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Muscles and Joints

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the 3 types of muscles?
a)
Skeletal, muscular, ligament
b)
Skeletal, smooth, cardiac
c)
Smooth, Cellular, Cerebrum
d)
Cardiac, smooth, brain stem
2.
A ______ is a strong connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone.
a)
Tendon
b)
Ligament
c)
Cartilage
3.
When a muscle contracts, it _______
a)
gets longer
b)
gets shorter
c)
gets thinner
d)

doesn't change

4.

Name this muscle

a)

Bicep

b)

Quadricep

c)

Tricep

d)

Hamstring

5.

Name the highlighted muscle

a)

Gluteus Maximus

b)

Rectus femoris

c)

Gluteus Medius

d)

External Oblique

6.

Name the highlighted muscle

a)

Pectoralis major

b)

Tricep Brachii

c)

Bicep Brachii

d)
Deltoid
7.

Name the highlighted muscle

a)

transvers abdominals

b)

rectus abdominals

c)

external obliques

d)

internal obliques

8.

Name the highlighted muscle

a)

pectorals

b)

deltoid

c)

trapezius

d)

latissimus dorsi

9.

Which molecule supplies energy for the flexing of the myosin head "power stroke".

a)

calcium

b)

ATP

c)

sodium

10.

Which type of muscle tissue is attached to the skeleton and is responsible for the movement of bone around joints or movement of some organs?

a)

cardiac muscle

b)

skeletal muscle

c)

smooth muscle

11.

What is the name of the theory of how actin and myosin filaments slide past each other to produce muscle contractions?

a)

action potential

b)

cross bridge

c)

sliding filament

12.

What type of muscle is responsible for automatic movements, is not under conscious control and its cells are spindle shaped?

a)

smooth muscle

b)

cardiac muscle

c)

skeletal muscle

13.

What element is important in directly triggering contraction?

a)

Potassium

b)

Calcium

c)

Sodium

d)

Chloride

14.

Name the highlighted muscle

a)

Vastus medialis

b)

Soleus

c)
Tibialis Anterior
d)
Gastrocenmius
15.

Identify the muscle

a)

gastrocnemius

b)

semitendinosis

c)

biceps femoris

d)

semimembranosis

16.
a)
Orbicularis Oris
b)
Orbicularis Oculi
c)
Corrugator
d)
Frontalis
17.

which skeletal muscle is represented in the image?

a)

rectus femoris

b)

vastus lateralis

c)

vastus medialis

d)

sartorius

18.

The skull is an example of what type of joint?

a)

Cartilaginous (amphiarthrosis)

b)

Synovial (diarthrosis)

c)

Fibrous (synarthrosis)

19.
Name this joint
a)
gliding
b)
saddle
c)
condyloid
d)
pivot
20.
Allow bones to move in almost any direction
a)
Pivotal joint
b)
Ball and socket joint
c)
Hinge joint
d)
Gliding joint
21.
Identify the joint action being performed.
a)
Extension
b)
Flexion
c)
Abduction
d)
Adduction
22.
Identify the joint action being performed.
a)
Extension
b)
Flexion
c)
Abduction
d)
Adduction
23.
Identify the joint action being performed.
a)
Extension
b)
Flexion
c)
Abduction
d)
Adduction
24.
Identify the joint action being performed.
a)
Extension
b)
Flexion
c)
Abduction
d)
Adduction
25.
Identify the joint action being performed.
a)
Circumduction
b)
Lateral Rotation
c)
Medial Rotation
d)
Eversion
26.
Hip and shoulder have examples of this type of joint
a)
ball and socket
b)
condyloid
c)
hinge
d)
gliding
27.
What are joints
a)
A place where one bone meets 
b)
A place where  two  bones meet 
c)
Bones don't meet 
d)
A place where three bones meet 
28.

What type of joint is this?

a)

Hinge

b)

Saddle

c)

Ellipsoid

d)

Pivot

e)

Gliding

29.

What type of joint is this?

a)

Ball and Socket

b)

Saddle

c)

Ellipsoid

d)

Pivot

e)

Gliding

30.
How many types of synovial joints are there?
a)
2
b)
4
c)
6
d)
8
31.

This joint allows for a hinge type movement in two directions, example in Humans is the joints that connects finger to palm in Humans.

a)

Ball and Socket

b)

Condyloid

c)

Gliding

d)

Hinge

32.

Which type of joint is characterized by containing synovial fluid in the space around it to reduce friction and is the most common type of joint in the body?

a)

Fibrous joint

b)

Cartilaginous joint

c)

Synovial joint

d)

Immovable joint

33.

Which type of joint has hyaline cartilage present in the space between articulating bones and allows for some motion?

a)

Fibrous joint

b)

Synovial joint

c)

Cartilaginous joint

d)

Ligamentous joint

34.

Type of cartilage that is highly bendable:

a)

Hyaline cartilage

b)

Elastic cartilage

c)

Fibrocartilage

35.

What is muscle #2?

a)

Trapezius

b)

Zygomaticus

c)

Temporalis

36.

Muscles work in pairs.

a)

True

b)

False

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