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Muscular System

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 1hrs 6mins

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.
Which muscles are involuntary?
a)
skeletal
b)
cardiac
c)
smooth
d)
smooth and cardiac
5.
When a muscle contracts, it _______
a)
gets longer
b)
gets shorter
c)
gets thinner
d)
grows hair
6.
Which types of muscle tissue are voluntary?
a)
Cardiac
b)
Skeletal
c)
Smooth
d)
Cardiac and Smooth
7.
Skeletal muscles are attached to the _________.
a)
Stomach
b)
Lungs
c)
Bones
d)
Involuntary Muscles
8.
Muscles always work in _____
a)
pairs
b)
groups of 3
c)
bones
d)
joints
9.
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
10.
Involuntary muscle is 
a)
muscle found in the heart
b)
muscle found in the organs
c)
muscle that works automatically
d)
all of these are true
11.
a)
Quadriceps
b)
Satorius
c)
Hamstring
d)
Gastronecmius
12.
a)
Hamstrin
b)
Quadricep
c)
Tibialis Anterior
d)
Gastrocenmius
13.
a)
Pectoral
b)
Tricep
c)
Bicep
d)
Deltoid
14.
a)
Abdominal
b)
External Oblique
c)
Pectorals
d)
Trapezius
15.
a)
Latissimius Dorsi
b)
Trapezius
c)
Triceps
d)
Erectors
16.

What group of muscles is in the upper anterior leg?

a)

quadriceps

b)

gastrocnemius

c)

hamstrings

d)

abdominals

17.
a)

Gluteus Maximus

b)

Biceps femoris

c)

Gluteus Minimus

d)

Latissimus Dorsi

18.

What muscle is shown in the picture?

a)

triceps brachii

b)

biceps brachii

c)

deltoid

d)

gastrocnemius

19.

What muscle is shown in the picture?

a)

triceps brachii

b)

biceps brachii

c)

deltoid

d)

gastrocnemius

20.
What muscle is this?
a)
Deltoid
b)
Trapezius
c)
Latissimus Dorsi
d)
Biceps Brachii
21.
What muscle is this?
a)
Biceps Brachii
b)
Triceps Brachii
c)
Brachialis
d)
Brachioradialis
22.

If muscle cells are stimulated repeatedly without adequate periods of rest, lactic acid accumulates, and the muscle will lose its ability to contract. This is known as:

a)

Atrophy

b)

Fatigue

c)

Debt

d)

Hypertrophy

23.

Muscles are responsible for producing most of our:

a)

body heat

b)

white blood cells

c)

protein synthesis

d)

erythrocytes

24.

Which muscle is shown in orange?

a)

gracilis

b)

sartorius

c)

adductor longus

d)

vastus lateralis

25.

Name the muscle

a)

Subscapularis

b)

Latissimus Dorsi

c)

Teres Major

d)

Trapezius

26.
attaches the muscle to the bone
a)
ligament
b)
aponeurosis
c)
epimysium
d)
tendon
27.
The primary function of the muscular system is to?
a)
Move the body
b)
Communicate with the body
c)
Digest nutrients
d)
Reproduce
28.
Which of the following is NOT a function of the muscular system?
a)
Formation of red blood cells
b)
Maintain posture
c)
Movement
d)
Digestion
29.

Which of the following tissues attaches bone to other bones?

a)

muscles

b)

tendons

c)

ligaments

d)

cardiac muscle

30.

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

a)

helps with growth

b)

maintains posture

c)

stabilizes joints

d)

generates heat