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Muscular System 2022

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

______ is irritability and the ability to respond to a stimulus such as a nerve impulse

a)

Contractibility

b)

Excitability

c)

Extensibility

2.

________ allows the muscle to return to its original shape after it has contracted or stretched

a)

Elasticity

b)

Extensibility

c)

Contractibility

3.

______ is when muscle fibers that are stimulated by nerves contract or become short and thick

a)

Elasticity

b)

Excitability

c)

Contractibility

4.

______ is the ability to be stretched

a)

Contractibility

b)

Extensibility

c)

Excitability

5.

______ forms the walls of the heart and contracts to circulate blood

a)

Cardiac Muscle

b)

Smooth Muscle

c)

Skeletal Muscle

6.

_____ is attached to bones and causes body movement

a)

Cardiac Muscle

b)

Smooth Muscle

c)

Skeletal Muscle

7.

_______ is found in the internal organs of the body, such as those of the digestive and respiratory systems

a)

Skeletal Muscle

b)

Smooth Muscle

c)

Cardiac Muscle

8.

_____ 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

a)

Circumduction

b)

Rotation

c)

Abduction

9.

_____ is moving a body part away from the midline

a)

Flexion

b)

Abduction

c)

Adduction

10.

_____ is decreasing the angle between two bones or bending a body part

a)

Flexion

b)

Extension

c)

Rotation

11.

_____ is moving a body part toward the midline

a)

Circumduction

b)

Abduction

c)

Adduction

12.

_____ is turning a body part upward

a)

Dorsiflexion

b)

Supination

c)

Pronation

13.

_____ is bending backward or bending the foot toward the knee

a)

Plantarflexion

b)

Rotation

c)

Dorsiflexion

14.

_____ is increasing the angle between two bones or straightening a body part

a)

Extension

b)

Flexion

c)

Adduction

15.

______ is turning a body part around its own axis; turning the head from side to side

a)

Circumduction

b)

Rotation

c)

Pronation

16.

_____ is turning a body part downward

a)

Supination

b)

Pronation

c)

Rotation

17.

_____ is bending forward or bending the foot away from the knee

a)

Dorsiflexion

b)

Supination

c)

Plantarflexion