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Muscle Anatomy & Movement

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of muscle is your heart made of?

a)

Cardiac

b)

Skeletal

c)

Smooth

2.

The two pectoral muscles are the Pectoralis _____ and _____

a)

Medial/Lateral

b)

Superior/Inferior

c)

Major/Minor

d)

Simple/Complex

3.

Shoulder shrugs primarily help you strengthen which muscle in your upper body?

a)

Obliques

b)

Biceps

c)

Gastrocnemius

d)

Trapezius (Traps)

4.

Which muscle is primarily being stretched when you pull your arm across your chest?

a)

Deltoids (Delts)

b)

Rectus Abdominus (Abs)

c)

Quadriceps (Quads)

d)

Latissimus Dorsi (Lats)

5.

The widest muscle in your body is the

a)

Latissimus Dorsi (Lats)

b)

Trapezius (Traps)

c)

Triceps

d)

Biceps

6.

How many muscles are found in your biceps?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

7.

How many muscles can be found in your hamstrings?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

8.

Which muscle is the largest in the human body?

a)

Triceps

b)

Deltoids

c)

Gastrocnemius

d)

Gluteus Maximus

9.

Calf raises primarily strengthen which muscle found in your lower leg?

a)

Gastrocnemius

b)

Pectoralis

c)

Obliques

d)

Glutes

10.

How many muscles can be found in your quadriceps?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

11.

The core muscles in the front of the stomach are called your

a)

Obliques

b)

Abdominals

c)

Quadriceps

d)

Glutes

12.

The core muscles found on the sides of your stomach are called your

a)

Obliques

b)

Abdominals

c)

Glutes

d)

Quadriceps

13.

Your lower back and your glutes are also considered to be part of your core

a)

True

b)

False

14.

"Body is erect with the feet parallel and the arms hanging at the sides with the palms facing forward" describes what position?

a)

Posterior

b)

Core

c)

Anatomical

d)

Medial

15.

What type of movement occurs at a joint when the angle of the joint is decreasing? (bending)

a)

Flexion

b)

Extension

c)

Abduction

d)

Lateral Rotation

16.

What type of movement occurs at a joint when the angle of the joint is increasing? (straightening)

a)

Flexion

b)

Extension

c)

Abduction

d)

Lateral Rotation

17.

If you are "holding the soup," your hand is doing what movement?

a)

Pronation

b)

Supination

18.

Which health behavior blocks calcium absorption and increases risk of fractures and osteoporosis?

a)

Exercising

b)

Eating junk food

c)

Smoking

d)

Sleeping

19.

Moving a body part away from the midline is called

a)

Adduction

b)

Abduction

c)

Circumduction

20.

Rotating a body part in a circle is called

a)

Adduction

b)

Abduction

c)

Circumduction

21.

If someone wants to strengthen their calf muscle, which muscle are they strengthening?

a)

Gastroc

b)

Pecs

c)

Delts

d)

Quads

22.

If an invisible line split you into a front half and a back half, what position would you use to describe the front half?

a)

Anterior

b)

Posterior