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Musculoskeletal System

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 49mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the 3 types of muscle tissue?
a)
Thigh, Calf, & Shoulder
b)
Traps, Forearm, & Abs
c)
Hamstring, Biceps, & Triceps
d)
Smooth Muscle, Cardiac Muscle, & Skeletal Muscle
2.
Which muscle type is found in your stomach, bladder, and intestines?
a)
Skeletal
b)
Smooth
c)
Cardiac
d)
Straight
3.
Which type of muscle is found in your heart?
a)
Skeletal
b)
Smooth
c)
Cardiac
d)
Straight
4.

What bone is highlighted?

a)

Skull (Cranium)

b)

Mandible

c)

Clavicle

d)

Scapula

5.

What bone is highlighted?

a)

Radius

b)

Ulna

c)

Humerus

d)

Carpals

6.

What bone is highlighted?

a)

Femur

b)

Tibia

c)

Fibula

d)

Humerus

7.

From wrist to fingertip, what is the order of bones?

a)

Carpals, metacarpals, phalanges

b)

Phalanges, metacarpals, carpals

c)

Carpals, phalanges, metacarpals

d)

Metacarpals, carpals, phalanges

8.
Which muscles are involuntary?
a)
skeletal
b)
cardiac
c)
smooth
d)
smooth and cardiac
9.
When a muscle contracts, it _______
a)
gets longer
b)
gets shorter
c)
gets thinner
d)
grows hair
10.
Which types of muscle tissue are voluntary?
a)
Cardiac
b)
Skeletal
c)
Smooth
d)
Cardiac and Smooth
11.
Skeletal muscles are attached to the _________.
a)
Stomach
b)
Lungs
c)
Bones
d)
Involuntary Muscles
12.
Muscles always work in _____
a)
pairs
b)
groups of 3
c)
bones
d)
joints
13.
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
14.
How many bones does an adult human have?
a)
300
b)
306
c)
206
d)
602
15.
What is another name for your shin bone?
a)
fibula
b)
tibia
c)
thigh bone
d)
femur
16.
What do your bones protect?
a)
organs
b)
skin
c)
muscles
d)
feelings
17.
What are the three jobs of your bones?
a)
movement, structure, joints
b)
movement, structure, protection
c)
structure, digestion and breathing
d)
movement, digestion and breathing
18.
What is another name for your collar bone?
a)
scapula
b)
clavicle
c)
patella
d)
sternum
19.
Where are three places you can find cartilage?
a)
nose, tongue and eyes
b)
nose, ears and joints
c)
fingernails, lips and eyes
d)
skin, eyes and lungs
20.
What do we call the place where two or more bones meet?
a)
head
b)
cranium
c)
joints
d)
feet
21.
Name this joint 
a)
gliding
b)
saddle
c)
hinge
d)
ball and socket
22.
The knee joint is
a)
Hinge
b)
Gliding
c)
Ball and socket
d)
Pivot
23.
Connects bone to bone
a)
Ligament
b)
Tendon
c)
Cartilidge
24.

What muscles is this?

a)

Iliopsoas

b)

Deltiods

c)

Trapezius

d)

Pectoralis

25.
What is an exercise that would strengthen skeletal muscles?
a)
Push-ups
b)
math games
c)
NBA 2k
26.
The muscle that makes up the heart is called ...
a)
striated
b)
cardiac
c)
skeletal
27.

What is periosteum?

a)

tendon

b)

rough layer of tissue around the bone

c)

marrow in the bone

d)

hold ligaments to tendons

28.

Strips of connective tissues that holds muscle to bone is

a)

tendon

b)

smooth muscle

c)

striated muscle

d)

ligaments

29.

Where are red blood cells made?

a)

Kidneys

b)

bones (marrow)

c)

fat

d)

heart

30.

Which is NOT a muscle type?

a)

striated

b)

cardiac

c)

smooth

d)

skeletal

31.
Where might you find involuntary muscles.
a)
In your arms
b)
In your mouth
c)
In your toes
d)
In your stomach
32.
Place the following events in sequence:
A) Your arm moves
B) An impulse travels along a nerve
C) You decide you want to move your arm.  
a)
A B C
b)
C B A
c)
C A B
d)
A C B
33.
Why are voluntary muscles also known as skeletal muscles?
a)
They are part of your skeleton
b)
They give your body its form & structure
c)
They make your skeleton move
d)
They contain bone fragments
34.
Which body part contains a joint?
a)
Shoulder
b)
Heart
c)
Tongue
d)
Brain
35.
What might happen if one of your tendons snapped in half?
a)
One of your bones would break
b)
You wouldn't be able to move a bone
c)
An involuntary muscle would stop functioning
d)
Your muscles would tighten up, and not be able to relax.  
36.
Glucose supplies your muscles with:
a)
Oxygen
b)
Energy
c)
Water
d)
Blod
37.
Which type of muscle is found in your digestive system?
a)
smooth
b)
cardiac
c)
skeletal
d)
none
38.
Your hip bone is also known as your
____________________
a)
pelvis
b)
waist
c)
femur
d)
radius
39.

Which of the following is not a function of bones?

a)

Protection

b)

Blood cell formation

c)

Storage

d)

Absorption

40.

U5C4B The bones in your back are made up of what?

a)

fingers

b)

phalanges

c)

vertebrate

d)

toes

41.
Do bones grow?
a)
yes
b)
no
42.
The wrist is called the
a)
Tarsal
b)
Metacarpal
c)
Carpal
d)
Metatarsal
43.
Which of these is NOT a bone in the leg?
a)
Femur
b)
Tibia
c)
Fibia
d)
Fibula
44.
The shoulder blade is known as our 
a)
Scapula
b)
Clavicle
c)
Phalanges
d)
Ulna
45.
The phalanges are names for what?
a)
upper arm
b)
fingers/toes
c)
hands 
d)
feet
46.
a)
Quadriceps
b)
Satorius
c)
Hamstring
d)
Gastronecmius
47.
Creates a smooth surface for motion within the joints and protects the ends of bones.
a)
Cartilage
b)
Bone Marrow
c)
Ligaments
d)
Bursa
48.
Lubricant that makes smooth joint movements possible
a)
Bursa
b)
Cartilage
c)
Synovial Fluid
d)
Ligaments
49.
What are joints
a)
A place where one bone meets 
b)
A place where  two  bones meet 
c)
Bones don't meet 
d)
A place where three bones meet 
50.

What is one of the most common causes of arthritis?

a)

The bones become week and brittle due to a lack of calcium in the diet

b)

Cartilage is worn away and bones rub against one and other in the joints

c)

An infection in your bones

d)

Cracking your knuckles

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