Differentiate between the three types of muscles.

What will be an ideal response?


1. Skeletal
• also called striated
• attached directly or indirectly to the skeleton by tendons
• voluntary
2. Smooth
• also called visceral
• not striated
• involuntary
• forms walls of hollow and tube-shaped organs
3. Cardiac
• only in the heart
• striated
• involuntary

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Inhalation brings in fresh ____________ and exhalation removes _________________ from the body.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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A fecal occult blood test may also be called a:

a. hemoccult test b. stool guaiac test c. neither a nor b d. both a and b

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A combining form that means lobe is ____________________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Identify which of the following DOES NOT define motion - Kinematics.

a. mass b. position c. velocity d. acceleration

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