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Muscular System

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Non-striated and under involuntary control

a)

Skeletal Muscle

b)

Smooth Muscle

c)

Cardiac Muscle

2.

Striated and under voluntary control

a)

Skeletal Muscle

b)

Smooth Muscle

c)

Cardiac Muscle

3.

Striated and under involuntary control

a)

Skeletal Muscle

b)

Smooth Muscle

c)

Cardiac Muscle

4.

What are the functions of the muscular system. Select all correct answers. (more than 1)

a)

Helps you see

b)

Helps you move

c)

Helps fight diseases

d)

Creates heat

e)

Helps your heart beat

5.

Which type of muscle is found only in the heart?

a)

cardiac muscle

b)

soft muscle

c)

voluntary muscle

d)

smooth muscle

6.

Which type of human body tissue can contract, or shorten?

a)

epithelial tissue

b)

connective tissue

c)

muscle tissue

d)

nerve tissue

7.

Muscle cells do their job by contracting, or getting shorter. That action uses a lot of energy. What organelle do muscle cells have a lot of?

a)

mitochondria

b)

chloroplasts

c)

nucleus

d)

cell membrane

8.

Muscle cells are in the muscular system. They need a lot of food and oxygen to make their energy. What body system helps them to get oxygen?

a)

respiratory system

b)

cardiovascular system

c)

digestive system

d)

excretory system

9.

Muscle cells are in the muscular system. They need a lot of food and oxygen to make their energy. What body system helps them to get the food they need?

a)

respiratory system

b)

cardiovascular system

c)

digestive system

d)

excretory system

10.

Muscles are found in many unexpected places. How do muscles help your digestive system?

a)

muscles help your food move down the diaphragm to your stomach

b)

muscles squeeze the food in your stomach to break it into small pieces

c)

muscles move your food through your intestines slowly

d)

all of those are correct

11.

How does your nervous system help your muscles?

a)

The nervous system controls some muscles even when you aren't thinking about them.

b)

The nervous system allows you to control some muscles, like when you move your arms.

c)

The nervous system tells the respiratory system to increase breathing when your muscles need more oxygen.

d)

those are all great answers!

12.

Where is cardiac muscle located? 

a)

Heart

b)

Arm

c)

Stomach

13.

How many types of muscle tissue are there? 

a)

2

b)

3

14.

Where are smooth muscles located?

a)

Heart

b)

Arm

c)

Stomach

15.

What is the most abundant muscle tissue found in our body? 

a)

Cardiac

b)

Smooth

c)

Skeletal

16.

Where is skeletal muscle located? 

a)

Heart

b)

Arm

c)

Stomach

17.

True or False: Movement is not a function of muscles

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Muscles are connected to bone by _____. 

a)

Ligaments

b)

Tendons