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Muscular System

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
These muscles work automatically without us doing any work.  
a)
Skeletal/ Voluntary
b)
Smooth/Involuntary
c)
Cardiac 
d)
Rough 
2.
Cardiac muscle is only found where? 
a)
Lungs
b)
Heart
c)
Kidney's 
d)
Liver
3.
What are the 3 types of muscles?
a)
Cardiac, smooth and skeletal
b)
Cardiac, skeletal, prime
c)
Flexion, extension, smooth
d)
Skeletal, smooth, stringy
4.
What is a voluntary muscle?
a)
You have control over the muscle 
b)
You have no control over the muscle
c)
Muscle works automatically
d)
Muscles fuse together
5.
Skeletal muscles are attached to the _________.
a)
Stomach
b)
Lungs
c)
Skeleton
d)
Involuntary Muscles
6.
Movements that you cannot control
a)
Strain
b)
Sprain
c)
Voluntary
d)
Involuntary
7.
These muscles are found in your organs
a)
Skeletal
b)
Smooth
c)
Rough
d)
Cardiac
8.
These muscles are attached to your bones
a)
Skeletal
b)
Smooth
c)
Rough
d)
Cardiac
9.
This muscle is an involuntary muscle and moves on it's own. 
a)
Heart
b)
Bicep
c)
Hamstring
d)
Lats 
10.
When a muscle contracts, it _______
a)
gets longer
b)
gets shorter
c)
gets thinner
d)
grows hair
11.

What muscle is highlighted in the picture?

a)

Triceps

b)

Biceps

c)

Quads

d)

Deltoids

12.

What muscle is highlighted in the picture?

a)

Triceps

b)

Biceps

c)

Quads

d)

Deltoids

13.

What muscle is highlighted?

a)

Triceps

b)

Biceps

c)

Quads

d)

Deltoids

14.

What muscle is highlighted?

a)

Trapezius

b)

Lats

c)

Pectoralis

d)

Deltoids

15.

What muscle is highlighted?

a)

Lats

b)

Abdominals

c)

Pectoralis

d)

Quads

16.

What muscle is highlighted?

a)

Lats

b)

Trapezius

c)

Hamstrings

d)

Calves

17.

What muscle is highlighted?

a)

Abdominals

b)

Quads

c)

Gluteus

d)

Hamstring

18.

What muscle is highlighted?

a)

Hamstrings

b)

Quads

c)

Calves

d)

Gluteus

19.
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
20.

What muscle is highlighted?

a)

Hamstrings

b)

Quads

c)

Calves

d)

Gluteus

21.

Which of the following uses voluntary muscles?

a)

Digestion

b)

Heart breathing

c)

Raising your hand

d)

Sneezing

22.

Ms.Singh took her science class to a buffet to test their digestion system. After eating one serving Melania became really full and want to eat more. She tried rubbing her belly to speed up the digestion process but it did not work. Melania rubbing her belly did not work because ____

a)

food digestion is controlled and the muscles in the digestive tract are voluntary muscles.

b)

food digestion is not a self-controlled activity and the muscles in the digestive tract are voluntary muscles.

c)

food digestion is not a self-controlled activity and the muscles in the digestive tract are involuntary muscles.

d)

Melania should have shaken her belly instead of rubbing it.

23.

When your body receives signals from an external environment and transmits the information to the brain, which body system is being used

a)

Nervous

b)

Integumentary

c)

Digestive

d)

Skeletal

24.

When the ________ contract, the arm bends towards the shoulder.

a)

Biceps

b)

Triceps

c)

Abdomninus

d)

Optimus Prime

25.

What are functions of the muscular system? Choose two.

a)

protection

b)

movement

c)

support

d)

digestion

26.

True or false: Your brain sends signals to your muscles and tells them when to contract.

a)

true

b)

false

27.

Your stomach and intestines are made of _____ muscle.

a)

skeletal

b)

cardiac

c)

smooth

28.

What should you eat to build strong muscles?

a)

calcium

b)

grains

c)

sweets

d)

protein

29.

Which foods are high in protein? Check all that apply.

a)

meat

b)

Cottage cheese

c)

peanuts

d)

bread

30.
Skeletal muscles are attached to the _________.
a)
Stomach
b)
Lungs
c)
Bones
d)
Involuntary Muscles
31.
Cardiac muscles are ONLY located in the heart
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
32.
Involuntary muscle is 
a)
muscle found in the heart
b)
muscle found in the organs
c)
muscle that works automatically
d)
all of these are true
33.

Identify in the picture, what muscle is being shown (highlighted in red)

a)

gastrocnemius

b)

gluteus maximus

c)

deltoid

d)

scapula

34.

What are the three functions of the muscular system?

a)

Movement, digestion, blood circulation

b)

support, makes new blood cells, provides homeostasis

c)

storage, movement, blood circulation

d)

digestion, movement, provides homeostasis

35.

What is the function of the skeletal muscle?

a)

to aide in digestion

b)

to aide in blood circulation

c)

to provide movement

d)

none of the above

36.

What muscle (highlighted in red) is being shown in the picture?

a)

triceps

b)

biceps

c)

gastrocnemius

d)

rectus abdominis

37.

Yohaan is on his tip toes, which muscle is allowing this?

a)

Gastrocnemius

b)

Hamstring

c)

Quadriceps

38.
Which of these are Ball and Socket Joints?
a)
Knee
b)

Shoulder

c)
Elbow
39.
Which muscle causes movement at the shoulder joint?
a)
Deltoid
b)
Trapezius
c)
Biceps
d)
Triceps
40.

Daniel is training for Athletics pre season doing sit ups, which muscle group is he targeting?

a)

Deltoids

b)

Abdominals

c)

Trapezius

d)

Quadriceps