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WorksheetsMuscular System
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 19mins
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Class
Date
1.
What system does the muscular system work in conjunction with to allow our body to move?
a)
Digestive
b)
Respiratory
c)
Skeletal
d)
Circulatory
2.
What is a voluntary muscle?
a)
You have control over the muscle
b)
You have no control over the muscle
c)
Muscle works automatically
d)
Muscles fuse together
3.
This muscle is an involuntary muscle and moves on it's own.
a)
Heart
b)
Bicep
c)
Hamstring
d)
Lats
4.
Muscles that you cannot choose to contract are called _______.
a)
involuntary muscles
b)
voluntary muscles
5.
Which muscle type is found in your stomach, bladder, and intestines?
a)
Skeletal
b)
Smooth
c)
Cardiac
d)
Straight
6.
What are the 3 types of muscle tissue?
a)
Thigh, Calf, & Shoulder
b)
Traps, Forearm, & Abs
c)
Hamstring, Biceps, & Triceps
d)
Smooth Muscle, Cardiac Muscle, & Skeletal Muscle
7.
Which type of muscle is found in your heart?
a)
Skeletal
b)
Smooth
c)
Cardiac
d)
Straight
8.
Which muscles are involuntary?
a)
skeletal
b)
cardiac
c)
smooth
d)
smooth and cardiac
9.
The thick filament is composed of:
a)
Myosin
b)
Actin
10.
The thin filament is composed of:
a)
Myosin
b)
Actin
11.
Skeletal Muscle contraction is initiated when the ________ sends a message to the muscle cell.
a)
Muscle cell
b)
Neuron
c)
Gland
d)
None of the above
12.
The functional contractile unit within muscle fiber is the:
a)
sarcoplasm.
b)
sarcolemma.
c)
sarcomere.
d)
sarcoplasmic reticulum.
13.
Smooth muscle lacks:
a)
ATP
b)
calcium
c)
involuntary contractions
d)
striation
14.
What are tough bands of dense regular connective tissue where strong collagen fibers firmly attach muscle to bones?
a)
ligaments
b)
tendons
c)
joints
d)
muscles
15.
Neurotransmitters are released upon stimulation from a nerve impulse by special nerves called __________.
a)
sarcoplasmic reticulum
b)
sarcolemma of the muscle cell
c)
motor neurons
d)
myofibrils
16.
Which of the following is NOT a type of muscle?
a)
Rough
b)
Smooth
c)
Cardiac
d)
Skeletal
17.
Skeletal muscles are responsible for which of the following?
a)
Movement of the body
b)
Movement of the heart
c)
Movement of the ligaments
d)
Movement of the extremities
18.
What is thick connective tissue that holds bone to bone?
a)
tendon
b)
ligament
c)
cartilage
d)
joint
19.
Which type(s) of muscle are striated? Check all that apply.
a)
Cardiac
b)
Skeletal
c)
Smooth
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