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Muscular System

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Your Class Period

a)

2nd

b)

3rd

c)

5th

2.

Name the 4 functions of the muscular system.

(a)  

3.

What 4 characteristics does all muscle tissue have?

(a)  

4.

Name 2 differences between smooth and cardiac muscle tissue.

(a)  

5.

Name 1 similarity between smooth and cardiac muscle tissue.

(a)  

6.

What is this structure?

(a)  

7.

What membrane covers it?

(a)  

8.

What are the names of the 2 filaments

that interact during muscle contraction?

(a)  

9.

What type of muscle tissue is this?

(a)  

10.

Is skeletal muscle voluntarily or involuntarily controlled?

(a)  

11.

Why are neurotransmitters needed in a neuromuscular junction?

(a)  

12.

What is the role of Na+ and K+ in the neuromuscular junction?

(a)  

13.

Name 1 event that must occur before myosin heads can form cross-bridges.

(a)  

14.

What happens to a sarcomere during a myosin power stroke?

(a)  

15.

What are the 2 types of cellular respiration?

(a)  

16.

When rowing,

the trapezius contracts.  What muscle would be an antagonist during this motion?

a)

External obliques

b)

Pectoralis major

c)

Biceps brachii

17.

Muscles that work alongside the prime mover are called (a)   .

18.

Identify the muscles

(a)  

19.

Identify the muscles

(a)  

20.

Identify the muscles

(a)  

21.

Identify the muscles

(a)  

22.

Identify these 3 structures.

(a)