Muscular System

What are the functions of the muscular system. Select all the apply.

• Helps you see

• Helps you move

• Helps fight diseases

• Creates heat

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

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.

• Eat healthy foods, especially foods high in protein.

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

• Skeletal Muscle

• Cardiac Muscle

• Smooth Muscle

Of the 3 types of muscle, which is responsible for pumping your heart.

• Skeletal Muscle

• Cardiac Muscle

• Smooth Muscle

Cardiac muscle is a _______________ muscle.

• Voluntary

• Involuntary

Which type of human body tissue can contract, or shorten?

• epithelial tissue

• muscle tissue

• connective tissue

• nerve tissue

Which type of muscle is found only in the heart?

• cardiac muscle

• voluntary muscle

• soft 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

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