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Muscular System

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Total number of muscular muscles.

a)

200

b)

400

c)

600

2.

What is the main purpose of our muscles?

a)

Excrete toxins

b)

Provide movement for the body

c)

Reproduce new cells

3.

How do muscles receive their ability to move the body?

a)

Muscular System

b)

Nervous System

c)

Skeletal System

4.

This property of muscles means that they are capable of receiving stimulation and responding to stimulation from the nerves.

a)

Extensible

b)

Contractible

c)

Excitable or Irritable

5.

What do you call the capability of muscles to contract or shorten after receiving stimulation?

a)

extensible

b)

contractible

c)

excitable or irritable

6.

Another property of muscles which means that muscles can be stretch by the application of force without damaging it.

a)

extensible

b)

contractible

c)

excitable or irritable

7.

It means that a muscle is able to return to its original shape and length after being extended or contracted.

a)

excitable or irritable

b)

elasticity

c)

adaptability

8.

It means enlarging the muscles.

a)

Hypertension

b)

Hypermarket

c)

Hypertrophy

9.

It means wasting of muscles.

a)

Atrophy

b)

Trophy

c)

BIotrophy

10.

Moving of body part toward the midline of the body.

a)

flexion

b)

abduction

c)

adduction

11.

Bending a joint to decrease the angle between two bones or two body parts.

a)

abduction

b)

adduction

c)

flexion

12.

Straightening and extending of the joint to increase the angle between two bones or body parts.

a)

extension

b)

flexion

c)

rotation

13.

It involves moving a body part around an axis.

a)

flexion

b)

extension

c)

rotation

14.

These muscles form the walls of the heart and contracts to circulate blood.

a)

visceral or smooth muscles

b)

skeletal muscles

c)

cardiac muscles

15.

These muscles are attach to the skeleton and provide the skeleton to move.

a)

cardiac muscles

b)

visceral muscles

c)

skeletal muscles