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Muscular System

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What muscle is highlighted in the picture?

a)

Triceps Brachii

b)

Biceps Brachii

c)

Quadriceps

d)

Deltoids

2.

What muscle is highlighted?

a)

Triceps Brachii

b)

Biceps Brachii

c)

Quadriceps

d)

Deltoids

3.

What muscles is highlighted?

a)

Deltoid

b)

Trapezius

c)

Tricep Brachii

d)

Pectoralis Major

4.

What muscle is highlighted?

a)

Trapezius

b)

Latissimus Dorsi

c)

Pectoralis Major

d)

Deltoids

5.

What muscle is highlighted?

a)

Latissimus Dorsi

b)

Rectus Abdominis

c)

Pectoralis Major

d)

Quadriceps

6.

What muscle is highlighted?

a)

Latissimus dorsi

b)

Trapezius

c)

Hamstrings

d)

Gastrocnemius

7.

What muscle is highlighted?

a)

Hamstrings

b)

Quadriceps

c)

Gastrocnemius

d)

Gluteus Maximus

8.

What muscle is highlighted?

a)

Abdominal Obliques

b)

Quadriceps

c)

Gluteus Maximus

d)

Hamstrings

9.

What muscle is highlighted?

a)

Hamstrings

b)

Quadriceps

c)

Gastrocnemius

d)

Gluteus Maximus

10.

What muscle is highlighted?

a)

Hamstrings

b)

Quadriceps

c)

Gastrocnemius

d)

Gluteus Maximus

11.
a)

Sartorius

b)

Sternocleidomastoid

c)

Abdominal Obliques

d)

Hamstrings

12.

a)

Abdominal Obliques

b)

Glueteus Maximus

c)

Quadriceps

d)

Rectus Abdominis

13.

What muscle is highlighted in the picture?

a)

Triceps Brachii

b)

Biceps Brachii

c)

Quadriceps

d)

Deltoids

14.
What is an example of an involuntary muscle? 
a)
Heart
b)
Arms 
c)
Legs
d)
Shoulders
15.
Cardiac muscles are ONLY located in the heart
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
16.
This type of muscle tissue is found in the walls of hollow organs such as the stomach 
a)
Skeletal
b)
Cardiac
c)
Smooth
17.
This type of muscle tissue is found only in the heart
a)
Skeletal
b)
Cardiac
c)
Smooth
18.
Which types of muscle tissue are voluntary
a)
Cardiac Muscle
b)
Smooth Muscle
c)
Skeletal Muscle
d)
Skeletal Muscle and Smooth Muscle
19.
Which type(s) of muscle tissue have visible striations
a)
Only Cardiac Muscle
b)
Only Skeletal Muscle
c)
Only Smooth Muscle
d)
Skeletal and Cardiac Muscle
20.
When a muscle contracts, it _______
a)
gets longer
b)
gets shorter
c)
gets thinner
d)
grows hair
21.
Each muscle fiber is directly surrounded by connective tissue called the 
a)
perimysium
b)
fascia
c)
endomysium
d)
epimysium
22.
Name the connective tissue layer that surrounds a skeletal muscle.
a)
epimysium
b)
perimysium
c)
endomysium
d)
sarcoplasm
23.

What Range of Motion causes you to stand on your tip toes?

a)

Dorsiflexion

b)

Plantar flexion

c)

Inversion

d)

Eversion

24.
Flexion...
a)
Decreases angle of the joint
b)
Increases angle at the joint
c)
Moves limb away from midline
d)
Moves limb toward midline
25.
Moving a limb away from midline
a)
Pronation
b)
Abduction
c)
Adduction
d)
Flexion
26.
Movement of a limb toward the body midline
a)
Abduction
b)
Flexion
c)
Adduction
d)
Pronation
27.
Movement of bone around its longitudinal axis (ball and socket joint)
a)
Circumduction
b)
Flexion
c)
Rotation
d)
Supination
28.
The functional unit of the muscle cell is the: 
a)
Sarcomere
b)
Osteon
c)
Myofilament
d)
Muscle fiber
29.
a)

adductors

b)

abductors

c)

soleus

d)

patella

30.
Which is not a type of muscle
a)
Cardiac
b)
Skeletal
c)
Bony
d)
Smooth
31.
What ties muscles to bones?
a)
cartilage
b)
tendons
c)
ligaments
d)
flexors
32.
__________ the muscle that contracts to create movement. 
a)
Voluntary
b)
Antagonistic
c)
Antagonist
d)
Agonist
33.
_______________ - muscles change length as they contract. It can either shorten the muscle or lengthen it. 
a)
Isometric contractions
b)
Isotonic contractions
c)
Concentric contraction
d)
Eccentric contraction
34.
_______________ - muscle contract, but stay the same length. An example is the muscles in the vertebral column that maintain the body's posture. 
a)
Isometric contractions
b)
Isotonic contractions
c)
Eccentric contractions
d)
Concentric contraction
35.
Which muscle is the Agonist during the action of 'standing on tiptoes'?
a)
Hamstrings
b)
Quadriceps
c)
Gastrocnemius
d)
Gluteals
36.
Which muscle is the Antagonist during the action of 'throwing a dart'?
a)
Bicep
b)
Deltoid
c)
Tricep
d)
Pectoral
37.
Which of these is NOT an antagonistic pair?
a)
Biceps & Triceps
b)
Hamstrings & Quadriceps
c)
Pectorals & Abdominals
d)
Abdominals & Latissimus Dorsi
38.
The end of a muscle attached to the bone that moves when the muscle contracts.
a)
isotonic
b)
summation
c)
insertion
d)
actin

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