Nervous and Muscle Tissue and Axial Muscles (Questions)

You are working as a research technician in a pathology lab. When you look under the microscope at muscle samples taken for evaluation, you note a region of necrotic cells containing a branched pattern with striations. You are looking at what type of muscle?

cardiac muscle

After several weeks on a weight training program coupled with eating a healthy diet, Jennifer was impressed with the greater definition in her shoulders. What type of muscle is she actually impressed with?

skeletal muscle

How is muscle different than connective tissue?

It generates mechanical force

Another term for autonomic motor is

visceral motor

The cranial nerves are part of the

Peripheral nervous system (PNS)

A collection of neuron cell bodies in the peripheral nervous system is called a

ganglion

The part of the neuron that receives information and carries it to the cell body is called the

dendrites

The part of the neuron responsible for receiving, integrating, and sending out nerve impulses is called the

soma

Which of the following is the most common type of neuron within the nervous system?

A multipolar neuron

Sensory neurons in the peripheral nervous system are typically

unipolar

What would happen if all microglia cells were lost from the CNS?

b

Immune surveillance within the CNS would be decreased.

Which of the following is not a function of the axial muscles?

moving the hand

Which side of the transversospinalis muscles is contracting when you twist to the left

right side

Which of the following muscles groups rotates the trunk (vertebral column) in the opposite direction from the muscles contracting?

Transversospinales

The rectus sheath is formed by aponeuroses of the all of the following muscles except

Rectus abdominis

he internal opening of the inguinal canal is called the

deep inguinal ring

A 50 year old male has surgery to repair a hernia. The surgeon notes that the hernia passed medial to the inferior epigastric artery and did not pass through the deep inguinal ring. This type of hernia is called a(n) _______ inguinal hernia.

direct

Which of the following muscles have a common inferior attachment to the lesser trochanter of the femur?

lliacus and psoas major

The term "afferent" refers to which of the following?

Sensory information, transmitted into the central nervous system

What is the term for muscles located on the back that move the upper limb?

Extrinsic back muscles