Muscle Test Study Guide
Physiology 1
Name:
11/14
Per:
 This test will cover all topics described below.
 Use Chapter 8 and the coloring worksheets to supplement your studying
Muscle Anatomy and Contraction
1. Identify skeletal, cardiac and smooth muscle. Compare and contrast the structures and function of all
three muscle types.
Describe the macroscopic and microscopic structure of skeletal muscle including myofibril and
sarcomere structure. Be able to identify, define and use the following vocabulary in context: Tendon
– Fascia – Epimysium – Perimysium – Endomysium – Fascicle – Neuron – Blood vessel – Muscle
fiber – Sarcolemma – Nucleus – Sarcoplasmic reticulum – Myofibril – Myosin – Actin – Sarcomere –
Mitochondria – Transverse tubule (T-tubule), M line, Z line.
3. Explain the major events in the Sliding Filament Theory, including the role of ATP and Ca2+
2.
Muscle Fatigue
1. Compare and contrast the three ways in which ATP is generated during skeletal muscle contraction:
aerobic pathway, anaerobic pathway, creatine pathway. What are the advantages and disadvantages of
each pathway?
2. Compare and contrast slow twitch and fast twitch muscle fibers. What are the characteristics of each
type? How does each type respond to training?
3. Define muscle fatigue. List possible causes of muscle fatigue.
Muscle Test Study Guide
Physiology 1
Name:
11/14
Per:
 This test will cover all topics described below.
 Use Chapter 8 and the coloring worksheets to supplement your studying
Muscle Anatomy and Contraction
1. Identify skeletal, cardiac and smooth muscle. Compare and contrast the structures and function of all
three muscle types.
Describe the macroscopic and microscopic structure of skeletal muscle including myofibril and
sarcomere structure. Be able to identify, define and use the following vocabulary in context: Tendon
– Fascia – Epimysium – Perimysium – Endomysium – Fascicle – Neuron – Blood vessel – Muscle
fiber – Sarcolemma – Nucleus – Sarcoplasmic reticulum – Myofibril – Myosin – Actin – Sarcomere –
Mitochondria – Transverse tubule (T-tubule), M line, Z line.
3. Explain the major events in the Sliding Filament Theory, including the role of ATP and Ca2+
2.
Muscle Fatigue
4. Compare and contrast the three ways in which ATP is generated during skeletal muscle contraction:
aerobic pathway, anaerobic pathway, creatine pathway. What are the advantages and disadvantages of
each pathway?
5. Compare and contrast slow twitch and fast twitch muscle fibers. What are the characteristics of each
type? How does each type respond to training?
6. Define muscle fatigue. List possible causes of muscle fatigue.