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Muscular System

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the three types of muscles?

a)

Rough, Smooth, Boney

b)

Smooth, Cardiac, Skeletal

c)

Bicep, Tricep, Back

d)

Hard, Soft, Long, Short

2.

What one is a Skeletal Muscle?

a)

Heart

b)

Lungs

c)

Bladder

d)

Pectorals

3.

Which one is the Cardiac Muscle?

a)

Lungs

b)

Heart

c)

Bicep

d)

Gastrocnemius

4.

Which one is a Smooth Muscle?

a)

Lungs

b)

Heart

c)

Lattimus Dorsi

d)

Trapezius

5.

Which is the Antagonist muscle?

a)

The working muscle

b)

The relaxing muscle

6.

Which is an antagonistic pair?

a)

Gluteus Maximus

&

Pectorlas

b)

Lattimus Dorsi

&

Quadriceps

c)

Biceps

&

Triceps

d)

Trapezius

&

Hamstrings

7.

What is flexion?

a)

When you bring two bones together creating an acute angle between two body parts

b)

A straightening movement that increases the angle between two body parts

8.

What is a fixator muscle?

a)

A muscle group that work together to create the same movement

b)

A muscle that acts as a stabiliser of one body part during the movement of another body part

c)

A

9.

A sarcomere is the basic contractile unit of a muscle fibre but where are they found?

a)

T - Discs

b)

D-Discs

c)

Y-Discs

d)

Z-Discs

10.

Actin and Myosin are both proteins found in muscle tissue. but which are the think filaments and which are thin?

a)

Actin & Mysoin are both thin

b)

Actin & Myosin are both thick

c)

Actin is think & Myosin are thin

d)

Actin are thin & Myosin are think

11.

The Actin and Myosin work together to produce muscle movement, but what is the associated theory called?

a)

Muscle contraction theory

b)

Sliding filament theory

c)

Actin and Myosin theory

d)

Sliding muscle theory

12.

Fill in the blank: Myosin is a molecular motor that converts energy from ___ to mechanical energy

a)

Ca

b)

ADP

c)

ATP

13.

What is a synergist muscle?

a)

A muscle that eliminates necessary movement

b)

A stabilising muscle

c)

A group of muscles that work together that cause the same movement

d)

A striated muscle

14.

How confident do you feel about the Muscular System?

a)

Very confident

b)

Confident

c)

OK

d)

Not confident

e)

Very Confident

15.

Which Muscle is know as the Agonist Muscle?

a)

The Contracting Muscle

b)

The Relaxing Muscle