Want to see correct answers?
Login or join for free!
  Biology Worksheets
Looking for Biology worksheets?
Check out our pre-made Biology worksheets!
Share/Like This Page
Filter By Grade

You are browsing College questions. View questions in All Grades.

Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 College Graduate Continuing Education

Browse Questions

College Skin, Skeleton, and Muscles Questions

You can create printable tests and worksheets from these College Skin, Skeleton, and Muscles questions! Select one or more questions using the checkboxes above each question. Then click the add selected questions to a test button before moving to another page.

Previous Page 3 of 17 Next
College Skin, Skeleton, and Muscles
The insertion of a muscle is where a muscle                  .
  1. originates
  2. experiences tears
  3. attaches
  4. provides movement
College Skin, Skeleton, and Muscles
A muscle cell cytoplasm is called what?
  1. myoplasm
  2. sarcoplasm
  3. muscleplasm
College Skin, Skeleton, and Muscles
Troponin and tropomyosin are two proteins that can prevent the contractile process by                                                                           .
  1. combining with calcium to prevent active site binding
  2. covering the active site and blocking the actin-myosin interaction
  3. inactivating the myosin to prevent cross-bridging
  4. causing the release of calcium from the sacs of the sarcoplasmic reticulum
College Skin, Skeleton, and Muscles
Which of the following statements is FALSE?
  1. all muscle tissue acts by contraction only
  2. of the three types of muscle tissue, only skeletal is voluntary
  3. superficial fascia holds skin to muscle
  4. muscles use the skeletal system as leverage points by pushing against the bones to produce body movement
College Skin, Skeleton, and Muscles
How many bones are in the vertebral column?
  1. 26
  2. 24
  3. 22
  4. 20
  5. 18
College Skin, Skeleton, and Muscles
What is an example of fluid connective tissue?
  1. Lymph
  2. Water
  3. Bacteria
  4. Minerals
  5. Vitamins
College Skin, Skeleton, and Muscles
What is a main purpose of connective tissue?
  1. To connect cells to one another for communication
  2. To provide structural support
  3. To provide structural and energy support
  4. To mobilize the person
  5. To send signals throughout the body
College Skin, Skeleton, and Muscles
Regarding the hierarchical structure of a muscle cell, which of the following is in the correct sequence (from largest to smallest)?
  1. fascicle  fiber  filament  myofibril
  2. fascicle  fiber  myofibril  filament
  3. fascicle  myofibril  fiber  filament
  4. fiber  fascicle  myofibril  filament
  5. fiber  fascicle  filament  myofibril
College Skin, Skeleton, and Muscles
Unlike skeletal muscle,                                                                                          .
  1. Smooth muscle is striated
  2. Smooth muscle does not have thick and thin filaments
  3. Smooth muscle does not use troponin-tropomyosin to regulate cross-bridge activity
  4. Smooth muscle does not use changes in cytosolic calcium to regulate cross-bridge activity
  5. The myosin in smooth muscle requires phosphorylation before it can bind to ATP
College Skin, Skeleton, and Muscles
Which of the following statements regarding the shortening of a skeletal muscle fiber is not true? When a skeletal muscle fiber shortens, the                                       .
  1. Sarcomeres shorten
  2. Distance between Z lines decreases
  3. Myofilaments shorten
  4. Myofilaments slide past each other
  5. Length of the A bands remains the same
College Skin, Skeleton, and Muscles
A cross-section of a myofibril in the I band would show                                                      .
  1. actin filaments only
  2. myosin filaments only
  3. actin and myosin filaments
  4. primarily myosin filaments, but a few actin filaments
  5. no filaments
College Skin, Skeleton, and Muscles
The diaphysis contains                     .
  1. nothing; it is empty
  2. spongy bone
  3. compact bone
  4. fat stores
College Skin, Skeleton, and Muscles
The type of muscle that is under conscious control of the brain via the nervous system is:
  1. smooth muscle.
  2. involuntary muscle
  3. cardiac muscle
  4. voluntary muscle.
College Skin, Skeleton, and Muscles
Yellow bone marrow contains a large percentage of                    .
  1. fat
  2. blood-forming cells
  3. Sharpey's fibers
  4. elastic tissu
College Skin, Skeleton, and Muscles
The myosin head is converted into the high-energy state by                        .
  1. binding to ATP only
  2. binding to actin
  3. the condensation of ATP
  4. the hydrolysis of ATP
  5. binding to titin
College Skin, Skeleton, and Muscles
What is the function of T tubules?
  1. They store calcium.
  2. Actin and myosin are synthesized here.
  3. They conduct action potentials from the sarcolemma to the interior of the muscle cell.
  4. They provide elasticity to the muscle.
  5. They hold the thick filaments to the Z line.
Previous Page 3 of 17 Next