Muscular System and Movements

What are the three main kinds of muscle in the muscular system?

Cardiac muscle forms the walls of which organ?

• heart

• liver

• lungs

• kidneys

Visceral muscle is also known as ________.

• smooth muscle

• cardiac muscle

• skeletal muscle

• striated muscle

Skeletal muscle is also known as voluntary muscle. True or False?

• True

• False

The function of tendons in the muscular system is to:

• connect muscles to bones

• connect bones to bones

• produce red blood cells

• store calcium

Fascia is described as a tough sheet-like membrane.

• True

• False

What is the point of attachment that does not move called?

• Origin

• Insertion

• Fulcrum

• Pivot

Insertion is the point of attachment that moves?

• True
• False

Adduction involves moving a body part toward the ________.

• midline

• side

• back

• front

What is Abduction?

• Moving a body from the midline

• Moving a body part toward the midline

• Moving the body away from the midline

• Moving a body part in the midline