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Muscular System

Total questions: 63

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
a)

Latissimus dorsi

b)

Erectors

c)

Deltoids

d)

Abdominal

2.
a)

Buccinator

b)

Orbicularis Oculi

c)

Sartorius

d)

Gastrocnemius

3.
a)
Tricep
b)
Deltoid
c)
Hamstring
d)
Bicep
4.
a)
Trapezius
b)
Gluteals
c)
Deltoid
d)
Hamstring
5.
a)

Hamstrin

b)

Quadricep

c)

Tibialis Anterior

d)

Gastrocnemius

6.
a)
Glutueal
b)
Hamstring
c)
Quadricep
d)
External Oblique
7.
a)
Pectoral
b)
Tricep
c)
Bicep
d)
Deltoid
8.
a)

Hamstring

b)

Quadriceps

c)

Bicep

d)

Sartorius

9.
a)
Latissimius Dorsi
b)
Trapezius
c)
Triceps
d)
Erectors
10.
a)

Biceps

b)

Triceps

c)

Oculi

d)

Trapezius

11.

Brachialis

a)

Starts on the occipital bone

Ends at the lower thoracic vertebrae

Tilts/turns head/neck, shrug/steady shoulders, and retracts scapula/shoulder blade

b)

Starts at iliac crest

Ends at 12th rib

Lateral flexion of vertebral column

c)

Starts at upper 2/3 of humerus

Ends at the base of radius

Felxes arm at the elbow and brings forearm into midprobe position

d)

Starts at the anterior surface of the humerus

Ends at the top of the radius

Flexes the elbow joint

12.

Iliotibial Tract

a)

Starts at subscapular

Ends at bottom humerus

Rotated humerus and stabilizes shoulder

b)

Starts mid femur

Ends at quadriceps tendon

Extends knee

c)

Starts at upper tibia and fibula

Ends under the heel

Flexes ankle joint

d)

Starts at the end of gluteous maximus

Ends on the tibia

Extends and rotates the hip

13.

Brachioradialis

a)

Starts at upper tibia and fibula

Ends at tendon under heel

Flexes the ankle joint

b)

Starts at lower 2/3 of fibula

Ends at fifth metatarsal

Flexes ball of foot

c)

Starts at the upper 2/3 of humerus

Ends at the base of the radius

Flexes arm at elbow and brings forearm into midprobe position

d)

Starts at common flexor of humerus

Ends at palmar aponeurosis

Flexes wrist

14.

What is the scientific name for the calf muscle in lower leg

a)

Gastrocnemius

b)

Gastronemius

c)

Calf

d)

Gastrocnemiouss

15.

What muscle can you see in the image?

a)

Hamstrings

b)

Quadriceps

c)

Gluteus Maximus

d)

Gastrocnemius

16.

What are the two muscles in the arm between the shoulder and elbow?

a)

Gastrocnemius and Deltoid

b)

Bicep and Tricep Brachii

c)

Bicep and Pectorals

d)

Quadriceps and Hamstrings

17.

Which muscle is responsible for chewing/ closing the mouth?

a)

masseter

b)

frontalis

c)

orbicularis oris

d)

pterygoid

18.
a)

Rectus Abdominus

b)

External Oblique

c)

Pectorals

d)

Trapezius

19.
What is the name of the contractile unit in a muscle cell?
a)
fascicle
b)
sarcomere
c)
tendon
d)
endomysium
20.

Muscles push; they cannot pull.

a)

true

b)

false

21.

The place that the tendon attaches to the relatively stationary bone is called the

a)

insertion

b)

origin

22.

Skeletal muscles attach to bone via _____.

a)

tendon

b)

veins

c)

arteries

23.
Which muscle is #3?
a)
gracilis
b)
sartorius
c)
adductor longus
d)
vastus lateralis
24.
Which muscle is #4?
a)
rectus femoris
b)
biceps femoris
c)
vastus lateralis
d)
sartorius
25.

Which muscle is #5?

a)

vastus lateralis

b)

vastus medialis

c)

gracilis

d)

sartorius

26.
Which muscle is #6?
a)
vastus lateralis
b)
vastus medialis
c)
rectus femoris
d)
gracilis
27.

A

a)

Gluteus maximus

b)

Gluteus medius

28.

What is the name of this muscle?

a)

vastus lateralis

b)

semimembranosus

c)

vastus intermedius

d)

vastus medialis

29.

What is the name of this muscle?

a)

rectus femoris

b)

vastus medialis

c)

vastus lateralis

d)

biceps femoris

30.

What is the name of this muscle?

a)

tibialis anterior

b)

vastus lateralis

c)

soleus

d)

procerus

31.

What is the name of this muscle?

a)

soleus

b)

gastrocnemius

c)

Calcaneal/Achilles tendon

d)

tibialis anterior

32.
The Action of the Rectus Femoris is to
a)
Flex the Hip
b)
Extend the Hip
c)
Extend the knee/leg
d)
Abduct the leg
33.
a)
internal obliques
b)
external obliques
c)
rectus abdominus
d)
tranverse obliques
34.
a)
rectus abdominus
b)
internal obliques
c)
external obliques
d)
pectoralis major
35.
a)
Lattisumus Dorsi
b)
Biceps
c)
Trapezius
d)
Occipitalis
36.
a)
Gluteus minor
b)
Gluteus maximus
c)
Gluteus medius
d)
Tensor fascia latae
37.
a)
Sartorius
b)
Biceps femoris
c)
semitendinousus
d)
Gracilis
38.
a)
Gluteus Maximus
b)
Gracilis
c)
Vastus Lateralis
d)
Rectus Femoris
39.
a)
Sartorius
b)
Gluteus Medius
c)
Gracilis
d)
Quadriceps
40.
a)
Biceps
b)
Coracobrachialis
c)
Triceps
d)
Brachialis
41.
a)
Mastoid
b)
Sternocleidomastoid
c)
Trapezius
d)
Sternohyoid
42.

What muscle is highlighted?

a)

Triceps

b)

Biceps

c)

Quads

d)

Deltoids

43.

What muscle is highlighted?

a)

Hamstrings

b)

Quads

c)

Calves

d)

Gluteus

44.
a)
Flexion
b)
extension
c)
abduction
d)
adduction
45.
a)
Flexion
b)
extension
c)
abduction
d)
adduction
46.
a)
Flexion
b)
extension
c)
abduction
d)
adduction
47.
a)
Flexion
b)
extension
c)
abduction
d)
adduction
48.
Muscle that raises the eyebrows.
a)
Frontalis
b)
Occipitalis
c)
Temporalis
d)
Nasalis
49.
Muscle that compresses and closes the mouth
a)
Orbicularis Oris
b)
Orbicularis Oculi
c)
Frontalis
d)
Nasalis
50.
Muscle that draws the corners of the mouth downward and backward
a)
Platysma
b)
Nasalis
c)
Orbicularis Oculi
d)
Zygomaticus
51.
Muscle that raises the corner of the mouth
a)
Zygomaticus
b)
Orbicularis Oris
c)
Orbicularis Oculi
d)
Nasalis
52.
Muscle that flexes the head and rotates the head toward opposite side from muscle.
a)
Sternocleidomastoid
b)
Masseter
c)
Platysma
d)
Frontalis
53.
Muscle that closes the eyelid and tightens the skin on the forehead
a)
Orbicularis Oculi
b)
Frontalis
c)
Zygomaticus
d)
Platysma
54.
Aliaan is shrugging his shoulders which muscles causes this movement?
a)
Deltoid
b)
Trapezius
c)
Abdominals
d)
Obliques
55.
What connects bone to bone?
a)
Ligament
b)
Tendon
c)
Cartilage
56.
Turn sole of foot so it faces laterally
a)
Inversion
b)
Eversion
c)
Dorsiflexion
d)
Plantar flexion
57.
Moving a limb away from midline
a)
Pronation
b)
Abduction
c)
Adduction
d)
Flexion
58.
Movement of a limb toward the body midline
a)
Abduction
b)
Flexion
c)
Adduction
d)
Pronation
59.
Palm of hand turns from anterior to posterior.
a)
Pronation
b)
Supination
c)
Plantar flexion
d)
Flexion
60.
Turn sole of foot so it faces medially
a)
Plantar flexion
b)
Dorsiflexion
c)
Inversion
d)
Eversion
61.
Moving palm of hand from posterior position to anterior position
a)
Circumduction
b)
Rotation
c)
Supination
d)
Pronation
62.

extension that is greater than 180 degrees and is beyond anatomical position

a)

flexion

b)

extension

c)

hyperextension

d)

abduction

63.

Name this movement

a)

extension

b)

flexion

c)

adduction

d)

abduction