The Muscular System

What are the functions of the muscular system?

Select all correct answers.

• Helps you see

• Helps you move

• Helps fight diseases

• Regulates body temperature

• Helps your heart beat

Muscles that you control are known as....

• Involuntary

• Fast Twitch

• Voluntary

• Slow Twitch

Muscles that you DO NOT control are known as ...

• Involuntary

• Fast Twitch

• Voluntary

• Slow Twitch

Shivering helps in _________.

• calcium regulation

• blood pressure regulation

• temperature regulation

• pulse regulation

How should you care for your muscular system?

Select all that apply.

• Exercise regularly.

• Eat fast food on a daily basis.

• Warm-up before and cool-down after exercise.

• Stretch to remain flexible.

• Eat healthy foods, especially foods high in protein.

Which muscles are involuntary?

• Smooth

• Skeletal

• Cardiac

• Smooth and Cardiac

Which type of muscle tires quickly during exercise?

• skeletal muscle

• breathing muscle

• cardiac muscle

• smooth muscle

How do pairs of skeletal muscles work together?

• One muscle in the pair pulls on a bone, while the second muscle pulls on the first muscle.

• While one muscle in the pair contracts, the other returns to its original length.

• Both muscles extend at the same time.

• One contracts and the other stretches.

Of the 3 types of muscles, which muscles attach to bone?

• Skeletal Muscle

• Cardiac Muscle

• Smooth Muscle

Smooth muscle is a (an)__________________ muscle.

• Voluntary

• Involuntary