Muscular System Web Activity

1. Which type of muscle are skeletal muscles?

• involuntary
• voluntary

2. Which type of muscles do you use when you wave to a friend?

• cardiac
• skeletal
• smooth

3. How do skeletal muscles move?

• they don't move
• by fusing together with bones
• by contracting and relaxing

4. Which type of muscle are smooth muscles?

• involuntary
• voluntary

5. Where are cardiac muscles found?

• around bones
• stomach, intestines, bladder
• heart

6. About how many muscles are there in the human body?

• 6
• 16
• 600
• 6000

7. Using the slideshow, what is cartilage?

• flexible, rubbery tissue at the end of bones
• thick, sturdy bones on the knees
• long, fibrous straps that fasten bones together.
• bands of fibrous tissue that connect muscles to bones

8. Using the slideshow, what is a tendon?

• flexible, rubbery tissue at the end of bones
• thick, sturdy bones on the knees
• long, fibrous straps that fasten bones together.
• bands of fibrous tissue that connect muscles to bones

9. Using the slideshow, what is a ligament?

• flexible, rubbery tissue at the end of bones
• thick, sturdy bones on the knees
• long, fibrous straps that fasten bones together.
• bands of fibrous tissue that connect muscles to bones

10. Where are smooth muscles found?

• around bones
• stomach, intestines, bladder
• heart