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Muscular System

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of muscle is found in the heart?

a)

Cardiac

b)

Skeletal

c)

Smooth

d)

Voluntary

2.

Which type(s) of muscle are NOT striated?

a)

Cardiac

b)

Skeletal

c)

Smooth

3.

Which type(s) of muscle are voluntary?

a)

Cardiac

b)

Skeletal

c)

Smooth

4.

When muscles exert a force, they are only able to...

a)

pivot

b)

pull

c)

push

d)

rotate

5.

Tendons attach...

a)

bone to bone

b)

muscle to bone

c)

muscle to muscle

d)

muscle to nerves

6.

When a muscle contracts, it...

a)

dilates

b)

lengthens

c)

relaxes

d)

shortens

7.

In order to move bones in opposite directions, muscles often...

a)

can contract and dilate

b)

can detach from bones temporarily

c)

can push and pull

d)

work in pairs

8.

Muscles first are stimulated to contract by...

a)

mitochondria

b)

neurons

c)

nuclei

d)

sarcomeres

9.

Myofibrils are made of...

a)

muscle cells

b)

myocytes

c)

sarcomeres

d)

Z lines

10.

Within a sarcomere, myosin filaments pull on...

a)

actin filaments

b)

other myosin filaments

c)

muscle fibers

d)

Z lines

11.

When myosin pulls on the actin filaments, this causes the sarcomere too...

a)

dilate

b)

get longer

c)

grow

d)

shorten

12.

In the diagram, #4 is labeling a(n)...

a)

actin filament

b)

myosin filament

c)

Z line

d)

microfibril

13.

The arrow is pointing to the

a)

bicep

b)

deltoid

c)

pectoral

d)

tricep

14.

The arrow is pointing to the...

a)

calf muscle

b)

gluteus maximum

c)

oblique muscle

d)

quadricep muscle

15.

In any motion, the antagonist muscle...

a)

provides the main force for the motion

b)

opposes the main force of the motion

c)

stabilizes the joint during the motion

d)

supports the muscle that is providing the main force

16.

When moving upward during a sit-up or stomach crunch, the muscle acting as the agonist is the...

a)

abdominal muscles

b)

back muscles

c)

deltoid muscles

d)

quadricep muscles

17.

Without the ____ muscles, agonists might not be able to produce enough force to move.

a)

antagonist

b)

fixator

c)

smooth

d)

synergist

18.

In addition to motion, the muscular system also provides all of the following EXCEPT...

a)

body heat

b)

a heartbeat

c)

energy

d)

stability and support