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The Muscular System

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of these processes does the muscular system not really help with

a)

Heart beating

b)

Circulation

c)

Vision

d)

Digestion

2.

Cardiac Muscle is

(a)  

3.

Organize these options into the right categories

Categorize the following

Involuntary

No control over it

Intestines

Respiratory system

works automatically

Heart

Atrium and aorta

Voluntary

Muscles

Can control it

Smooth Muscle
Cardiac Muscle
Skeletal
4.

Match the following

a)

Isometric Contraction

1.

Force developed, no change in length

b)

Agonist

2.

Prime movers

c)

Antagonist

3.

relaxes

d)

Synergist

4.

assists the agonists

e)

Stabiliser

5.

Provides support in holding the body

5.

Skeletal muscles are

a)

attached to muscles via ligaments

b)

Voluntary

c)

Involuntary

d)

attached to bones via tendons

6.

Nervous Control is where

a)

nerve stimuli control muscle action

b)

can increase in size (growth) with an increase in activity muscle

c)

muscles can return to their original size and shape once stretched

d)

muscles can decrease in size (waste) as a result of injury, illness or lack of exercise.

7.

In the "reciprocal inhibition" relationship the muscle causing the movement is known as ​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
the Agonist
Antagonist
Synergist
Stabiliser
8.

Label the Muscular System

9.

Label the point of origin and insertion for both the bicep and tricep

10.

Explain the Henneman Principle with an example

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11.

Mark the correct position for the agonist and antagonist in elbow extension and elbow flexion

12.

Match the following

a)

Type 2A Fast twitch

1.

both aerobic and anaerobic

b)

Type 2B

2.

Anaerobic and fast contraction

c)

Type 1

3.

High fat stores and contract slowly

13.

Fusiform muscles are desgned for

a)

strength and power

b)

have three categories

c)

come from the main tendon

d)

mobility but produce low force

14.

How many muscles are in the human body?

a)

350

b)

640

c)

650

d)

620

15.

Involuntary means

a)

We have control over it

b)

Purposely do something of our own making

c)

Happens by itself naturally

d)

Happens by itself naturally

16.

Smooth muscle is found in

a)

Intenstines

b)

Heart

c)

Respiratory system

d)

bones

17.

Blood vessels are examples of what type of muscle

a)

Smooth

b)

Cardiac

c)

Skeletal

d)

Involuntary

18.

Contractility is where

a)

Muscles return to their original size

b)

muscles can increase in size (growth) with an increase in activity.

c)

nerve stimuli control muscle action.

d)

muscles contract and become thicker

19.

Extensibility

a)

muscles can decrease in size (waste) as a result of injury, illness or lack of exercise.

b)

muscles can increase in size (growth) with an increase in activity.

c)

muscles have the capacity to stretch when a force is applied

d)

nerve stimuli control muscle action.

20.

During a bicep curl on the way up what is the bicep doing

a)

Contracting concentrically

b)

acting as the antagonist

c)

Acting as the prime mover

d)

Contracting eccentrically

21.

During the upwards phase of the push up what role is the triceps playing

a)

Agonist

b)

Antagonist

c)

contracting isotonically

d)

Contracting isometrically

22.

Fusiform muscles are

a)

run opposite way to the tendon

b)

Run opposite way to the ligament

c)

short and thick

d)

Long and thin

23.

Pennate muscles

a)

designed for strength and power

b)

come from the main tendon

c)

Mobility but low force

d)

balance of strength, power and mobility

24.

Endomysium are

a)

bundle of muscle fibre that run length of the muscle

b)

Connective tissure that surronds each fasiculi

c)

connective tissue that surronds muscle fibre

d)

connective tissue that covers entire muscle belly

25.

Myofibrils are

a)

muscle fibres that cover the cardiac muscle

b)

muscle fibres that run along some of the muscle

c)

smaller fibres that make up each of the muscle fibres

d)

muscle fibres that relax the muscle