Muscular system

Which muscle is the main muscle of mastication?

• masseter

• temporalis

• buccinator

• zygomaticus

When you smile you contract which muscle?

• masseter

• buccinator

• orbicularis oris

• zygomaticus

What is the muscle (or group of muscles) used to whistle?

• masseter

• buccinator

• orbicularis oris

• orbicularis oculi

What muscle do you contract to wink?

• temporalis

• frontalis

• orbicularis oris

• orbicularis oculi

What muscle (or group of muscles) is used to stand on your toes?

• gastrocnemius

• sartorius

• gluteus maximus

• hamstrings

A volleyball player is getting ready to spike the ball over the net. What muscle (or group of muscles) is used to rotate the arm to spike the ball?

• rotator cuff

• pectoralis major

• trapezius

• erector spinae

What group of muscles would allow you to hold a soccer ball between your knees?

• adductors

• quadriceps

• hamstrings

• rotator cuff

When this muscle contracts on only one side of the body, it causes your head to turn.

• sternocleidomastoid

• trapezius

• external oblique

• rhomboid

Ligaments are made up of regular dense connective tissue, and connect what structures?

• bone to bone

• muscle to bone

• bone to muscle

• muscle to muscle

Tendons are made up of regular dense connective tissue, and connect what structures?

• bone to bone

• muscle to bone

• bone to muscle

• muscle to muscle