Muscle Anatomy Quiz

What do muscles do as you read?

• Pump blood

• Allow you to breathe

• Move your eyes

• Digest food

Which type of muscle can you control to do activities like walking?

• Smooth muscle

• Cardiac muscle

• Skeletal muscle

• Tendon

What is the function of a tendon?

• To pump blood

• To attach a muscle to a bone

• To digest food

• To produce hormones

Which muscle type is involved in playing a musical instrument?

• Smooth muscle

• Cardiac muscle

• Skeletal muscle

• Tendon

What type of tissue is a tendon?

• Muscle tissue

• Connective tissue

• Nervous tissue

• Epithelial tissue

Which muscle type is responsible for heart contractions?

• Smooth muscle

• Cardiac muscle

• Skeletal muscle

• Tendon

What type of muscle is involved in involuntary actions like digestion?

• Skeletal muscle

• Cardiac muscle

• Smooth muscle

• Tendon

How do many skeletal muscles work?

• Individually

• In pairs

• In groups of three

• In groups of four

What happens when one muscle in a pair contracts?

• The bone moves in one direction

• The bone stays still

• The bone moves in all directions

• The bone moves in a circle

Muscles that cannot contract due to injury or are not used frequently become weak and shrink. What is this situation called?

• atrophy

• Triceps relax

• Triceps stretch

• muscle tone