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Muscular System

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which type of Muscles are under are conscious control?  This means we instruct them to perform
a)
Skeletal/Voluntary Muscle
b)
Smooth/Involentary
c)
Cardiac Muscle
d)
Rough Muscle 
2.
These muscles work automatically without us doing any work.  
a)
Skeletal/ Voluntary
b)
Smooth/Involuntary
c)
Cardiac 
d)
Rough 
3.
Cardiac muscle is only found where? 
a)
Lungs
b)
Heart
c)
Kidney's 
d)
Liver
4.
How are muscles attached to bone?
a)
Ligaments
b)
Cartlidge
c)
skin
d)
Tendons
5.

What are the characteristics of the cardiac muscle?

a)

Involunatary

b)

Found in the heart

c)

Banded Appearance

d)

Dense connective tissue packaging

6.

Smooth Muscle is found in the?

a)

Heart

b)

Facial

c)

Organs

d)

Legs

7.

Muscles that oppose one another are

a)

synergist

b)

hateful

c)

prime movers

d)

antagonists

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.

Which connective tissue surrounds fasicles?

a)

epimysium

b)

endomysium

c)

perimysium

10.

Which connective tissue surrounds the whole muscle?

a)

epimysium

b)

endomysium

c)

perimysium

11.

Actin myofilaments are

a)

attached to the z disk

b)

are found primarily in the h zone

c)

are thicker than myosin myofilaments

d)

all of these options

12.

Which of the following puts the structures of the muscle in order from largest to smallest?

a)

Whole muscle, muscle fiber, actin & myosin, myofibril, muscle fasicle

b)

Whole muscle, muscle fasicle, muscle fiber, myofibril, actin & myosin

c)

Whole muscle, muscle fiber, muscle fasicle, myofibril, actin & myosin

d)

Whole muscle, muscle fasicle, muscle fiber, actin & myosin, myofibril

13.
Anaerobic respiration
a)
causes fatigue
b)
produces lactic acid
c)
produces oxygen debt
d)
all of these
14.
Which of the following MUST be present for aerobic respiration? 
a)
carbon dioxide
b)
lactic acid 
c)
glucose
d)
oxygen
15.
Which chemicals must be present for muscles to contract?
a)
calcium
b)
ATP
c)
lactic acid
d)
ATP and Calcuim
16.
The muscle primarily responsible for a movement
is the:
a)
prime mover (agonist).
b)
synergist.
c)
antagonist.
d)
origin.
17.
The functional contractile unit within muscle fiber is the:
a)
sarcoplasm.
b)
sarcolemma.
c)
sarcomere.
d)
sarcoplasmic reticulum.
18.
According to the sliding filament model, muscle
contraction begins when:
a)
calcium ion concentration increases exposing binding sites.
b)
myosin heads pull on actin filaments.
c)
ATP splits to form ADP and P.
d)
myosin heads release the actin filaments
19.

Identify the highlighted muscle

a)

Deltoid

b)

Biceps

c)

Trapezius

d)

Hamstring

20.

Identify the highlighted muscle

a)

Latissimus dorsi

b)

Deltoid

c)

Oblique

d)

Quadriceps

21.

Identify the highlighted muscle

a)

Biceps

b)

Gluteus Maximus

c)

Triceps

d)

Deltoid

22.

Identify the highlighted muscle

a)

BIceps

b)

Triceps

c)

Oblique

d)

Trapezius

23.

Identify the highlighted muscle

a)

Deltiod

b)

Trapezius

c)

Latissimus Dorsi

d)

Sartorius

24.

Identify the highlighted muscle

a)

Hamstrings

b)

Quadriceps

c)

Oblique

d)

Gluteus Maximus

25.

Identify the highlighted muscle

a)

Hamstring

b)

Gastrocnemius

c)

Achilles Tendon

d)

Trapezius

26.

Identify the highlighted muscle

a)

Quadriceps

b)

Biceps

c)

Hamstrings

d)

Extensor Carpi

27.

Identify the highlighted muscle

a)

Hamstrings

b)

Deltoid

c)

Gluteus Maximus

d)

Oblique

28.
Callum plays for the school team. When kicking a ball during extension which is the antagonist?
a)
Hamstring
b)
Quadriceps
c)
Gastrocnemius
d)
Obliques
29.
Tommy Tu is on his tip toes, which muscle is allowing this?
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.
Aliaan is shrugging his shoulders which muscles causes this movement?
a)
Deltoid
b)
Trapezius
c)
Abdominals
d)
Obliques
33.
Muscle that compresses and closes the mouth
a)
Orbicularis Oris
b)
Orbicularis Oculi
c)
Frontalis
d)
Nasalis
34.
Muscle that raises the eyebrows.
a)
Frontalis
b)
Occipitalis
c)
Temporalis
d)
Nasalis
35.
Muscle that closes the eyelid and tightens the skin on the forehead
a)
Orbicularis Oculi
b)
Frontalis
c)
Zygomaticus
d)
Platysma
36.
Muscle that closes the jaw
a)
Masseter
b)
Orbicularis Oculi
c)
Zygomaticus
d)
Nasalis
37.

What is 3 pointing at?

a)

Sarcomere

b)

Actin

c)

Myosin

d)

Z line

38.

Actin and Myosin are protein fibers that make up myofibrils.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

39.

When the body runs out of oxygen, muscles resort to ___ for energy.

a)

ethanol fermentation

b)

lactic acid fermentation

c)

aerobic respiration

d)

fat

40.
What two chemicals are necessary for muscle contraction to occur?
a)
Niacin and Potassium
b)
Calcium and ATP
c)
Sodium and Potassium
d)
Ach and Potassium
41.

location of muscle attachment that is stationary

a)

insertion

b)

origin

c)

belly

d)

sarcomere

42.

location of muscle attachment that moves

a)

insertion

b)

origin

c)

belly

d)

sarcomere

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