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Muscles

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Name this muscle.
a)
Tricep
b)
Trapezius
c)
Biceps Brachii
d)
Tres Major
2.
Voluntary muscle is...
a)
muscle that has to be told when to move
b)
muscle that moves automatically
c)
muscle that needs to be stretched regularly
d)
muscle that makes up the heart and stomach
3.
What type of muscle can be found in the heart?
a)
Smooth
b)
Skeletal
c)
Cardiac
d)
Silly
4.
What is the biggest muscle in your body?
a)
femur
b)
Gluteus Maximus
c)
Gluteus
d)
Biceps
5.
What ties muscles to bones?
a)
cartilage
b)
tendons
c)
ligaments
d)
flexors
6.
About how many muscles are in your body?
a)
206
b)
300
c)
over 600
d)
1,000
7.
When a muscle contracts, it _______
a)
gets longer
b)
gets shorter
c)
gets thinner
d)
grows hair
8.
Where do you have smooth muscles in your body?
a)
arms and legs
b)
blood vessels and stomach
c)
heart
d)
hair
9.
Where might you find involuntary muscles?
a)
in your arnms
b)
in your mouth
c)
in your toes
d)
in your stomach
10.
Which body part contains a joint?
a)
shoulder
b)
heart
c)
tongue
d)
brain
11.
Skeletal muscles are attached to bones with ______________.
a)
tendons
b)
ligaments
c)
joints
d)
organs
12.
Skeletal muscles make ______________ movements.
a)
voluntary
b)
involuntary
c)
fast
d)
slow
13.
Most of our muscles are _______ muscles.
a)
voluntary
b)
involuntary
c)
skeletal
d)
cardiac
14.
Muscles often work in ___________________.
a)
pairs
b)
groups
c)
bunches
d)
order
15.
Which type of muscle is found only in the heart?
a)
soft muscle
b)
smooth muscle
c)
cardiac muscle
d)
voluntary muscle
16.
This cushions the bones in a joint
a)
Cartilage
b)
Ligaments
c)
Tendons
d)
Tendonitis
17.
An example of a smooth muscle is:
a)
Brain
b)
Intestines
c)
Arm
d)
Back
18.
Tendons are
a)
what holds muscle to bone
b)
what hold joints together
c)
what holds nerves together
d)
what is found in your brain
19.
voluntary  muscles
a)
muscles that surrounds organs, no control
b)
can be controlled just by thinking about them such as fingers, toes, and arms
c)
flexible tissue that attaches muscle to abone
20.
Muscles always work in _____
a)
pairs
b)
groups of 3
c)
bones
d)
joints
21.
Which muscle type is voluntary?
a)
Skeletal
b)
Smooth
c)
Cardiac
22.
Which type of muscle is voluntary?
a)
Smooth
b)
Cardiac
c)
Skeletal
23.
What are the 3 different types of muscles?
a)
Smooth, Cardiac, Skeletal
b)
Smooth, Cardiac, Bicep
c)
Immovable, Cardiac, Skeletal
d)
Smooth, Moveable, Skeletal
24.
Which type of muscle is your bicep muscle?
a)
Skeletal
b)
Smooth
c)
Cardiac
d)
Immoveable
25.
What is the muscles' main job?
a)
to make us strong
b)
to power our movements by moving the bones
c)
to flex
d)
to play sports
26.
What happens to the muscles when they work?
a)
the muscles make our bodies bend
b)
the muscles get really big then really small
c)
the muscle contracts
27.
what are Joints
a)
A place where one bones meet 
b)
A place where  two  bones meet 
c)
bones don't meet 
d)
A place where three bones meet 
28.
Where can a voluntary muscle be found?
a)
Heart
b)
Stomach
c)
Arm
d)
Liver
29.
Where can you find an involuntary muscle?
a)
leg
b)
arm
c)
stomach
d)
finger
30.
True or False.
Your heart beats because you tell it to.
a)
True
b)
False
31.
Movements that you choose to control are called?
a)
Cramp
b)
Voluntary
c)
Strain
d)
Involuntary
32.
Complete the sentence: When one muscle contracts, the other muscle _____.
a)
relaxes
b)
contracts
c)
freezes
d)
stretches
33.
What is the main  function of the muscular system?
a)
The muscular system carries messages from the brain to the bones to move the body.
b)
The muscular system keeps the bones strong and prevents them from being broken.
c)
The muscular system produces energy the body needs to be able to move.
d)
The muscular system allows movement of bones and helps maintain posture.
34.
Your heart is an example of a _______ muscle.
a)
Loving
b)
Red
c)
Voluntary
d)
Involuntary