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5 Written Questions

1. A stretching or tearing injury to a muscle of a tendon.
2. Inflammation and irritation of the tendon, caused by microscopic tearing.
3. A muscle that acts with another muscle to produce movement.
4. Also called lockjaw. Disease that results from the bacteria clostridium tetani releasing a toxin that affects the motor nerves, characterized by spasms of muscles, often fatal.
5. A type of involuntary muscle found in the heart, roughly quadrangular in shape, cross striated and having single central nucleus.

5 Matching Questions

1. origin
2. skeletal muscle
3. epimysium
4. aponeurosis
5. atrophy

1. a Voluntary muscle found in the locomotive system that controls movement by being attached to bones in the body, made up of cylindrical fibers of striated cells with the nucleus of each cell tending to be toward the edge of the cell.
2. b A wide , thin, sheet-like tendon made up of connective tissue that typically attaches muscle to muscle.
3. c In locations at which skeletal muscles attach, the attachment point on the bone that is more fixed or still.
4. d A thin connective tissue covering muscle.
5. e A loss of muscle mass and strength that occurs with the disuse of muscles over time.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. The connective tissue covering that surrounds an individual muscle cell.
   1. epimysium
   2. endomysium
   3. tendons
   4. perimysium
2. A muscle that is the primary actor in a given movement, that is, the muscle that produces the movement in muscle contraction.
   1. prime mover
   2. epimysium
   3. perimysium
   4. tendons
3. One of a group of genetic diseases characterized by progressive weakness and degeneration.
   1. muscle cramps
   2. muscular dystrophy
   3. synergist
   4. atrophy
4. The connective tissue that attaches muscles to bones.
   1. origin
   2. tendons
   3. tendonitis
   4. tetanus
5. Pain in the absence of electrolyte or pH disturbance, commonly indicating a peripheral nerve disorder and less commonly an abnormality in muscle fibers.
   1. aponeurosis
   2. tetanus
   3. muscle cramps
   4. fascicles

5 True/False Question

1. fascicles → Section into which muscles are divided.
   

   True        False

2. myasthenia gravis → A chronic neuromuscular disease characterized by varying degrees of weakness of the skeletal, or voluntary, muscles or the body.
   

   True        False

3. sprain → A stretching or tearing injury to a muscle of a tendon.
   

   True        False

4. oxygen debt → The inability of the body to be able to absorb enough oxygen to supply the energy required to sustain a high level of activity resulting in its utilizing the anaerobic energy system and in the build up of lactic acid in the muscles.
   

   True        False

5. fibromyalgia → The connective tissue structure covering the skeletal muscles and separating them from one another.
   

   True        False