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Types of Muscles Tissues

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are these types of muscles called?

a)

Cardiac muscle

b)

Smooth muscle

c)

Striated muscle

2.

What are these types of muscles called?

a)

Cardiac muscle

b)

Smooth muscle

c)

Striated muscle

3.
What type of muscle tissue is VOLUNTARILY controlled
a)
Skeletal Only
b)
Skeletal and Cardiac
c)
Smooth and Cardiac
d)
Cardiac Only
4.
What tissue type is this?
a)
Skeletal muscle
b)
Nervous tissue
c)
Adipose tissue
d)
'Specialised' connective tissue
5.

Myofibrils are formed by

a)

Thin filament system

b)

Strong filament system

c)

Light filament system

d)

Thick filament system

6.

The total types of striated muscles is

a)

2

b)

3

c)

1

d)

5

7.
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)
Tissue that receives and conducts electrochemical impulses from one part of the body to another
8.
Each muscle fiber is directly surrounded by connective tissue called the 
a)
perimysium
b)
fascia
c)
endomysium
d)
epimysium
9.
Name the connective tissue layer that surrounds a skeletal muscle.
a)
epimysium
b)
perimysium
c)
endomysium
d)
sarcoplasm
10.

Muscle cells can resume their resting length after relaxing. This means that muscle cells are

a)

excitable

b)

extensible

c)

contractile

d)

elastic

11.
Skeletal muscles always work _____.
a)
in groups
b)
in pairs
c)
singly
d)
none of the above
12.
A ______________________ attach bones to each other at joints.
a)
Ligament
b)
Bone
c)
Joint
d)
Cell
13.

The bicep muscle gets its name ____________________.

a)

Because of its shape

b)

Because of its location

c)

Because of the direction of muscle fibers

d)

Because of its tendons of origin

14.

The transverse abdominus muscle gets its name ____________________.

a)

Because of its shape

b)

Because of its location

c)

Because of the direction of muscle fibers

d)

Because of its tendons of origin

15.

The internal oblique muscle gets its name ____________________.

a)

Because of its shape

b)

Because of its location

c)

Because of the direction of muscle fibers

d)

Because of its tendons of origin

16.

The gluteus maximus muscle gets its name ____________________.

a)

Because of its shape

b)

Because of its location

c)

Because of its size

d)

Because of its tendons of origin

17.

The vastus lateralis muscle gets its name ____________________.

a)

Because of its shape

b)

Because of its location

c)

Because of its size

d)

Because of its tendons of origin

18.

Which muscle is the Obliques?

a)
b)
c)
d)
19.

Choose which muscle naming rules are used for (check all that apply):

External oblique

a)

Location of muscle

b)

Direction of muscle fibers

c)

Relative size of the muscle

d)

Action of the muscle

e)

Location of muscle's origin and insertion

20.

Choose which muscle naming rules are used for (check all that apply):

Extensor digitorum longus

a)

Direction of muscle fibers

b)

Location of muscle

c)

Action of muscle

d)

Relative size of the muscle

e)

Shape of the muscle

21.

How many origins does a quadriceps muscle have?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

22.

How many origins does a triceps muscle have?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

23.

How many origins does a biceps muscle have?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

24.

Which type of muscle is the longest in a muscle group?

a)

Maximus

b)

Minimums

c)

Medius

d)

Longus

25.

Which of the following are muscles found in the leg section of the body?

a)

Occipitofrontalis

b)

Abdominal external oblique

c)

Tibialis posterior

d)

Biceps femoris

e)

Biceps brachii