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Muscular System Practice

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the three types of muscles?

a)

skeletal muscles, smooth muscles, and cardiac muscles

b)

biceps muscles, triceps muscles, and quadriceps muscles

c)

voluntary muscles, involuntary muscles, and respiratory muscles

d)

flexor muscles, extensor muscles, and oblique muscles

2.

Which type of muscle is responsible for voluntary movements?

a)

Smooth muscles

b)

Skeletal muscles

c)

Adipose tissues

d)

Cardiac muscles

3.

Which type of muscle is found in the walls of hollow organs?

a)

striated muscle

b)

smooth muscle

c)

skeletal muscle

d)

cardiac muscle

4.

What are the main functions of muscles?

a)

The main functions of muscles are producing sound, vision, and taste.

b)

The main functions of muscles are thinking, feeling, and sensing.

c)

The main functions of muscles are movement, stability, and posture.

d)

The main functions of muscles are digestion, respiration, and circulation.

5.

Which muscle type is striated and multinucleated?

a)

skeletal muscle

b)

cardiac muscle

c)

adipose tissue

d)

smooth muscle

6.

What is the basic unit of muscle structure?

a)

Nucleus

b)

Mitochondria

c)

Golgi Apparatus

d)

Sarcomere

7.

What is the process called when a muscle shortens and generates force?

a)

muscle contraction

b)

muscle extension

c)

muscle expansion

d)

muscle relaxation

8.

Which protein is responsible for muscle contraction?

a)

keratin and collagen

b)

hemoglobin and myoglobin

c)

insulin and glucagon

d)

actin and myosin

9.

What is the role of calcium ions in muscle contraction?

a)

Calcium ions inhibit the binding of troponin to actin, preventing muscle contraction.

b)

Calcium ions bind to troponin, causing a conformational change that moves tropomyosin away from the myosin-binding sites on actin.

c)

Calcium ions directly bind to myosin, causing muscle contraction.

d)

Calcium ions have no role in muscle contraction.

10.

What is the name of the neurotransmitter that stimulates muscle contraction?

a)

Acetylcholine

b)

Serotonin

c)

Dopamine

d)

GABA

11.
Smooth muscle and cardiac muscle are considered _____ muscles because we can’t control them consciously.
a)
Immovable
b)
Involuntary
c)
Skeletal
d)
none of the above
12.
A ______ is a strong connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone.
a)
Tendon
b)
Ligament
c)
Cartilage
13.

What is shown in the colored part of this diagram?

a)

a whole muscle

b)

five muscle fibers

c)

five muscle fascicles

d)

five myofibrils

14.

What is labeled "4" (the blue/purple part) in the diagram?

a)

sarcolemma

b)

sarcoplasmic reticulum

c)

transverse tubules

d)

myofibril

15.

Name the following in order from largest to smallest:

a)

muscle, muscle fascicle, muscle cell, myofibril, filaments

b)

muscle, muscle fascicle, muscle cell, filaments, myofibril

c)

muscle, muscle cell, muscle fascicle, myofibril, filaments

d)

muscle, muscle cell, muscle fascicle, filaments, myofibril

16.

What is the length between Z-lines of an actin molecule called?

a)

fascicle

b)

sarcomere

c)

myosin binding site

d)

sarcoplasmic length

17.

____________ attaches to actin to form the cross bridge.

a)

Troponin

b)

Tropomyosin

c)

Myosin

d)

Calcium