Muscle Tissue MCQs for NEET
1. Which of the following is a characteristic feature of muscle tissue?
a) High vascularity
b) Contractility
c) Secretory function
d) Insulation
Answer: b) Contractility
2. Muscle tissue is derived from which embryonic germ layer?
a) Ectoderm
b) Mesoderm
c) Endoderm
d) Epiderm
Answer: b) Mesoderm
3. Which type of muscle tissue is involuntary and lacks striations?
a) Skeletal muscle
b) Cardiac muscle
c) Smooth muscle
d) Striated muscle
Answer: c) Smooth muscle
4. The structural and functional unit of skeletal muscle is:
a) Sarcomere
b) Myofibril
c) Actin filament
d) Myosin filament
Answer: a) Sarcomere
5. Which protein is responsible for the contraction of muscle fibers?
a) Collagen
b) Actin and Myosin
c) Keratin
d) Elastin
Answer: b) Actin and Myosin
6. Smooth muscles are found in which of the following organs?
a) Heart
b) Biceps
c) Stomach
d) Diaphragm
Answer: c) Stomach
7. Cardiac muscles are characterized by:
a) Voluntary control
b) Presence of intercalated discs
c) Multinucleated cells
d) Absence of striations
Answer: b) Presence of intercalated discs
8. Which of the following muscle types is multinucleated?
a) Smooth muscle
b) Cardiac muscle
c) Skeletal muscle
d) Visceral muscle
Answer: c) Skeletal muscle
9. Which muscle type has a branching pattern of cells?
a) Skeletal muscle
b) Smooth muscle
c) Cardiac muscle
d) Striated muscle
Answer: c) Cardiac muscle
10. Which of the following is a voluntary muscle?
a) Cardiac muscle
b) Smooth muscle
c) Skeletal muscle
d) Visceral muscle
Answer: c) Skeletal muscle
11. The sarcoplasmic reticulum in muscle cells stores:
a) Sodium ions
b) Calcium ions
c) Potassium ions
d) Chloride ions
Answer: b) Calcium ions
12. Which of the following muscles is under involuntary control?
a) Biceps brachii
b) Diaphragm
c) Iris muscle
d) Quadriceps
Answer: c) Iris muscle
13. Which muscle tissue has a single nucleus per cell?
a) Skeletal muscle
b) Cardiac muscle
c) Both a and b
d) Neither a nor b
Answer: b) Cardiac muscle
14. The energy for muscle contraction is primarily provided by:
a) Glucose
b) ATP
c) Oxygen
d) Glycogen
Answer: b) ATP
15. Which of the following is NOT a property of cardiac muscle?
a) Involuntary
b) Striated
c) Multinucleated
d) Branching pattern
Answer: c) Multinucleated
16. Which of the following is a characteristic of smooth muscle?
a) Striated appearance
b) Multinucleated
c) Spindle-shaped cells
d) Voluntary control
Answer: c) Spindle-shaped cells
17. Which muscle type has the slowest contraction speed?
a) Skeletal muscle
b) Cardiac muscle
c) Smooth muscle
d) Striated muscle
Answer: c) Smooth muscle
18. The intercalated discs in cardiac muscle facilitate:
a) Calcium storage
b) Rapid impulse conduction
c) ATP synthesis
d) Actin-myosin binding
Answer: b) Rapid impulse conduction
19. Which of the following is a syncytium?
a) Smooth muscle
b) Cardiac muscle
c) Skeletal muscle
d) Visceral muscle
Answer: c) Skeletal muscle
20. Which of the following muscles is both voluntary and striated?
a) Cardiac muscle
b) Smooth muscle
c) Skeletal muscle
d) Visceral muscle
Answer: c) Skeletal muscle