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Muscular System

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a threshold?

a)

Is reached without a stimulus causing a muscle to contract

b)

is reached when the oxygen debt returns causing a muscle to contract

c)

is reached when force=motor units causing a muscle to contract

d)

is reached when a strong stimulus causes a muscle to contract

2.

If you are traveling on the Magic School Bus into a muscle during a contraction where would you NOT be?

a)

into the cytoplasm during aerobic respiration.

b)

into the axon terminals in the muscle fibers.

c)

into the muscle cells causing the sodium and potassium to move in and out.

d)

down the axon toward the muscle fiber.

3.

Actin myofilaments look like ___ and myosin looks like ___.

a)

golf clubs, string of pearls

b)

big proteins, little proteins

c)

string of pearls, golf clubs

d)

I really shouldn't pick this answer.

4.

Blinking an eye

a)

uses large motor units

b)

uses small motor units

c)

is caused by tetanus

d)

is repolarization

5.

An axon terminal is located

a)

outside the myofibril

b)

center of the muscle fiber

c)

center of the nucleus

d)

in the epimysium

6.

Skeletal muscle is ___ of the body weight.

a)

10%

b)

20%

c)

30%

d)

40%

7.

Protein fibers are also called

a)

contractions

b)

sheaths

c)

myofibrils

d)

actin

8.

Pick all that apply

Repolarization

a)

is a cell in resting

b)

has more Na inside

c)

is more negative inside

d)

causes K to move inside

9.

What type of cartilage covers the ends of bones?

a)

hyaline

b)

fibrocartilage

c)

blood

d)

epimysium

10.

What happens after you sprint a lap around the track?

a)

metabolism remains low to help the cells

b)

metabolism remains high to repay the oxygen debt

c)

metabolism remains low because cells changed to anaerobic respiration

d)

nothing because you are in the best shape of your life and everyone eats your dust!!!

11.

What is going on with Bob's abs while he is sitting at his desk?

a)

His muscles are being consciously squeezed while he winks at the girls.

b)

The lactic build up is causing them to burn.

c)

They are partially contracted to keep him from falling to the floor.

d)

Due to the alcohol in his diet, they are bulging.

12.

Mr. Hottie has been working out every day and is getting ready for swimsuit season. Which of the following is TRUE?

a)

He has a huge amount of cytoplasm.

b)

His epimysium is thicker.

c)

He has numerous mitochondria.

d)

His lactic acid level is up giving him more strength.

13.

Check ALL that apply...

Which of the following is TRUE about Duchenne's muscular dystrophy?

a)

Usually occurs in males because of the X chromosome.

b)

There is currently no cure.

c)

May walk on tiptoes when younger.

d)

1 in 3000 are born with it.

14.

Touching your thumb to your index finger

a)

flexion

b)

adduction

c)

opposition

d)

inversion

15.

Lifting your toe toward your tibia

a)

dorsiflexion

b)

supination

c)

circumduction

d)

opposition

16.

Placing your hand flat on the desk

a)

flexion

b)

rotation

c)

supination

d)

abduction

17.

Moving your arms away from your body

a)

abduction

b)

adduction

c)

flexion

d)

opposition

18.

Placing your arms by your sides

a)

abduction

b)

adduction

c)

flexion

d)

opposition

19.

What causes muscle soreness?

a)

cytoplasm

b)

ATP

c)

glucose

d)

lactic acid

20.

Which of the following are involuntary?

a)

cardiac muscle

b)

skeletal muscle

c)

smooth muscle

d)

Both cardiac and smooth

21.

Stripes on muscles

a)

Striations

b)

Axon terminals

c)

Muscle fiber

d)

Cleavage

22.

Energy produced by anaerobic and aerobic respiration

a)

Glucose

b)

Lactic acid

c)

ATP

d)

Mitochondria

23.

The point between the origin and insertion

a)

Axon terminals

b)

Axon

c)

Motor unit

d)

Belly

24.

Covering surrounding the entire muscle

a)

perimysium

b)

endomysium

c)

epimysium

d)

fascicle

25.

The nerve and all of its fibers

a)

muscle fiber

b)

motor unit

c)

epimysium

d)

axon

26.

Tissue that surrounds the fascicle

a)

epimysium

b)

perimysium

c)

endomysium

d)

muscle fiber

27.

This muscle has striations and is involuntary

a)

skeletal

b)

cardiac

c)

smooth

d)

both cardiac and smooth

28.

What is A

a)

epimysium

b)

perimysium

c)

muscle fiber

d)

myofibril

29.

What is B?

a)

epimysium

b)

perimysium

c)

myofibril

d)

muscle fiber

30.

What is C?

a)

epimysium

b)

perimysium

c)

endomysium

d)

fascicle

31.

What is D?

a)

epimysium

b)

muscle fiber

c)

perimysium

d)

myofibril

32.

What is E?

a)

motor unit

b)

axon terminals

c)

axon

d)

epimysium

33.

What is F?

a)

motor unit

b)

axon terminals

c)

axon

d)

epimysium

34.

Check ALL that apply...function of muscles

a)

movement

b)

maintains posture

c)

stabilizes joints

d)

generates heat

35.

Ability to shorten with force

a)

excitability

b)

contractibility

c)

extensibility

d)

elasticity

36.

A muscles ability to be able to recoil

a)

excitability

b)

extensibility

c)

elasticity

d)

contractibility

37.

How does eating bananas help with leg cramps?

a)

The K from the banana replaces the excess K in the muscles relieving the cramp.

b)

The K from the banana replaces the excess Na in the muscles relieving the cramp.

c)

The Na from the banana replaces the excess Na in the muscles relieving the cramp.

d)

The Na from the banana replaces the excess K in the muscles relieving the cramp.

38.

The most stationary end of a muscle

a)

origin

b)

insertion

c)

belly

d)

bone

39.

Which of the following is NOT true about an unconscious person?

a)

Hard to move

b)

Loses muscle tone

c)

no muscle control

d)

legs are still partially contracted

40.

Muscular dystrophy is named according to

a)

if it is in a male or female

b)

what age that you get it

c)

which parent it originated from

d)

muscle location