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Muscular System

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is not a function of the muscular system?

a)

Movements of the body

b)

Stabilizing body positions

c)

Gives the body its shape

d)

Generating heat

2.

A process where our body produces heat as muscular tissue contracts

(a)  

3.

An involuntary action where the muscle generates heat in response to cold temperature

(a)  

4.

Cylindrical and branched; Striated, involuntary

a)

Cardiac Muscle

b)

Smooth Muscle

c)

Skeletal Muscle

5.

Spindle-shaped; Non-striated, involuntary

a)

Cardiac Muscle

b)

Smooth Muscle

c)

Skeletal Muscle

6.

Cylindrical and unbranched; striated, voluntary

a)

Cardiac Muscle

b)

Smooth Muscle

c)

Skeletal Muscle

7.

Ability to generate tension to do work

a)

Contractility

b)

Excitability

c)

Extensibility

d)

Elasticity

8.

The property if responding to stimuli

a)

Contractility

b)

Excitability

c)

Extensibility

d)

Elasticity

9.

Ability to extend

a)

Contractility

b)

Excitability

c)

Extensibility

d)

Elasticity

10.

Ability to return to original shape after contraction

a)

Contractility

b)

Excitability

c)

Extensibility

d)

Elasticity

11.

The gravity pulling on the limb and pressure of fluid in a hollow organ

(a)  

12.

Ability to respond to certain stimuli by producing electric signals

(a)  

13.

Seperates individual muscle fibers from one another

a)

Endomysium

b)

Perimysium

c)

Epimysium

14.

Allows pre-movement of muscles and carries the nerves, blood vessels and lymphatic vessels

a)

Endomysium

b)

Perimysium

c)

Epimysium

15.

Surrounds groups of 10-100 or more muscle fibers

a)

Endomysium

b)

Perimysium

c)

Epimysium

16.

Structural unit of skeletal tissue

(a)  

17.

Group of endomysium with muscle fiber

(a)  

18.

Skeletal muscle cell

(a)  

19.

Lies between the muscles

a)

Deep Fascia

b)

Superficial Fascia

20.

Resides just under the skin

a)

Deep Fascia

b)

Superficial Fascia

21.

Outer membrane of long cylindrical muscle fiber

(a)  

22.

Cytoplasm of the muscle cell

(a)  

23.

Oxygen-containing compound which offers oxygen through the muscles

(a)  

24.

Allow electrical impulses to travel deep into the cell

(a)  

25.

Store calcium ions when the muscle fiber is in a relaxed state

(a)  

26.

A long protein bundle that fills sarcoplasm and gives the muscle its ability to contract

(a)  

27.

Contractile Proteins

a)

Generates force during contraction which includes myosin and actin

b)

Help switch the contraction process on and off

c)

Keep thethick and thin filaments in their proper alignment and gives myofibrils elasticity and extensibility

28.

Regulatory Proteins

a)

Generates force during contraction which includes myosin and actin

b)

Help switch the contraction process on and off

c)

Keep thethick and thin filaments in their proper alignment and gives myofibrils elasticity and extensibility

29.

Structural Proteins

a)

Generates force during contraction which includes myosin and actin

b)

Help switch the contraction process on and off

c)

Keep thethick and thin filaments in their proper alignment and gives myofibrils elasticity and extensibility

30.

Basic functional unit of myofibril

(a)  

31.

Anchor point for the thin filaments

a)

Z-disc

b)

A band

c)

I band

d)

H zone

e)

M line

32.

Darker middle part of sarcomere that extends the entire length of thick filaments

a)

Z-disc

b)

A band

c)

I band

d)

H zone

e)

M line

33.

Lighter and less dense of sarcomere that contain remainder of the filaments but no filaments

a)

Z-disc

b)

A band

c)

I band

d)

H zone

e)

M line

34.

A smaller band that contains only thick filaments

a)

Z-disc

b)

A band

c)

I band

d)

H zone

e)

M line

35.

The middle part of the sarcomere

a)

Z-disc

b)

A band

c)

I band

d)

H zone

e)

M line

36.

A motor protein, also called Myosin

a)

Thick Myofilaments

b)

Thin Myofilaments

37.

It looks like a string of beads, also called Actin

a)

Thick Myofilaments

b)

Thin Myofilaments

38.

An extension of our epimysium

(a)  

39.

A tendon and epimysium but wide and flat

(a)  

40.

Attaches to the stationary bone

a)

Origin

b)

Insertion

c)

Triceps brachii

d)

Belly

41.

Origin at the periosteum of out humerus

a)

Origin

b)

Insertion

c)

Triceps brachii

d)

Belly

42.

Muscle with the major responsibility for a certain movement

a)

Agonist

b)

Synergist

c)

Antagonist

43.

Assist the prime mover

a)

Agonist

b)

Synergist

c)

Antagonist

44.

Muscle that opposes or reverses the movements of a prime mover

a)

Agonist

b)

Synergist

c)

Antagonist

45.

Tension increases while the length remains the same

a)

Isotonic Contractions

b)

Isometric Contractions

c)

Concentric Isotonic

d)

Eccentric Isotonic

46.

As muscles shortens, it generate enough force to move an object

a)

Isotonic Contractions

b)

Isometric Contractions

c)

Concentric Isotonic

d)

Eccentric Isotonic

47.

Impairment or loss of motor function as a result of brain damage

(a)  

48.

Facial paralysis

(a)  

49.

Sudden involuntary contraction of a single muscle

(a)  

50.

A spasmodic twitching made involuntarily by muscles

(a)