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WorksheetsMuscular System
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 12mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which of the following muscle fibre arrangements produces the most force?
a)
Fusiform
b)
Parallel
c)
Circular
d)
Convergent
2.
The gastrocnemius muscle is likely to be contracted when you:
a)
Play computer games.
b)
Bench press.
c)
Stand on your tip toes.
d)
Chew your food.
3.
Doing push-ups requires the use of several muscles, including:
a)
Triceps Brachii and Pectoralis Major
b)
Gastrocnemius and Hamstrings
c)
Gluteus Maximus
d)
Soleus
4.
What is the contracting muscle called?
a)
Agonist
b)
Antagonist
c)
Pragonist
d)
Tagonist
5.
What muscle is this?
a)
Triceps Brachii
b)
Biceps Brachii
c)
Biceps Femoris
d)
Rectus Femoris
6.
What muscle is this?
a)
Trapezius
b)
Erector Spinae
c)
External Obliques
d)
Internal Obliques
7.
What muscle is this?
a)
Internal obliques
b)
External obliques
c)
Pectoralis major
d)
Pectoralis minor
8.
What should happen to your resting heartbeat rate as you become more fit?
a)
It should increase
b)
It should decrease
c)
It shouldn't change
d)
It should stop
9.
Straightening a joint so the angle between the bones is increased
a)
Extension
b)
Flexion
c)
Hyperextension
d)
Inversion
10.
Which of the following contractions makes a muscle shorter?
a)
isotonic
b)
isometric
11.
Which of the following muscles ABDUCTS the arm?
a)
Pectoralis Major
b)
Latissimus Dorsi
c)
Deltoid
d)
Triceps
12.
Holding barbells out in a sustained motion would be a...
a)
Isometric contraction
b)
Isoinertial contraction
c)
Eccentric contraction
d)
Concentric contraction
13.
Fast twitch muscles
a)
Contract quickly and are white and generate more force and are red
b)
Contract quickly and are red and generate less force than slow twitch
c)
Have more blood flow delivering oxygen and contract quickly
14.
An example of slow twitch muscle exercise is
a)
Lifting Weights
b)
Running for distance
c)
Jumping hurdles
d)
Running a sprint
15.
It is possible for a muscle to have characteristics of both slow and fast twitch muscles.
a)
Yes
b)
I don't know, I was daydreaming.
c)
No
d)
Of course not, you fool
16.
The opposite of a concentric contraction is
a)
Nonconcentric contraction
b)
Unconcentric contraction
c)
Eccentric contraction
d)
Bioconcentric contraction
17.
What is the name of the special joint inside the thumb?
a)
Saddle joint
b)
Hinge joint
c)
Opposable joint
d)
Major joint
18.
Flexing the foot at the ankle, bending foot upward
a)
Flexion
b)
Dorsiflexion
c)
Retraction
d)
Inversion
19.
A motor unit is made up of _______________.
a)
All the muscle fibers within a given muscle
b)
a motor neuron and the Muscle fibers it innervates
c)
All the neurons going into an individual section of the body
d)
A fascicle and a nerve
20.
Long distance runners have large proportion of ___________ fibers.
a)
Slow oxidative
b)
Fast oxidative
c)
Fast glycolytic
d)
Type II muscle
21.
Fast twitch muscle fibres can be broken into 2 different categories....
a)
True
b)
False
22.
Fast twitch muscle fibres can be broken into 2 different categories....
a)
True
b)
False
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