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Ch. 45 - Animal Movement

Chapter 44, Problem 1

Which of the following statements regarding control of muscle tissue is/are correct? Select True or False for each statement. T/F All skeletal muscles are voluntary. T/F Cardiac muscle is involuntary. T/F Some smooth muscle tissues are voluntary and others are involuntary. T/F Parasympathetic and sympathetic neurons innervate skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscle tissues.

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Welcome back. Here's our next question. Which of the following muscles are voluntary. As you recall. There's both voluntary and involuntary muscle contractions depending on whether they're controlled consciously or not by the body. So let's look through our answer choices. Keeping in mind as we look over them, that choice D. Is all of the above. So there's a chance for all those answers to be voluntary. So let's look at choice. A choice A says skeletal muscles. All that that is under voluntary control. Involuntary muscle contractions since they're controlled by conscious thought. So, but again, could have more than one correct answer. So we'll just mark it correct and move on. Choice pieces. Smooth muscles smooth muscles are part of the digestive system. I just attract and they are involuntary, so that would not be our correct answer. Um They're responsible for the contractions of peristalsis that move food through the digestive system. Uh Their involuntary because they're controlled by the autonomic nervous system and control by unconscious signals. They keep going without conscious control. Since choice B. Isn't correct. If we were on a test, we'd know right away, it can't be choice D. All of the above and therefore a must be our answer. An interest of being thorough. Well, just look at choice. See choice C. Is cardiac muscles. Heart muscles and those pretty obviously are involuntary ah Since you don't control the beating of your heart. Also controlled by the autonomic nervous system under unconscious signals. So which of the following muscles are voluntary. Choice A skeletal muscles. See you in the next video