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Muscular System Review

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which muscle is located below the gastrocnemius?

a)

Vastus Intermedius

b)

Soleus

c)

Teres Major

d)

Semitendinosus

2.

Name the muscle in the picture

a)

Latissimus Dorsi

b)

Pectoralis Major

c)

Rectus Abdominus

d)

External Oblique

3.

The quadriceps group consists of.........................

a)

Bicep Femoris, Semimembranosus, Semitendinosus

b)

Erector Spinae, Trapezius, Teres Major

c)

Rectus Femoris, Vastus Lateralis, Vastus Medialis, Vastus Intermedius

d)

Rectus Abdominis, Obliques, Latissimus Dorsi

4.

Which muscle will be the primary muscle contracting to allow plantar flexion?

a)

Trapezius

b)

Erector Spinae

c)

Tibialis Anterior

d)

Gastrocnemius

5.

Name this muscle

a)

Biceps Femoris

b)

Gluteus Maximus

c)

Semitendinosus

d)

Vastus Medialis

6.
The location where a muscle fiber and neuron meet is called:
a)
Neuromuscular Junction
b)
Musculoneural Junction
c)
Sarcomere
d)
Motor Neuron
7.
During the first phase of contraction, what leaves the neuron and binds to the muscle fiber?
a)
A neurotransmitter called Acetylcholine (ACh)
b)
Calcium ions
c)
Sodium ions
d)
An action potential
8.
Where is calcium stored in a muscle fiber?
a)
Sarcolemma
b)
Sarcoplasmic Reticulum
c)
T-tubule
d)
Sarcomere
9.
What is the smallest contractile unit of a muscle fiber?
a)
Sarcomere
b)
Sarcolemma
c)
Sarcoplasmic Reticulum
d)
Sarcoplasm
10.

What is the name of the thick filaments in a sarcomere?

a)

Actin

b)

Myosin

c)

Myoglobin

d)

Titan

11.
What is the name of the connective tissue covering that covers the entire muscle organ?
a)
endomysium
b)
perimysium
c)
epimysium
d)
fascicle
12.

Which muscles are involuntary?

a)

skeletal

b)

cardiac

c)

smooth

d)

smooth and cardiac

13.
The cordlike extension of connective tissue beyond the muscle, serving to attach it to the bone.
a)
fascicle
b)
tendon
c)
bone
d)
muscle
14.

The Z disc is represented by the number

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

15.
a)

Latissmius Dorsi

b)

Erectors

c)

Deltoids

d)

Abdominal

16.
a)

Quadriceps

b)

Satorius

c)

Hamstrings

d)

Gastronecmius

17.
a)

Triceps brachii

b)

Deltoid

c)

Hamstring

d)

Biceps brachii

18.

What are the muscles of the shoulder called?

a)

Trapezius

b)

Brachioradialis

c)

Deltoids

d)

Hamstrings

19.
a)

Hamstrings

b)

Sartorius

c)

Tibialis Anterior

d)

Gastrocenmius

20.
a)

Rectus Abdominus

b)

External Oblique

c)

Pectoralis Major

d)

Trapezius

21.
a)
Latissimius Dorsi
b)
Trapezius
c)
Triceps
d)
Erectors
22.

What is the highlighted muscle?

a)

Biceps brachii

b)

Triceps brachii

c)

Orbicularis Oculi

d)

Trapezius

23.

What is the red muscle called?

a)

Tibialis anterior

b)

Gastronecmius

c)

Quadriceps

d)

Soleus

24.

What muscle is used for sucking liquid through a straw and for whistling?

a)

buccinator

b)

zygomaticus

c)

massetter

d)

orbicularis oris

25.

Muscles like the triceps are named based on ___________.

a)

the shape

b)

the number of origins

c)

the number of insertions

d)

the location of the bone

26.

The _________ is involved in abduction of the arms.

a)

latissimus dorsi

b)

deltoid

c)

biceps brachii

d)

rectus femoris

27.

What structure conducts impulses to the deepest regions of a muscle?

a)

Z lines

b)

Sarcoplasm

c)

Motor neurons

d)

T tubules

28.

Smooth muscles of the digestive tract move substances by squezzing them through a process called________.

a)

peristalsis

b)

perimysium

c)

contraction

d)

dilation

29.

What muscle under the lungs helps with breathing?

a)

rectus femoris

b)

frontalis

c)

diaphragm

d)

sartorius

30.

Muscles can be named using all of these except

a)

Location of muscle

b)

Shape of muscle

c)

Size of muscle

d)

Direction of muscle

e)

All of the above are true

31.

Which muscle is not involved in mastication?

a)

Frontalis

b)

Temporalis

c)

Masseter

d)

Buccinator

32.

What kind of muscle are orbicularis muscles?

a)

Parallel muscles

b)

Circular muscles

c)

Convergent muscles

d)

Bipennate muscles

33.

This muscle is responsible for moving your eyebrows

a)

Frontalis

b)

Orbicularis oculi

c)

Buccinator

d)

Temporalis

34.

This muscle is involved in your eye's ability to squint or wink

a)

Orbicularis oculi

b)

Buccinator

c)

Orbicularis oris

d)

Frontalis

35.

This muscle is considered a part of the head/neck and part of the shoulder. It helps you turn your head from side to side and hold your head up.

a)

Masseter

b)

Temporalis

c)

Sternocleidomastoid

d)

Frontalis

36.

This muscle helps support the weight of the internal organs and helps the body move. This muscle is responsible for "6 pack abs"

a)

Internal Oblique

b)

Rectus Abdominis

c)

External Oblique

d)

None of these

37.

This large muscle allows for flexion, adduction, and medial rotation of the arm.

a)

Sternocleidomastoid

b)

Deltoid

c)

Pectoralis major

d)

Biceps brachii

38.

Abduction is movement _______ from the midline where, adduction is movement ________ the midline.

a)

Towards, away

b)

Towards, in line with

c)

Away, towards

d)

In line with, away

39.

Flexion ________ the angle of the joint while extension _____ the angle of the joint.

a)

Increases, decreases

b)

decreases, steadies

c)

decreases, increases

d)

increases, steadies

40.

(Posterior View of arm) This muscle is in your arm and aids in extension of your wrist an fingers.

a)

Brachioradialis

b)

Biceps brachii

c)

Flexor digitorum superficialis

d)

Extensor digitorum

41.
What is the smallest contractile unit of a muscle fiber?
a)
Sarcomere
b)
Sarcolemma
c)
Sarcoplasmic Reticulum
d)
Sarcoplasm
42.

What is the name of the thick filaments in a sarcomere?

a)

Actin

b)

Myosin

c)

Myoglobin

d)

Titan

43.

What is the dark stripe at #4 called?

a)

A band

b)

I band

c)

Rubber band

d)

L band

44.

During excitation-contraction coupling, what attaches and detaches multiple times to the actin?

a)

troponin arms

b)

tropomyosin legs

c)

myosin tails

d)

myosin heads

45.

What can help decrease muscle loss as you age?

a)

playing sudoku

b)

playing poker

c)

regular exercise

d)

dying young

46.

When Elvis used to lift up his lip, what muscle helped him?

a)

Buccinator

b)

Trapezius

c)

Orbicularis Oris

d)

Zygomaticus

47.

What muscle is known as the kissing muscle for its ability to help you "pucker up?"

a)

Orbicularis Oculi

b)

Temporalis

c)

Orbicularis oris

d)

Zygomaticus

48.

What 3 muscles make up your hamstrings?

a)

Biceps femoris, Semitendinosus, semimembranosus

b)

Semitendinosus, gluteus maximus, Sartorius

c)

Biceps femoris, biceps, Gracilis

d)

Semimembranosus, femoralis, gluteus minimus

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