Fundamentals Of Anatomy And Physiology 11th Edition By Frederic H. Martini – Test Bank

Chapter 11 The Muscular System

Multiple Choice Questions

1) Muscles that guard entrances and exits of internal passageways are ________ muscles.
A) parallel
B) convergent
C) pennate
D) bipennate
E) circular
Answer: E
Learning Outcome: 11-1
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering

2) In a ________ muscle, the fascicles are concentrically arranged around an opening.
A) convergent
B) parallel
C) straight
D) pennate
E) circular
Answer: E
Learning Outcome: 11-1
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering

3) The type of muscle whose functional characteristics most closely resemble those of its muscle fibers is the ________ muscle.
A) pennate
B) circular
C) parallel
D) convergent
E) divergent
Answer: C
Learning Outcome: 11-1
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering

4) In a ________ muscle, the muscle fibers and fascicles lie in a slanted or oblique position to the tendon.
A) parallel
B) circular
C) pennate
D) convergent
E) divergent
Answer: C
Learning Outcome: 11-1
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering
5) ________ muscle fibers pull in different directions, permitting different actions depending on stimulation.
A) Convergent
B) Parallel
C) Straight
D) Pennate
E) Circular
Answer: A
Learning Outcome: 11-1
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering

6) Most of the skeletal muscles in the body are ________ muscles.
A) convergent
B) parallel
C) straight
D) pennate
E) circular
Answer: B
Learning Outcome: 11-1
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering

7) In a convergent muscle, fascicles converge on a common attachment site that may be a slender band of collagen fibers known as a(n)
A) retinaculum.
B) raphe.
C) aponeurosis.
D) orbicularis.
E) ligament.
Answer: B
Learning Outcome: 11-1
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering

8) Which of the following is not a type of fascicle arrangement?
A) parallel
B) palmate
C) unipennate
D) circular
E) convergent
Answer: B
Learning Outcome: 11-1
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering

9) A lever consists of
A) a tendon and a muscle.
B) a rigid structure.
C) a fulcrum.
D) a bone, a muscle, and a nerve.
E) a rigid structure and a fulcrum.
Answer: E
Learning Outcome: 11-2
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering
10) The most common lever systems in the body are those that have the applied force between the fulcrum and the load. These are called ________ levers.
A) first-class
B) second-class
C) third-class
D) fourth-class
E) fifth-class
Answer: C
Learning Outcome: 11-2
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering