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The Muscular System

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is not a function of the muscular system?

a)

Support

b)

Movement

c)

Blood production

d)

Homeostasis

2.

A muscle that is short is referred to as

a)

Brevis

b)

Longus

c)

Adductor

d)

Extensor

3.

Which type of muscle is involuntary and striated?

a)

Skeletal

b)

Cardiac

c)

Smooth

d)

All choices are correct

4.

Which type of muscle tissue is multinucleate?

a)

Smooth

b)

Cardiac

c)

Skeletal

d)

All types are multinucleate

5.

Which type of muscle tissue contains intercalated discs?

a)

Smooth

b)

Skeletal

c)

Cardiac

d)

All have intercalated discs

6.

The purpose of an intercalated disc is to

a)

To create more proteins for repair

b)

To connect the origin and insertion

c)

allow the heart beat to stay synced

d)

To allow for voluntary control

7.

The reason skeletal muscle is multinucleate is so it can

a)

have more energy

b)

make more protein

c)

contract really fast

d)

be straited

8.

The muscle the surrounds the eye is the

a)

zygomatic

b)

frontalis

c)

orbicularis oculi

d)

orbicularis oris

9.

The cheekbone muscles are called

a)

Temporalis

b)

Nasalis

c)

Zygomatic

d)

Masseter

10.

The muscle that opens and closes your mouth is the

a)

Masseter

b)

Zygomatic

c)

Nasalis

d)

Temporalis

11.

The muscle around your mouth is the

a)

Orbicularis oris

b)

Orbicularis oculi

c)

Corrugator

d)

Platysma

12.

What is the long skinny muscle in the neck?

a)

Platysma

b)

Corrugator

c)

Mentalis

d)

Sternocleidomastoid

13.

If you can wiggle your ears, which muscle is most likely responsible?

a)

Mentalis

b)

Temporalis

c)

Procerus

d)

Nasalis

14.

Which would refer a muscle running at an angle?

a)

brevis

b)

oblique

c)

transverse

d)

rectus

15.

Which refers to the less moveable attachment site of a muscle?

a)

insertion

b)

flexor

c)

rectus

d)

origin

16.

Muscle movement away from the body is called

a)

adduction

b)

longus

c)

abduction

d)

pronation

17.

The shoulder muscle is called the

a)

pectoralis major

b)

biceps brachii

c)

rectus abdominus

d)

deltoid