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Muscular System

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the characteristics of the cardiac muscle? (hint: there is more than one answer)

a)

Involunatary

b)

Only found in the heart

c)

Responsible for making the heart contract/relax

d)

Dense connective tissue packaging

2.

Smooth Muscle is found in the?

a)

Heart

b)

Facial

c)

Organs

d)

Legs

3.

Muscles that oppose one another are

a)

synergist

b)

hateful

c)

prime movers

d)

antagonists

4.

Which of the following characteristics is defined as the ability of a muscle to quickly return to the original shape and size?

a)

Elasticity

b)

Excitibility

c)

Flexibility

d)

Extensibility

5.
Which of the following is NOT a type of muscle?
a)
Rough
b)
Smooth
c)
Cardiac
d)
Skeletal
6.
Skeletal muscles are attached to which of the following? 
a)
Bones and ligaments 
b)
Ligaments and tendons
c)
Tendons and bones
d)
Bones and fat 
7.
What are the two classifications of muscles in your body?
a)
Voluntary and Controllable
b)
Flabby and Strong
c)
Involuntary and Voluntary
d)
Hard and soft
8.
How do pairs of skeletal muscles work together?
a)
while one contracts, the other returns to original length
b)
both muscles contract at the same time
c)
both muscles relax at the same time
d)
1 muscle pulls on the bone and the other pulls on the first muscle
9.
Voluntary muscle is
a)
muscle that has to be told when to move
b)
muscle that moves automatically
c)
muscle that needs to be stretched regularly
d)
muscle that makes up the heart and stomach
10.
The cardiac muscle is 
a)
Voluntary 
b)
Involuntary 
11.

What muscle is highlighted in the picture?

a)

Triceps

b)

Biceps

c)

Quads

d)

Deltoids

12.

What muscle is highlighted in the picture?

a)

Triceps

b)

Biceps

c)

Quads

d)

Deltoids

13.

What muscle is highlighted?

a)

Triceps

b)

Biceps

c)

Quads

d)

Deltoids

14.

What muscles is highlighted?

a)

Deltoid

b)

Trapezius

c)

Tricep

d)

Pectoralis

15.

What muscle is highlighted?

a)

Trapezius

b)

Lats

c)

Pectoralis

d)

Deltoids

16.

What muscle is highlighted?

a)

Lats

b)

Abdominals

c)

Pectoralis

d)

Quads

17.

What muscle is highlighted?

a)

Lats

b)

Trapezius

c)

Hamstrings

d)

Calves

18.

What muscle is highlighted?

a)

Abdominals

b)

Quads

c)

Gluteus

d)

Hamstring

19.

What muscle is highlighted?

a)

Tricep

b)

Bicep

c)

Forearm extensors

d)

Humerus

20.

What muscle is highlighted?

a)

Hamstrings

b)

Quads

c)

Calves

d)

Gluteus

21.

What muscle is highlighted?

a)

Hamstrings

b)

Quads

c)

Calves

d)

Gluteus

22.

What muscle is highlighted?

a)

Hamstrings

b)

Quads

c)

Calves

d)

Gluteus

23.

Muscles can not push they can only....

a)

pull

b)

stand

c)

expand

d)

walk

24.

When muscles concentrically contract, the length of the muscle

a)

lengthens

b)

extends

c)

shortens

d)

stretches

25.

What are the 5 characteristics of the Muscular system?

a)

Excitable, Contractible, Extensible, Elasticity, Adaptable

b)

Excitable, Contractible, Extensible, Atrophy, adaptability

26.
The muscle which causes movement is the....
a)
Antagonist
b)
Agonist
27.
Sam is performing a bicep curl (during flexion), which is the agonist in this movement?
a)
Triceps
b)
Biceps
c)
Quadriceps
d)
Hamstring
28.

Callum plays for the school soccer team. When kicking a ball during the extension phase which muscle group acts as the antagonist?

a)

Hamstring

b)

Quadriceps

c)

Gastrocnemius

d)

Obliques

29.

Tommy is on his tip toes, which muscle is allowing this action?

a)

Gastrocnemius

b)

Hamstring

c)

Quadriceps

30.
Sally is performing a press up, during the upward phase which muscle causes arm extension?  
a)
Triceps
b)
Biceps
31.
Which muscle causes movement at the shoulder joint?
a)
Deltoid
b)
Trapezius
c)
Biceps
d)
Triceps
32.
Doing push-ups requires the use of several muscles, including:
a)
Triceps Brachii and Pectoralis Major
b)
Gastrocnemius and Hamstrings
c)
Gluteus Maximus
d)
Soleus
33.
What muscle is this?
a)
Internal obliques
b)
External obliques
c)
Pectoralis major
d)
Pectoralis minor
34.

Which of the following Types of muscle contraction makes a muscle shorter?

a)

concentric

b)

eccentric

35.
Holding barbells out in a sustained motion would be a...
a)
Isometric contraction
b)
Isoinertial contraction
c)
Eccentric contraction
d)
Concentric contraction
36.

Holding a plank is an example of a...

a)

Concentric contraction

b)

Isometric contraction

c)

Eccentric contraction

d)

Isoinertial

37.

when performing a bicep curl on the lowering phase, the biceps lengthen as it contracts. This is an example of...

a)

A Concentric muscle contraction

b)

A eccentric muscle contraction

c)

A isometric muscle contraction

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