Free Printable Muscular System

1.

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

a)

Generating heat

b)

Producing movement

c)

Maintaining Posture

d)

Producting ATP

2.

Weightlifting makes a person bulkier by

a)

increasing the number of muscle fibers

b)

increasing the size of the existing muscle fibers

c)

causing them to gain fat

d)

causing them to retain water

3.

Which of the following groupings is INCORRECT:

a)

striated muscle, spindle shaped cell, attached to the skeleton, involuntary

b)

cardiac muscle, arranged in spiral shaped bundles, striated, uninucleated

c)

skeletal muscle, fast contraction speed, multinucleated, voluntary

d)

smooth cells, single nucleus, walls of hollow organs, involuntary

4.

Which of the following criteria is NOT a criteria used to name muscles?

a)

action of the muscle

b)

number of origins of the muscle

c)

shape of the muscle

d)

general function of the muscle

5.

While doing "jumping jacks" during an exercise class, your arms and legs move away from the midline of your body. This motion is:

a)

extension

b)

flextion

c)

abduction

d)

adduction

6.

The muscle tissue that consists of single, multinucleate, striated cells that are very long with a very rapid contraction speed is:

a)

cardiac muscle only

b)

skeletal muscle only

c)

cardiac and skeletal muscle

d)

smooth muscle only

7.

Muscle tissue that is involuntary is:

a)

smooth muscle only

b)

cardiac muscle and skeletal muscle

c)

cardiac muscle and smooth muscle

d)

skeletal muscle only

8.

This type of muscle is involved in controlling the heartbeat:

a)

skeletal

b)

smooth

c)

contractible

d)

cardiac

9.

Skeletal muscle is not involved in:

a)

stabilizing joints

b)

propulsion of a substance through a body tube

c)

contraction of leg muscles

d)

heat production

10.

Which of the following types of muscles contracts the slowest?

a)

striated

b)

skeletal

c)

cardiac

d)

smooth

11.

Which of the following is not a special movement of the foot?

a)

dorsiflexion

b)

inversion

c)

eversion

d)

supination

12.

A muscle located on the dorsal side of the body is the:

a)

rectus femoris

b)

rectus abdominis

c)

trapezius

d)

external intercostals

13.

Which of the following is NOT associated with the abdomen?

a)

latissimus dorsi

b)

transversus abdominis

c)

external oblique

d)

a. rectus abdominis

14.

Muscle is often attached to bone by strong, cord-like structures called

a)

ligaments.

b)

tendons.

c)

epithelial tissue.

d)

deep fascia.

15.

Susan was giving a back rub. Which broad, superficial, upper back muscle was receiving the bulk of her attention?

a)

deltoid

b)

external oblique

c)

trapezius

d)

latissimus dorsi

16.

Samantha, a young gymnast, has come to the clinic with a pulled calf muscle. What is the scientific name of this muscle?

a)

tricep femoris

b)

trapezius

c)

gastrocnemius

d)

rectus abdominis

17.

Figure 6.3 above is a picture of

a)

cardiac muscle

b)

smooth muscle

c)

skeletal muscle

d)

bone muscle

18.

Movement of a limb toward the midline of the body

a)

supination

b)

extensison

c)

adduction

d)

abduction

19.

Decreases angle of joint bringing two bones closer together

a)

flexion

b)

extension

c)

pronation

d)

inversion

20.

rotates forearm medially so palm faces posteriorly

a)

supination

b)

pronation

c)

extension

d)

inversion

21.

to turn sole of foot medially

a)

supination

b)

inversion

c)

eversion

d)

pronation

22.

rotates forearm laterally so palm faces anteriorly

a)

adbuction

b)

pronation

c)

supination

d)

inversion

23.

movement of a limb away from the midline of the body

a)

inversion

b)

adduction

c)

eversion

d)

abduction

24.

increases angle, or distance, between two bones

a)

flexion

b)

abduction

c)

eversion

d)

extension

25.

pointing the toes

a)

extension

b)

inversion

c)

plantar flexion

d)

eversion

26.

Which letter represents the I band of a myofibril?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

27.

Which letter represents the A band of a myofibril?

a)

D

b)

E

c)

F

d)

G

e)

H

28.

Which letter represents the H zone of a myofibril?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

29.

Which letter represents the sarcomere of a myofibril?

a)

D

b)

E

c)

F

d)

G

e)

H

30.

Which letter represents actin (thin filament) of a myofibril?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

31.

Which letter represents myosin (thick filament) of a myofibril?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

32.

Which letter represents the Z disc of a myofibril?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

33.

Which letter represents the M line of a myofibril?

a)

D

b)

D

c)

F

d)

G

e)

H

34.

Which letter represents the deltoid muscle?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

35.

Which letter represents the pectoralis major muscle?

a)

AA

b)

AB

c)

AC

d)

AE

e)

BE

36.

Which letter represents the Frontalis muscle?

a)

A

b)

AA

c)

AB

d)

AC

e)

B

37.

Which letter represents the Masseter muscle?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

AB

d)

AC

e)

C

38.

Which letter represents the Biceps brachii major muscle?

a)

AC

b)

AD

c)

AE

d)

BE

e)

A

39.

Which letter represents the Trapezius muscle?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

e

40.

Which letter represents the External oblique muscle?

a)

C

b)

D

c)

E

d)

AA

e)

AB

41.

Which letter represents the Brachioradialis muscle?

a)

AC

b)

AD

c)

AE

d)

BE

e)

A

42.

Which letter represents the Rectus abdominis muscle?

a)

AA

b)

AB

c)

AC

d)

AD

e)

AE

43.

Which letter represents the Latissimus dorsi muscle?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

44.

Which letter represents the Gluteus maximus muscle?

a)

BB

b)

BC

c)

CD

d)

CE

e)

DD

45.

Which letter represents the Calcaneal (Achilles tendon) muscle?

a)

BE

b)

CC

c)

DD

d)

DE

e)

EE

46.

Which letter represents the Sternocleidomastoid muscle?

a)

A

b)

AA

c)

AB

d)

AC

e)

AD

47.

Which letter represents the Gastrocnemus muscle?

a)

AB

b)

BE

c)

CE

d)

DD

e)

DE

48.

Which letter represents the Triceps brachii muscle?

a)

AA

b)

AD

c)

AE

d)

BC

e)

CC

49.

Which letter represents the Biceps femoris muscle?

a)

CD

b)

CE

c)

DD

d)

DE

e)

EE

50.

Which letter represents the Trapezius muscle?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

e

Muscular System

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

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