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muscular system

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name number 1

a)

bone

b)

tendon

c)

muscle

d)

Epimysium

2.

What is number 5

a)

fascicle

b)

endomysium

c)

muscle fiber

d)

micro fibers

3.

List the 3 types of muscle

a)

skeletal

b)

smooth

c)

cardiac

d)

rough

4.

What type of muscle is involuntary

a)

smooth

b)

cardiac

c)

skeletal

d)

rough

5.

What is number 7

a)

epimysium

b)

endomysium

c)

perimysium

d)

muscle

6.

What is number 4

a)

muscle fiber

b)

tendon

c)

blood vesicle

d)

fascicle

7.

How many muscles are in the human body

a)

500

b)

600

c)

500 +

d)

600 +

8.

Where can smooth muscle be found in the body

a)

organs

b)

blood vesicles

c)

large intestines

d)

all of the answers

9.

What is the name of the muscle cell's cell membrane

a)

sarcolemma

b)

sarcoplasma

c)

endomysium

d)

mitochondria

10.

Energy source for muscles produced in the mitochondria?

a)

ATP

b)

ADP

c)

O2

d)

Ca

11.

Which muscle produces slow involuntary movement?

a)

smooth muscle

b)

skeletal muscle

c)

cardiac muscle

d)

dino muscle

12.

Sudden involuntary contraction of a muscle

a)

Muscle Atrophy

b)

Spasm

c)

Strain

d)

Hypertrophy

13.

What muscle is voluntary, striated, multi-nucleated and helps the body keep homeostasis?

a)

Skeletal

b)

Smooth

c)

Cardiac

d)

Simple

14.

Muscle atrophy

a)

Genetic disorder that causes progressive wasting and weakness of muscle

b)

Muscles do not contract because nerves controlling them are diseased or injured.

c)

Decrease in muscle size due to disuse.

d)

Increase in muscle size resulting from exercise

15.

The functional unit of skeletal muscle is

a)

sarcolema

b)

sarcoplasm

c)

sarcomere

d)

muscle fiber

16.
a)

skeletal muscle

b)

cardiac muscle

c)

smooth muscle

17.
a)

skeletal muscle

b)

cardiac muscle

c)

smooth muscle

18.

thick filament striation in sarcomere

a)

myosin

b)

actin

c)

z discs

d)

titin filament

19.

what chemical binds to actin to expose its binding sites

a)

Na+

b)

K+

c)

Ca

d)

HCL

20.
Muscles always work in _____
a)
pairs
b)
groups of 3
c)
bones
d)
joints
21.
What is an example of an involuntary muscle? 
a)
Heart
b)
Arms 
c)
Legs
d)
Shoulders
22.
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
23.
What type of muscle are the biceps and triceps that are located in your upper arm?
a)
skeletal
b)
cardiac
c)
smooth
d)
involuntary
24.
These muscles are attached to your bones
a)
Skeletal
b)
Smooth
c)
Rough
d)
Cardiac
25.
The most important muscle in the body is the
a)
Bicep
b)
Heart
c)
Tricep
d)
Hamstring
26.
Cardiac muscles are ONLY located in the heart
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
27.

Abduction-

a)

moving a body part away from the midline

b)

moving a body part toward the midline

c)

decreasing the angle between two bones, or bending a body part

d)

turning a body part around its own axis

28.
How many types of Muscles are there in the body?
a)
2
b)
4
c)
3
d)
1
29.
What type of muscle would a sprinter have more of?
a)
Fast Twitch 
b)
Slow Twitch 
30.
How are muscles attached to bone?
a)
Ligaments
b)
Cartlidge
c)
skin
d)
Tendons
31.
What is Isometric movement
a)
When a muscle lengthens 
b)
There is no movement at the end of the muscle
c)
When a muscle shortens 
32.
Name a pair of muscles that work together. 
a)
Quads and Gastronomics  
b)
Glutes and Hamstrings
c)
Abs and Lats 
d)
Triceps and Biceps 
33.

Rotation

a)

turning a body part around its own axis

b)

moving in a circle at a joint

c)

decreasing the angle between two bones, or bending a body part

d)

moving a body part toward the midline

34.

Fibromyalgia

a)

progressive wasting and weakening of the muscles

b)

Chronic pain in specific muscle sites. Cause is unknown. Treatment is directed toward pain relief

c)

Paralysis of muscle

35.

which is not a characteristics of muscles

a)

Excitability

b)

Contractibility

c)

elasticity

d)

protect

36.

Excitability

a)

ability to respond to a stimulus such as a nerve impulse

b)

muscle fibers that are stimulated by nerves contract, or become shorter, which causes movement

c)

the ability to be stretched

d)

allows the muscles to return to its original shape after it has contracted or stretched

37.
a)

smooth muscle

b)

tendon

c)

cardiac muscle

d)

skeletal muscle

38.

extensibility

a)

the ability to be stretched

b)

ability to respond to a stimulus such as a nerve impulse

c)

allows the muscles to return to its original shape after it has contracted or stretched

39.

Strain

a)

overstretching of or injury to a muscle or tendon

b)

sudden painful, involuntary muscle contractions

c)

progressive wasting and weakening of the muscles

40.

Muscle functions include Movement, Support. Protect and

a)

thermogenesis

b)

elasticity

c)

Contractibility

d)

antagonistic pairs

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