Muscle Characteristics Quiz

One of the characteristics of muscles is extensibility. This allows muscles to:

• consume oxygen

• contract

• react to an impulse

• stretch

Which of the following is one of the properties of muscles?

• Excitability

• Antagonist

• Pronator

• Stability

The walls of the heart are made of:

• cardiac muscle

• contractile muscle

• striated muscle

• voluntary muscle

Where would you find a voluntary muscle?

• Attached to the femur

• In blood vessel walls

• Inside the heart

• Lining the stomach

After you swallow food, what kind of muscle moves the food toward your stomach?

• Cardiac

• Skeletal

• Smooth

• Voluntary

The tough, sheet like membrane that covers and protects muscle is:

• fascia

• a ligament

• a tendon

• periosteum

What muscle movement occurs when you move your hand from an open palm to a fist?

• Abduction

• Adduction

• Extension

• Flexion

When a muscle attaches to a bone, the end that does not move is the:

• insertion

• origin

• root

• tendon

Of the following, what muscle is superior to the other three?

• Gastrocnemius

• Intercostals

• Sternocleidomastoid

• Trapezius

Of the following, what muscle would do the most work if you ran five miles?

• Biceps

• Pectoralis major

• Quadriceps femoris

• Sternocleidomastoid