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Muscular System

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Muscles that you control are known as...

a)

Involuntary

b)

Voluntary

c)

Fast Twitch

d)

Slow Twitch

2.

Of the 3 types of muscles, which muscles attach to bone.

a)

Skeletal Muscle

b)

Smooth Muscle

c)

Cardiac Muscle

3.

Of the 3 types of muscle, which is responsible for pumping your heart.

(a)  

4.

Of the 3 types of muscle, which is found in hollow organs and around blood vessels.

a)

Skeletal Muscle

b)

Smooth Muscle

c)

Cardiac Muscle

5.

How do pairs of skeletal muscles work together?

a)

Both muscles extend at the same time.

b)

One muscle in the pair pulls on a bone, while the second muscle pulls on the first muscle.

c)

One contracts and the other stretches.

d)

While one muscle in the pair contracts, the other returns to its original length.

6.

When muscles contract, the length of the muscle

a)

lengthens

b)

shortens

c)

extends

d)

stretches

7.

From which system does the body get the message to move?

a)

Circulatory System

b)

Muscular System

c)

Skeletal System

d)

Nervous System

8.

What do tendons attach?

a)

muscles to ligaments

b)

muscles to organs

c)

muscles to bones

d)

muscles to organs

9.

Which muscle types are striated?

(a)  

10.

Another name for a muscle cell is

a)

fascicle

b)

myofibril

c)

myofilament

d)

muscle fiber

11.

The correct order of organization of skeletal muscle tissue from large to small is

a)

muscle, myofibrils, fascicles, muscle fibers, myofilaments

b)

muscle, myofilaments, muscle fibers, fascicles, myofibrils

c)

muscle, fascicles, muscle fibers, myofibrils, myofilaments

d)

muscle, muscle fibers, fascicles, myofilaments, myofibrils

12.

A bundle of muscle fibers is called a...

a)

actin

b)

mysoin

c)

fascicle

d)

sarcomere

13.

Which muscle tissue contracts in response to pacemaker cells?

a)

skeletal

b)

smooth

c)

cardiac

d)

visceral

14.

What type of muscle tissue would be responsible for closing your airways in an allergic reaction?

a)

Smooth

b)

Cardiac

c)

Skeletal

15.

Which muscle tissue would be responsible for chewing food?

a)

Smooth

b)

Cardiac

c)

Skeletal

16.

Which muscle tissue would be responsible for pumping blood to the lungs?

a)

Smooth

b)

Cardiac

c)

Skeletal

17.

Another term for muscles become shorter.

(a)  

18.

The name of this group of 3 muscles

(a)  

19.

This muscle group is located on the inferior portion of the scapula

(a)  

20.

Which is the group of muscles shown in the picture

a)

Triceps

b)

Rhomboids

c)

Deltoids

d)

Quadriceps

21.

The name of the muscle shown in the picture

(a)  

22.

This is the muscle most people feel tight and sore when they are stressed out

(a)  

23.

What is the opposing (antagonistic) muscle group for the biceps?

(a)  

24.

Standing on tip toes is a form of which movement

a)

Inversion

b)

Plantar flexion

c)

Dorsi flexion

d)

Eversion

25.

Movement of bone around its longitudinal axis (ball and socket joint)

a)

Circumduction

b)

Flexion

c)

Rotation

d)

Supination

26.

Patients often experience unilateral (one sided) eyelid dropping that worsens later in the day

a)

Rhabdomyolysis

b)

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

c)

Cerebral palsy

d)

Myasthenia gravis

27.

What type of muscle has striations? Choose all that apply.

a)

Smooth

b)

Cardiac

c)

Skeletal

28.

Genetic disorder that progressively replaces muscle with fat and fibrous tissue leading to muscle wekaness

a)

Fibromyalgia

b)

Myasthenia gravis

c)

Muscular Dystrophy

d)

Polio

29.

Examples of involuntary muscles are...

a)

heart beating

b)

eyes blinking

c)

digestive system digesting

d)

all of the above

30.

The muscle Squidward is twerking with is called...

(a)