Which of the Following Is True of Skeletal Muscle

question 107

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of skeletal muscle?

• A) Contraction of skeletal muscle can alter blood flow through the heart.
• B) Skeletal muscle contraction produces movements of the body.
• C) Skeletal muscles pump blood throughout the body.
• D) Flexion of a skeletal muscle causes limbs to move outward from the body.
• E) Extensors are skeletal muscles that cause limbs to draw in to the body.

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Definitions:

Light Adaptation

Light Adaptation is the process by which the eye adjusts to different levels of illumination, allowing for vision in conditions ranging from bright sunlight to dim lighting.

Rods and Cones

Specialized photoreceptor cells in the retina of the eye, with rods being more sensitive to light and cones enabling color vision.

Additive Color Mixing

A color process that creates colors by combining lights of different colors, where adding together all primary colors (red, green, blue) results in white.

Wavelengths

The distance between two successive peaks or troughs in a wave, typically used in the context of electromagnetic waves such as light.