Muscular System Quiz

Which of the following is NOT a function of the muscular system?

• Holding the body erect

• Generating body heat

• Filtering blood

• Moving food through the digestive system

What are the long, slender cells that make up muscles called?

• Fascia

• Tendons

• Muscle fibers

• Ligaments

A band of connective tissue that envelops, separates, or binds together muscles or groups of muscles is called:

• A tendon

• A ligament

• Fascia

• An aponeurosis

What is the term for a narrow band of nonelastic, dense, fibrous connective tissue that attaches a muscle to a bone?

• Fascia

• Ligament

• Tendon

• Cartilage

Which type of muscle tissue is attached to bones and is voluntary and striated?

• Smooth muscle

• Myocardial muscle

• Skeletal muscle

• Cardiac muscle

The muscular walls of the heart are made of which type of muscle?

• Skeletal

• Smooth

• Myocardial

• Voluntary

The movement of a limb away from the midline of the body is called:

• Adduction

• Flexion

• Abduction

• Extension

Decreasing the angle between two bones by bending a limb at a joint is known as:

• Extension

• Abduction

• Flexion

• Rotation

What is the term for the overextension of a limb beyond its normal limit?

• Elevation

• Depression

• Hyperextension

• Circumduction

The circular movement at the far end of a limb is called:

• Rotation

• Supination

• Circumduction

• Pronation