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| The type of muscle found in the walls of the degestive tract is: |
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| Heart muscle is also known as: |
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| The most abundant type of muscle in the human body is a striated muscle, also known as: |
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| Muscles that work against each other are said to be: |
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| Smooth muscle is so-named because it contains on: |
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| The muscle cells between some smooth muscles are linked together by junctions known as: |
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| Where skeletal muscles are voluntary muscles, the smooth muscles are: |
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| Single-unit smooth muscle cells are interconnected by: |
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| The ends of cardiac muscle cells are connected to one another by gap junction in: |
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| Cariac muscle is similar to smooth muscle because it is not under: |
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| The tendons that attach many muscles to bones are composed of: |
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| Wide, flat, thin bands of connective tissue attaching muscles or the fascia of other muscles to bones are known as: |
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| Prime mover muscles are also called: |
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| Long, narrow, flat muscles in front of the neck that cover the lateral surface of the thyroid gland and draw the larynx and hyoid downward for swallowing are called the: |
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| In the midline of the abdominal wall there is a line of connective tissue known as the: |
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| A straplike muscle connecting the pubic bones to the rib and stermun and compressing the contents of the abdominal cavity is the: |
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| The superficial expansive sheet of muscle arising from the lower eight ribs and inserting into the pubis and linea alba to tense the abdominal wall and compress the abdomes is the |
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| A muscle that supports the organs of the pelvic cavity and creates a sling at the floor of the pelvic cavity is the: |
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| A muscle that also supports the pelic organs originating at the spine of the ischium and inserting at the coccyx is the: |
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