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Muscular System

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
When a muscle contracts, it _______
a)
gets longer
b)
gets shorter
c)
gets thinner
d)
grows hair
2.
What are the 3 types of muscle tissue?
a)

Thigh, Calf, & Shoulder

b)

Traps, Forearm, & Abs

c)

Hamstring, Biceps, & Triceps

d)

Smooth, Cardiac, & Skeletal

3.
Which muscle type is found in your stomach, bladder, and intestines?
a)
Skeletal
b)
Smooth
c)
Cardiac
d)
Straight
4.
Which type of muscle is found in your heart?
a)
Skeletal
b)
Smooth
c)
Cardiac
d)
Straight
5.
Which muscles are involuntary?
a)
skeletal
b)
cardiac
c)
smooth
d)
smooth and cardiac
6.
Which types of muscle tissue are voluntary?
a)
Cardiac
b)
Skeletal
c)
Smooth
d)
Cardiac and Smooth
7.
Skeletal muscles are attached to the _________.
a)
Stomach
b)
Lungs
c)
Bones
d)
Involuntary Muscles
8.

Muscles are connected to bones by an elastic-like (stretchy) strap called a ______

a)

Joint

b)

Bone

c)

Tendon

d)

Muscle

9.
Identify the muscle.
a)
Hamstring
b)
Gastrocnemius
c)
Deltoid
d)
Latissimus Dorsi
10.
Identify the muscle.
a)
Bicep
b)
Tricep
c)
Deltoid
d)
Trapezius
11.
Identify the muscle.
a)
Gluteus Maximus
b)
Quadriceps
c)
Hamstrings
d)
Deltoids
12.
Identify the muscle.
a)
Obliques
b)
Trapezius
c)
Gluteus Maximus
d)
Latissimus Dorsi
13.

The part of the muscle fiber (cell) that contracts is the

a)

sarcomere

b)

fascia

c)

sarcoplasm

d)

tendon

14.

Structure B is known as the thin filaments of the sarcomere, what is another name for the thin filaments?

a)

myosin

b)

actin

c)

fascia

d)

myofibril

15.

Structure C is known as the thick filament of the sarcomere, it is also known as

a)

myosin

b)

actin

c)

fascia

d)

myofibrils

16.

Structure A is on either side of the sarcomere, it is called the

a)

A band

b)

I band

c)

Z disc

d)

H zone

17.

Name the tissue

a)

Skeletal

b)

Cardiac

c)

Smooth

18.
Name this tissue
a)
Skeltal
b)
Cardiac
c)
Smooth
19.
Name this tissue
a)
Skeletal
b)
Cardiac
c)
Smooth
20.
Muscle tissue
a)

Is tissue that functions in lining, covering, and glandular tissue

b)

Is tissue involved in protecting, supporting, and binding together other body tissues

c)

Is tissue that contracts and shortens to produce movement 

d)

Is tissue that receives and conducts electrochemical impulses from one part of the body to another

21.

What is actin covered with to prevent myosin from attaching to it accidentally?

a)

Calcium

b)

Troponin

c)

Tropomyosin

d)

ATP

22.

What is needed to allow actin and myosin to stick together?

(a)  

23.

What gives the myosin head energy allowing it to twist, pulling the actin across it and shortens the muscle?

(a)