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Anatomy The Muscular System

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which type of muscle is NOT striated?

a)

Skeletal

b)

Cardiac

c)

Smooth

2.

What is a natural byproduct of muscle cell metabolism?

a)

ATP

b)

Synthesis

c)

Protein

d)

Heat

3.

What are the individual muscle fibers (cells) that are arranged in bundles called?

a)

Epimysium

b)

Perimysium

c)

Endomysium

d)

Fascicles

4.

What keeps the body in position giving a steady partial contraction of muscle?

a)

Muscle rigidity

b)

Muscle flaccidity

c)

Muscle tone

d)

Muscle posture

5.

What is a band of dense regular connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone called?

a)

Tendons

b)

Perimysium

c)

Epimysium

d)

Ligaments

6.

What is the name of muscle fibers capacity to undergo shortening and become thicker ?

a)

Synapse

b)

Membrane potential

c)

Contractility

d)

Excitability

7.

What are the two kinds of skeletal muscle fiber made primarily of protein?

a)

Actin, Myosin

b)

Acetylcholine, Myosin

c)

Synapse, Actin

d)

Sarcomere, Actin

8.

In addition to ATP, actin and myosin what else is needed for muscle contraction (this enables actin and myosin to cross bridges)?

a)

Protein

b)

Acetylcholine

c)

Phosphorus

d)

Calcium

9.

What two proteins block the site on actin filaments where cross-bridges form (This occurs when muscles are at rest)?

a)

ADP, ATP

b)

Sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR), Acetylcholine

c)

Troponin, tropomyosin

10.

What in muscle cells stores oxygen?

a)

Glycogen

b)

Myolglobin

c)

Hemoglobin

d)

Fatty acids

11.

Organize these options into the right categories

Categorize the following

Voluntary

Involuntary

Involuntar

Striated

Striate

Non-striated

Nuclei

Intercalated discs

Nucleus

Cylinder-shaped muscle fibers

Visceral muscle

Structure fits function

Skeletal Muscle
Cardiac Muscle
Smooth Murscle
12.

What is the the name of the basic functional unit of skeletal muscles​ (a)   ?

Choose from the below words
sarcomere
sheaths
fascia
13.

What is the name of the place where nerves meet muscle triggering an electrical impulse?

a)

Synapsis

b)

Sarcoplasmic reticulum

c)

Motor neuron

d)

Neuromuscular junction

14.

Match the following

a)

Concentric contraction

1.

The muscle shortens

b)

Eccentric contraction

2.

The muscle lengthens

c)

Isometric contraction

3.

Increase in muscle tension

15.

When a muscle shrinks in mass what is it called?

a)

Hypertrophy

b)

Atrophy

16.

Match the following movements with the definition

a)

Extension

1.

Straightening out

b)

Flexion

2.

Bending

c)

Rotation

3.

Moving around a longitudinal axis

d)

Supination

4.

Lying face up

e)

Circumduction

5.

Move so the distal end moves in a circle

17.

What muscle elevates the corners of the mouth and lips?

a)

Zygomaticus

b)

Orbicularis oculi

c)

Masseter

d)

Orbicularis oris

18.

Which muscle is responsible for plantar flexing of the foot and is the primary calf muscle?

a)

Tibialis

b)

Quadricep

c)

Fibularis

d)

Gastrocnemius