Muscle tissue bingo

Exercise and reference answers

Clues and terms

1. Clue

   Multinucleated and wholly reliant on nerve signals.

   Item

   Skeletal

2. Clue

   One or two nuclei, contracting as a syncytium.

   Item

   Cardiac

3. Clue

   Responds to hormones and local stimuli.

   Item

   Smooth

4. Clue

   The functional contractile unit of a fibre.

   Item

   Sarcomere

5. Clue

   Plasma membrane enclosing the sarcoplasm.

   Item

   Sarcolemma

6. Clue

   Bundles sarcomeres along the whole fibre.

   Item

   Myofibril

7. Clue

   The anchor point of the thin filaments.

   Item

   Z disc

8. Clue

   The step where the thin filament actually moves.

   Item

   Power stroke

9. Clue

   A broad tendon like sheet of attachment.

   Item

   Aponeurosis

Instructions

Read each clue and tap the term it describes.

Explanation