WorksheetsStructure and Function of Muscles
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
Muscles that are not under your conscious control. Responsible for activities such as breathing, digesting food and your heart beating.
skeletal muscles
voluntary muscles
involuntary muscles
A muscle that is attached to the bones of the skeleton by tendons and provides the force that moves the bones. Can be voluntary or involuntary.
skeletal muscles
smooth muscles
cardiac muscles
Muscles that are under your control. Smiling, turning a page in a book and getting out of your chair are some examples.
voluntary muscles
involuntary muscles
Characteristics in these muscles: involuntary, does not get tired and controls heartbeats.
skeletal muscles
smooth muscles
cardiac muscles
A muscle that is involuntary and found in walls of internal organs such as a stomach and intestines and bladder and blood vessels.
smooth muscles
cardiac muscles
skeletal muscles
Which of the following is NOT a type of muscle?
smooth
cardiac
skeletal
rough
This tough band of connective tissue connects muscles to bones.
cartilage
joint
ligament
tendon
These muscles can move an arm or leg in a contracts and relaxes ways.
smooth muscles
cardiac muscles
skeletal muscles
(Based on the picture in page 94) When a muscles contracts, it ....
get longer
get thinner
get shorter
get softer
Antagonistic muscles happen when ....
the muscles work against each other
the muscles work in synergy
the muscles work independently
the muscles work simultaneously
