Skeletal and Muscular System Vocabulary

What are the 3 types of muscles?

• thigh, calf, shoulder

• traps, forearms, biceps

• smooth, cardiac, skeletal

• quadriceps, triceps, shoulder

What type of muscle is found in your stomach, bladder, and kidneys?

• Skeletal

• Smooth

• Straight

• Cardiac

Which muscles are involuntary (choose the best answer)?

• skeletal

• smooth

• cardiac

• smooth and cardiac

When a muscle contracts, it ____________

• gets longer

• gets shorter

• gets thinner

• grows hair

Muscles always work in ___________

• bones

• groups of 3

• joints

• pairs

Voluntary muscle is

• muscle that has to be told when to move

• muscle that needs to be stretched regularly

• muscle that moves automatically

• muscle that makes up the heart and stomach

What type of muscle is found in the bladder?

• cardiac

• smooth

• skeletal

• voluntary

The skeletal system does all of the follow except...

• produce red blood cells

• protect organs

• stores calcium and minerals

• get rid of waste

What is a function of the skeletal system?

• protection

• body shape and structure

• movement

• All of the functions listed.

The skeletal and muscular system work together to help the body

• fall asleep

• move

• digest food

• pump blood