Practice Test Muscular System

What muscle is highlighted in the picture?

• Triceps

• Biceps

• Quads

• Deltoids

What muscles is highlighted?

• Deltoid

• Trapezius

• Tricep

• Pectoralis

What muscle is highlighted?

• Hamstrings

• Quads

• Calves

• Gluteus

The nerve releases a chemical called a

• neurotransmitter (acetylcholine)

• neuron

• Calcium

• cell

Skeletal muscles are attached to which of the following? 

• Bones and ligaments 
• Ligaments and tendons
• Tendons and bones
• Bones and fat 

How do pairs of skeletal muscles work together?

• while one contracts, the other returns to original length
• both muscles contract at the same time
• both muscles relax at the same time
• 1 muscle pulls on the bone and the other pulls on the first muscle

Which of the following MUST be present for aerobic respiration? 

• carbon dioxide
• lactic acid 
• glucose
• oxygen

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-7

• Flexion
• extension
• abduction
• adduction

Which of the following puts the structures of the muscle in order from largest to smallest?

• Whole muscle, muscle fiber, actin & myosin, myofibril, muscle fasicle

• Whole muscle, muscle fasicle, muscle fiber, myofibril, actin & myosin

• Whole muscle, muscle fiber, muscle fasicle, myofibril, actin & myosin

• Whole muscle, muscle fasicle, muscle fiber, actin & myosin, myofibril

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-2

What layer of connective tissue covers the muscle fiber?

• epimysium
• endomysium
• perimysium