Chapter 4.2 - "The Muscular System"

Muscles that you can control at will are called _______.

• Smooth
• Voluntary
• Cardiac
• Heart

The muscular system is able to contract and relax muscle tissues because of this organ system?

• The cardiovascular system
• the nervous system
• The integumentary system
• the digestive system

Which type of muscle is found in your digestive system?

• smooth muscle
• cardiac muscle
• skeletal muscle
• none

What attaches the muscle tissue to the bone?

• nerves
• ligaments
• tendons 
• muscle

What are the three main types of muscles?

• skeletal, cardiac, smooth
• biceps, triceps, quadriceps
• smooth, flexible, strength
• none of the above

Why does you heart beat?

• because the reflexes in your heart make your heart pump blood
• because the cardiac muscles contract and pump blood through the chambers of your heart
• because you send voluntarily send messages from your brain to your heart that tell it to pump blood throughout your body
• because smooth muscles in the heart move and make the heart pump blood throughout your body

Which of the following are made up of smooth muscles?

• blood vessels, biceps, and lungs
• biceps, lungs, and heart
• digestive system, lungs, blood vessels
• heart, lungs, digestive system

What are skeletal muscled used for?

• to aid in body movement
• to pump blood throughout the body
• to assist in breathing
• to send muscles from your muscles to your brain

What protects your body from things like hot stoves?

• voluntary muscles
• tendons
• skeletal muscles
• reflexes

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Why are you not able to control your reflexes?

• because they are controlled by your spinal cord
• because they are controlled by your brain
• because they are controlled by voluntary muscles
• because they are controlled by your circulatory system

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