle; in some they converge to a narrow attachment; and in some they are oblique.True
Skeletal muscles vary in _____, ______, and ___________.size, shape, arrangement of fibers
Word roots: Root: Cala; meaning:insert; example: intercalated disks join the ends of adjacent cardiac muscle cells
Word roots: Root: Cardio; meaning:the heat; example: the wall of the heart contains cardiac muscle tissue
Word roots: Root: Endo; meaning:within, inner; example: the endomysium is connective tissue situated between individual muscle cells within a fascicle
Word roots: Root: Fasci; meaning:a bundle; example: skeletal muscle cells are arranged in bundles called fascicles
Word roots: Root: Myo; meaning:muscle; example: the myocardium is the middle, muscular layer of the wall of the heart
Word roots: Root: Mys; meaning:muscle; example: the endomysium is loose connective tissue between muscle cells within a muscle fascicle
Word roots: Root: Peri; meaning:Around; example: perimysium is connective tissue that surrounds a group of skeletal muscle cells to form a fascicle
Word roots: Root: Striat; meaning:streaked; example: muscle cells that are striated appear streaked or striped