Muscle Tissue
11. The terms and phrases in the key relate to the muscle tissues. For each of the three muscle tissues, select the terms
or phrases that characterize it, and write the corresponding letter of each term on the answer line.
Key:
a. striated
f. voluntary
b. branching cells
g. involuntary
c. spindle-shaped cells
h. one nucleus
d. cylindrical cells
i. many nuclei
e. active during birth
j. forms heart walls
k. attached to bones
I. intercalated discs
m. in wall of bladder and stomach
n. moves limbs, produces smiles
o. arranged in sheets
Skeletal muscle: a, d, f, i, k
Cardiac muscle: a, b, d, e, g, h, l
Smooth muscle: c, g, h, m, o