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Muscles test

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
This type of muscle tissue is found only in the heart
a)
Skeletal
b)
Cardiac
c)
Smooth
2.
This type of muscle tissue is attached to bones wand helps control voluntary movement
a)
Skeletal
b)
Cardiac
c)
Smooth
3.
Which types of muscle tissue are voluntary
a)
Cardiac Muscle
b)
Smooth Muscle
c)
Skeletal Muscle
d)
Skeletal Muscle and Smooth Muscle
4.
What are the 3 types of muscle tissue?
a)
Thigh, Calf, & Shoulder
b)
Traps, Forearm, & Abs
c)
Hamstring, Biceps, & Triceps
d)
Smooth Muscle, Cardiac Muscle, & Skeletal Muscle
5.
This type of muscle tissue moves food through the digestive track
a)
Skeletal
b)
Cardiac
c)
Smooth
6.
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
7.
Muscles always work in _____
a)
pairs
b)
groups of 3
c)
bones
d)
joints
8.

The bicep and triceps are classified as an involuntary muscle type

a)

True

b)

False

9.
When a muscle contracts, it _______
a)
gets longer
b)
gets shorter
c)
gets thinner
d)
grows hair
10.
Which is a TRUE statement about  this type of muscle
a)
It is involuntary
b)
It is striated
c)
Found attached to bones
d)
Has more than one nucleus
11.
What is the name of this muscle group?
a)
Biceps
b)
Quadriceps
c)
Hamstrings
d)
Calf
12.
What is the name of this muscle?
a)
Bicep brachii
b)
Tricep brachii
c)
Deltoid
d)
Trapezius
13.
What is the name of this muscle?
a)
Trapezius
b)
Deltoid
c)
Rectus Abdominis
d)
Pectoralis Major
14.
What is the name given to the contractile units repeated along the myofibrils?  
a)
Fascicles
b)
Perimysium
c)
Sarcomere
d)
Epimysium 
15.
What covers fascicles?
a)
Epimysium
b)
Perimysium
c)
Endomysium
d)
Sarcolemma
16.
What covers muscle?
a)
Epimysium
b)
Perimysium
c)
Endomysium
d)
Sarcolemma
17.
Which muscle type is found in the internal organs, blood vessels, and airways?
a)
Skeletal
b)
Smooth
c)
Cardiac
d)
All muscle types
18.
Which muscle type is voluntary?
a)
Skeletal
b)
Smooth
c)
Cardiac
d)
Smooth and Cardiac
19.
Name this muscle
a)
Popliteal
b)
Soleus
c)
Patella
d)
Gastrocnemius
20.
Name this muscle
a)
Triceps brachii
b)
Biceps brachii
c)
Brachialisradialus
d)
Trapezius
21.
Name this muscle
a)
rectus abdominus
b)
internal obliques
c)
external obliques
d)
transverse obliques
22.
Name this muscle
a)
orbicularis oris
b)
orbicularis oculi
c)
masseter
d)
buccinator
23.
Name this muscle
a)
occipitalis
b)
temporalis
c)
frontalis
d)
orbicularis oris
24.
Name this muscle
a)
Mastoid
b)
Sternocleidomastoid
c)
Trapezius
d)
Sternohyoid
25.
The quadriceps muscle is located...
a)
posterior upper leg
b)
posterior lower leg
c)
anterior lower leg
d)
anterior upper leg
26.
Which muscle squints up your eyes or wink?
a)
orbicularis oris
b)
zygomaticus
c)
temporalis
d)
orbicularis oculi
27.
What muscle is shown here?
a)
Lattisimus Dorsi
b)
External Oblique
c)
Trapezius
d)
Posterior Deltoid
28.
A bundle of muscle fibers is called
a)
actin
b)
mysoin
c)
fascicle
d)
sarcomere
29.
This muscle tissue is
a)
skeletal and voluntary
b)
skeletal and involuntary
c)
cardiac and voluntary
d)
cardiac and involuntary
30.
This is which type of muscle tissue?
a)
cardiac
b)
smooth 
c)
skeletal
d)
all types of muscle tissue
31.
Another name for a muscle cell is 
a)
fascicle
b)
myofibril
c)
myofilament
d)
muscle fiber
32.
The two types of myofilaments are 
a)
actin and myosin
b)
actin and sarcomere
c)
my0soin and fascicle
d)
epimysium and perimysium
33.
Movement of a limb toward the body midline
a)
Abduction
b)
Flexion
c)
Adduction
d)
Pronation
34.
Identify the joint action being performed.
a)
Circumduction
b)
Lateral Rotation
c)
Medial Rotation
d)
Eversion
35.

Name this movement

a)

adduction

b)

abduction

c)

flexion

d)

extension

36.

Anaerobic glycolysis occurs without:

a)

ATP

b)

oxygen

c)

lactic acid

d)

glucose

37.

Muscle fatigue is due in part to the accumulation of:

a)

lactic acid

b)

ATP

c)

carbon dioxide

d)

pyruvic acid

38.
Skeletal Muscle contraction is initiated when the ________ sends a message to the muscle cell.  
a)
Muscle cell
b)
Neuron
c)
Gland
d)
None of the above
39.
Anaerobic respiration in muscle cells 
a)
causes fatigue
b)
produces lactic acid
c)
occurs with a lack of oxygen
d)
all of these
40.
The following are all functions of the muscular system EXCEPT:
a)
Maintaining posture
b)
Generating body heat
c)
Stabilizing joints
d)
Producing red blood cells (hematopoiesis)
41.
What is the name of the Thick filaments?
a)
Actin
b)
Myosin
c)
Myoglobin
d)
Titan
42.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of muscles?

a)

Contractility

b)

Elasticity

c)

Solubility

d)

Extensibility

43.

Which of the following is NOT a function of muscles?

a)

produce movement

b)

produce energy

c)

stabilize joints

d)

generate heat

44.

Which connective tissue is just outside the sarcolemma?

a)

epimysium

b)

perimysium

c)

endomysium

d)

fascicle

45.

What is the energy source that is used for all contractions?

a)

Glucose

b)

Creatine

c)

ATP

d)

Oxygen

46.

"Muscle action where the muscle remains the same length" refers to which type of muscle contraction?

a)

Flexion

b)

Concentric

c)

Isometric

d)

Eccentric

e)

Abduction

47.

Which of the following is not a type of muscle contraction?

a)

Concentric

b)

Adduction

c)

Isometric

d)

Flexion

e)

Eccentric

48.

What are the 2 types of isotonic contractions?

a)

Eccentric

b)

Synovial

c)

Type 1 and 2

d)

Concentric

e)

Isometric

49.

The point of muscle attachment to an immovable or less movable bone is known as the ________.

a)

innervation

b)

origin

c)

insertion

d)

action

50.

When a puppy is chewing a ball, it is using which of the following muscles:

a)

teres major

b)

occipitalis

c)

masseter

d)

platysma