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Muscular System

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which type of cellular respiration makes the most energy for our muscles?

a)

anaerobic

b)

fermentation

c)

aerobic

d)

photosynthesis

2.

Muscle contraction is the _______ of muscle fibers.

a)

hypertrophy

b)

lengthening

c)

atrophy

d)

shortening

3.

Which of the following terms is known as the smallest functional unit of a muscle?

a)

facile

b)

sarcomere

c)

myofibril

d)

axon

4.

What type of muscle tissue is found in the stomach?

a)

skeletal muscle

b)

smooth muscle

c)

cardiac muscle

5.

What type of muscle tissue is found in the heart?

a)

skeletal muscle

b)

smooth muscle

c)

cardiac muscle

6.

What type of muscle tissue is found in the walls of blood vessels?

a)

skeletal muscle

b)

smooth muscle

c)

cardiac muscle

7.

Which of the following is true of anaerobic respiration?

a)

It produces lactic acid.

b)

It causes fatigue.

c)

It produces an oxygen debt.

d)

All of the above.

8.

What are the 2 types of contracting proteins that make up a myofibril?

a)

calcium and acetylcholine

b)

squamous and stratified

c)

perimysium and endomysium

d)

actin and myosin

9.

A person has torn the muscle inside of his stomach. What type of muscle tissue is torn?

a)

smooth

b)

skeletal

c)

cardiac

d)

elongated

10.

Skeletal muscles are striated due to the alternating A (dark) and I (light) bands of filaments in the sarcomere.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What type of muscle tissue is striated and voluntary?

a)

skeletal muscle

b)

smooth muscle

c)

cardiac muscle

12.

What type of muscle tissue is not striated and involuntary?

a)

skeletal muscle

b)

smooth muscle

c)

cardiac muscle

13.

What type of muscle tissue is striated and involuntary?

a)

skeletal muscle

b)

smooth muscle

c)

cardiac muscle

14.

The part of the muscle from z-line to z-line is called _______.

a)

sarcomere

b)

H zone

c)

perimysium

d)

nucleus

15.

Physical exercise can cause muscle hypertophy.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

According to the sliding filament theory, actin filaments actively attach to and pull on myosin filaments.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Muscle fibers are cells with multiple nuclei.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Which of the following statements most accurately describes the biceps?

a)

The biceps are skeletal muscles.

b)

The biceps are cardiac muscles.

c)

The biceps are elongated muscles.

d)

The biceps are smooth muscle.

19.

Which of the following is the correct order of a muscle from SMALLEST to LARGEST?

a)

myofibril, sarcomere, muscle fiber, fascicle

b)

sarcomere, myofibril, muscle fiber, fascicle

c)

muscle fiber, sarcomere, fascicle, myofibril

d)

muscle fiber, fascicle, myofibril, sarcomere

20.

What is the name of the energy molecule used by all living things?

a)

adenosine triphosphate (ATP)

b)

glucose

c)

sodium bicarbonate

d)

nitrogen

21.

Which of the following terms is used to describe a group of muscle fibers?

a)

fascicle

b)

sarcomere

c)

myofibril

d)

endomysium

22.

During a muscle contraction, the sarcomeres become shorter.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

What condition occurs if the muscles become large?

a)

atrophy

b)

hypertrophy

c)

muscle strain

d)

muscular dystrophy

24.

The origin is the end of the muscles attached to a bone that remains stationary during a muscle contraction.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Which of the following is NOT a function of the muscular system?

a)

movement

b)

maintaining posture

c)

support soft tissue

d)

eliminate wastes

26.

Which of the following carries oxygen to the muscles?

a)

white blood cells

b)

red blood cells

c)

liver cells

d)

neurons

27.

Which of the following types of muscle tissues is considered striated?

a)

smooth, skeletal

b)

smooth, cardiac

c)

skeletal, cardiac

d)

smooth, adipose

28.

Bill has a burning in his legs from running a long distance. What is happening to Bill's muscles?

a)

He has acetylcholine building up in his muscles.

b)

He has acetic acid building up in his muscles.

c)

He has gastric acid building up in his muscles.

d)

He has lactic acid building up in his muscles.

29.

Myosin heads bind to actin filaments causing it to slide. What process does the lead to?

a)

muscle elongation

b)

muscle tear

c)

muscle contraction

d)

tendon relaxation

30.

Which cell organelle must muscles have a lot of to make energy for contractions?

a)

lysosomes

b)

ribosomes

c)

golgi

d)

mitochondria