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Intro to Muscle Tissue & Muscular System

Intro to Muscle Tissue & Muscular System

Assessment

Interactive Video

Science

9th - 12th Grade

Practice Problem

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Created by

Bridget Decker

Used 7+ times

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13 questions

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1.

DRAW QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Which of the following characteristics are features of muscle tissue? (Circle all that apply.)

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2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The prevailing theory for how muscles contract on a microscopic level involves which of the following actions?

Muscle fibers pulling on tendons

Thin filaments (actin) sliding toward the center of the sarcomere, along with the thick filaments (myosin)

Only thin filaments (actin) pulling on the sarcoplasmic reticulum

Ligaments and tendons push against the bones at the articulation

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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For a skeletal muscle to contract, two stages of contraction must occur.  What are they called?

Contraction & calcium release

Activation at neuromuscular junction & generation of action potential

Self-generated impulse followed by contraction

Activation at neuromuscular junction & the excitation-contraction coupling

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The gluteus maximus is the main muscle responsible for hip extension, making it the ...?

prime mover

synergist

antagonist

fixator

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Therefore, the gluteus maximus would be a _____ for hip flexion.

prime mover

synergist

antagonist

fixator

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The gluteus maximus is also a synergist.  Do you think it's a synergist for medial rotation or lateral rotation of the hip?

medial rotation

lateral rotation

7.

DRAW QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Circle the fascicle arrangement that would be present in a sphincter.

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