WorksheetsMuscular System 2022
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
______ is irritability and the ability to respond to a stimulus such as a nerve impulse
Contractibility
Excitability
Extensibility
________ allows the muscle to return to its original shape after it has contracted or stretched
Elasticity
Extensibility
Contractibility
______ is when muscle fibers that are stimulated by nerves contract or become short and thick
Elasticity
Excitability
Contractibility
______ is the ability to be stretched
Contractibility
Extensibility
Excitability
______ forms the walls of the heart and contracts to circulate blood
Cardiac Muscle
Smooth Muscle
Skeletal Muscle
_____ is attached to bones and causes body movement
Cardiac Muscle
Smooth Muscle
Skeletal Muscle
_______ is found in the internal organs of the body, such as those of the digestive and respiratory systems
Skeletal Muscle
Smooth Muscle
Cardiac Muscle
_____ is moving in a circle at a joint or moving one end of a body part in a circle while the other end remains stationary
Circumduction
Rotation
Abduction
_____ is moving a body part away from the midline
Flexion
Abduction
Adduction
_____ is decreasing the angle between two bones or bending a body part
Flexion
Extension
Rotation
_____ is moving a body part toward the midline
Circumduction
Abduction
Adduction
_____ is turning a body part upward
Dorsiflexion
Supination
Pronation
_____ is bending backward or bending the foot toward the knee
Plantarflexion
Rotation
Dorsiflexion
_____ is increasing the angle between two bones or straightening a body part
Extension
Flexion
Adduction
______ is turning a body part around its own axis; turning the head from side to side
Circumduction
Rotation
Pronation
_____ is turning a body part downward
Supination
Pronation
Rotation
_____ is bending forward or bending the foot away from the knee
Dorsiflexion
Supination
Plantarflexion
