Muscular System Quiz

What is the function of the muscular system?

• It covers, shapes, and supports the skeleton, and contracts and moves various parts of the body.

• It is responsible for the digestion of food.

• It controls the body's ability to sense temperature.

• It circulates blood throughout the body.

What is Myology?

• The study of bones and their functions.

• The study of the structure, function and diseases of the muscles.

• The study of the nervous system.

• The study of the digestive system.

Which muscles are responsible for drawing the ear upward?

• Auricular Anterior

• Auricular Posterior

• Auricular Superior

• Platysma

What is the role of the Sternocleidomastoids muscle?

• It is responsible for lowering the lower jaw and lip.

• It is the muscle of the neck that lowers and rotates the head.

• It elevates the lower lip and raises and wrinkles the skin of the chin.

• It compresses the cheeks and expels air between the lips.

Which muscle is involved in elevating the lip as in laughing?

• Mentalis

• Zygomaticus

• Buccinator

• Corrugator

What is the Epicranial Aponeurosis?

• The muscle that extends from the chest and shoulder muscles.

• The tendon that connects the occipitals and frontalis.

• The muscle in front of the ear that draws the ear forward.

• The muscle of the neck that lowers and rotates the head.

What is the function of the Depressor labii inferioris muscle?

• It raises the angle of the mouth and draws it inward.

• It lowers the lower lip and draws it to one side as expressing sarcasm.

• It compresses, contracts puckers and wrinkles the lips.

• It pulls down the corner of the mouth.

Which muscle is responsible for compressing, puckering, and wrinkling the lips?

• Depressor labii inferioris

• Levator anguli oris

• Orbicularis oris

• Triangularis

What is the role of the Epicranius Aponeurosis?

• It is the muscle that draws the corner of the mouth out and back as in grinning.

• It is the muscle that elevates the upper lip and dilates the nostrils as in expressing distaste.

• It is the tendon that connects the occipitalis and frontalis.

• It is the muscle that covers the bridge of the nose and lowers the eyebrows.

What is the function of the Orbicularis Oculi muscle?

• It enables you to close and open your eyes and is a ring muscle of the eye socket.

• It draws the scalp forward and can cause wrinkles in the forehead.

• It is the part of the muscle that does not move.

• It is the muscle that covers the bridge of the nose.