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Which type of muscle is attached to bones to move parts of the body?
skeletal muscle
smooth muscle
cardiac muscle
involuntary muscle
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Which statement best describes the arrangement of smooth muscle?
long tubular fibres arranged in stripes
branching networks of myofibrils
highly organised with parallel bundles of myofibrils
irregular, with no visible myofibrils
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What stimulates skeletal muscle to contract?
stretching of the muscle in response to pressure
motor neuron impulses
hormonal signals
automatic self-stimulation needing no nervous input
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What is the term used to describe cardiac muscle's ability to contract automatically without nervous stimulation?
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Which type of muscle tissue is responsible for pumping blood through the heart?
multi-nucleated
smooth
skeletal
cardiac
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What type of muscle tissue is found in the walls of blood vessels?
skeletal
branched
cardiac
smooth
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Which muscle type shows branching networks of striated muscle fibres under the microscope?
skeletal
cardiac
smooth
multi-nucleated
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What arrangement of nuclei do smooth muscle fibres have?
no nuclei
single nucleus
branched nuclei
multiple nuclei
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Which muscle type shows spindle-shaped, non-striated fibres under a microscope?
smooth
cardiac
skeletal
multi-nucleated
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Which muscle type(s) undergo involuntary contractions?
skeletal and cardiac
only smooth
cardiac and smooth
only skeletal
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