Muscular System Quiz

What are the main functions of the muscular system?

• All are correct

• Stabilizes joints

• Maintains posture

• Allows movement in the body

What are the properties of muscles?

• Contractible

• Excitable or Irritable

• Adaptability

• All are correct

Which type of muscle is responsible for the heartbeat?

• None of the above

• Smooth

• Cardiac

• Skeletal

Which type of muscle is controlled consciously by a person?

• Smooth

• None of the above

• Cardiac

• Skeletal

What determines the number of origins of a muscle?

• Direction

• Number of tendons

• Size

• Location

What is the function of tendons?

• Attach to less or immovable bone

• Surround muscles and connect muscle to muscle

• Attach muscle to bone

• Attach to the movable bone

Which body system is essential for the voluntary movement of skeletal muscles?

• Nervous system

• Digestive system

• Respiratory system

• Circulatory system

The __________________ system is a system of muscles that moves your body parts and moves things around your body.

• skeletal

• muscular

• cardiovascular

• city bus

___________________ muscles make up organs such as your stomach, your diaphragm and your esophagus.

• cardiac

• strong

• smooth

• skeletal

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_______________ muscles pull on bones to make them move.

• cardiac

• strong

• smooth

• skeletal