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Muscular system

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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 muscles are involuntary?
a)
skeletal
b)
cardiac
c)
smooth
d)
smooth and cardiac
3.
What type of muscle is found in the bladder?
a)
cardiac
b)
skeletal
c)
smooth
d)
involuntary
4.
What is the primary function of a tendon?
a)
Attach bone to bone
b)
Attach muscles to bones
c)
Attach muscles to organs
d)
Attach muscles to fascia
5.
Muscle that raises the eyebrows.
a)
Frontalis
b)
Occipitalis
c)
Temporalis
d)
Nasalis
6.

The connective tissue sheath that surrounds a muscle fascicle is the

a)

epimysium

b)

endomysium

c)

perimysium

7.
Turn sole of foot so it faces laterally
a)
Inversion
b)
Eversion
c)
Dorsiflexion
d)
Plantar flexion
8.
Turn sole of foot so it faces medially
a)
Plantar flexion
b)
Dorsiflexion
c)
Inversion
d)
Eversion
9.
Moving a limb away from midline
a)
Pronation
b)
Abduction
c)
Adduction
d)
Flexion
10.

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

a)

flexion

b)

extension

c)

hyperextension

d)

abduction

11.

pointing foot toward the ground

a)

dorsiflexion

b)

plantarflexion

c)

inversion

d)

eversion

12.

Identify the movement being performed.

a)

Circumduction

b)

Lateral Rotation

c)

Medial Rotation

d)

Eversion

13.

Name this movement

a)

adduction

b)

abduction

c)

flexion

d)

extension

14.

What is not a function of the muscular system

a)

produce blood

b)

produce heat

c)

produce movement

d)

stabilize joints

15.

The area where the neuron sends stimuli to the muscles is called:

a)

motor neuron

b)

synaptic cleft

c)

sarcomere

d)

antagonist

16.

The A band is _____ and the I band is ____

a)

Light....Dark

b)

Thick....Thin

c)

Dark.....Light

d)

Small....Large

17.

Myosin heads grab onto this filament

a)

Thin

b)

Actin

c)

Dark

d)

Thick

18.

Muscle cramps are mainly caused by:

a)

A build up of myosin

b)

Low pain tolerance

c)

not enough carbon dioxide

d)

A build up of lactic acid

19.

The process that gives us the most ATP is

a)

Lactic acid fermentation

b)

Direct phosphorylation

c)

Anaerobic respiration

d)

Aerobic respiration

20.

All of these are golden rules of skeletal muscles except for:

a)

When a muscle contracts, the insertion moves closer to the origin

b)

all muscles pull, never push

c)

most muscles cross at least 1 joint

d)

the bulk of the muscle is near the joint it crosses

e)

muscles can pull and push