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Muscles structure and function

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What muscle is the arrow pointing toward?

a)

biceps brachii

b)

trapepzius

c)

pectoralis major

d)

triceps brachii

2.

What muscle is the arrow pointing to?

a)

Pectoralis major

b)

Latissimus dorsi

c)

external intercostal

d)

deltoid

3.

What muscle is the arrow pointing to?

a)

brachioradialis

b)

triceps brachii

c)

trapezius

d)

diaphragm

4.
a)

Quadriceps

b)

Satorius

c)

Hamstrings

d)

Gastronecmius

5.
a)

Latissimus Dorsi

b)

Infraspinatus

c)

Teres major

d)

Quadratus lumborum

6.
a)

Serratus anterior

b)

External Oblique

c)

External intercostal

d)

Sterno-cleidomastoid

7.

ID muscles in green and red

a)

Diaphragm

b)

Platysma

c)

Deltoid

d)

Sterno-cleidomastoid

8.
a)

Sartorius

b)

Soleus

c)

Tibialis Anterior

d)

Gastrocnemius

9.
a)

Glutueus maximus

b)

Hamstrings

c)

Quadriceps

d)

Iliopsoas

10.
a)

Gracilis

b)

Quadriceps

c)

Gastronecmius

d)

Satorius

11.
a)

Rectus abdominis

b)

External Oblique

c)

Pectoralis mojor

d)

Trapezius

12.
a)

Latissimus Dorsi

b)

Trapezius

c)

Sterno-cleidomastoid

d)

Erector spinae

13.

This is showing the major muscle on your back, called?

a)

latissimus dorsi

b)

trapezius

c)

quadratus lumborum

d)

external obliques

14.

These muscles that make up someone's "six pack" are really called what?

a)

extermal obliques

b)

gluteus maximus

c)

rectus abdominus

d)

gastrocnemius

15.

What muscle is the antagonist to the biceps brachii? 

a)

Quadriceps

b)

Sartorius

c)

Trapezius

d)

Triceps brachii

16.

Your quadriceps group is located in your . . .

a)

cervical region

b)

lumbar region

c)

femoral region

d)

brachial region

17.

Name the highlighted mucles

a)

gracilis

b)

sartorius

c)

soleus

d)

gastrocnemius

18.

Name the highlighted muscle

a)

tricpes brachii

b)

brachioradialis

c)

brachialis

d)

extensor digitorum

19.

What is the largest muscle in your body?

a)

femur

b)

gluteus Maximus

c)

trapezius

d)

gastrocnemius

20.

This muscle has no striations, one nucleus per cell, found around the organs and blood vessels.

a)

Smooth

b)

Cardiac

c)

Skeletal

21.

What connects muscles to bones?

a)

cartilage

b)

tendons

c)

ligaments

d)

flexors

22.

What types of muscles are in the human body ?

a)

Cardiac

b)

Skeletal

c)

Smooth

d)

Tendonous

23.

Found attached to bones throughout the body

a)

smooth

b)

cardiac

c)

skeletal

d)

all

24.

Found in the heart

a)

smooth

b)

cardiac

c)

skeletal

d)

all

25.

Found in the walls of hollow organs; also called visceral

a)

smooth

b)

cardiac

c)

skeletal

d)

all

26.
What are the 3 types of muscles?
a)
Skeletal, muscular, ligament
b)
Skeletal, smooth, cardiac
c)
Smooth, Cellular, Cerebrum
d)
Cardiac, smooth, brain stem
27.
Skeletal muscles always work _____.
a)
in groups
b)
in pairs
c)
singly
d)
none of the above
28.

Smooth muscle and cardiac muscle are _____ muscles because we cannot control them consciously.

a)

Immovable

b)

Involuntary

c)

Skeletal

d)

none of the above

29.
A ______________________ attach bones to each other at joints.
a)
Ligament
b)
Bone
c)
Joint
d)
Cell
30.
A ______ is a strong connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone.
a)
Tendon
b)
Ligament
c)
Cartilage
31.

Name the following in order from largest to smallest:

a)

muscle, muscle fascicle, muscle cell, myofibril, filaments

b)

muscle, muscle fascicle, muscle cell, filaments, myofibril

c)

muscle, muscle cell, muscle fascicle, myofibril, filaments

d)

muscle, muscle cell, muscle fascicle, filaments, myofibril