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WorksheetsGCSE PE OCR muscular system
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What does a tendon do?
Hold muscles together.
Hold joints in place.
Connect bone to bone.
Connect bone to muscle.
What is the definition of antagonist?
The muscle within the pair that, at a given time, is relaxing to allow movement to occur.
A moving muscle.
The relaxing one.
The contracting muscle.
How does an antagonistic pair work?
Muscles move.
Paired muscles move.
Muscles relax and contract to move bones.
As one muscle relaxes the other contracts to allow movement at a joint.
What are the characteristics of the cardiac muscle?
Involunatary
Found in the heart
Banded Appearance
Dense connective tissue packaging
The main purpose of the muscular system is to....
Keep the heart beating
Move the body
pump blood
Transfer oxygen
What muscle is highlighted in the picture?
Triceps
Biceps
Quads
Deltoids
What muscle is highlighted in the picture?
Triceps
Biceps
Quads
Deltoids
What muscles is highlighted?
Deltoid
Trapezius
Tricep
Pectorals
