Question 11
What feature is unique to skeletal muscle as compared to cardiac muscle?
- Absence of striations
- Presence of branching
- Requires nervous system stimulation
- Presence of intercalated disks
Question 12
What is the correct path of blood flow through the chambers of the heart?
- Left ventricle; left atrium; right atrium; right ventricle.
- Right ventricle; right atrium; left atrium; left ventricle.
- Left atrium; right atrium; left ventricle; right ventricle.
- Right atrium; right ventricle; left atrium; left ventricle.
Question 13
What respiratory muscles can cause forceful expiration?
- External intercostals
- Pectoralis minor
- Sternocleidomastoid
- Internal intercostals
Question 14
Which of the following occurs when walking or running up an incline?
- Greater flexibility of the soleus
- Lesser force of action from the gluteus maximus
- Lesser force of action of the knee extensors
- Lesser flexibility of the plantar flexors
Question 15
What two muscles, along with the supraspinatus and infraspinatus, make up the rotator cuff?
- Teres minor and scalenus
- Teres minor and subscapularis
- Teres major and scalenus
- Teres major and subscapularis