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ATAR 11 Human Biology - Anatomy of muscles

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Match the following:

a)

Cardiac muscle

1.

Heart muscle

b)

Skeletal muscles

2.

Attach to bone

c)

Smooth muscles

3.

Walls of alimentary tract

2.

Match the following

a)

Extensibility

1.

Ability to be stretched

b)

Elasticity

2.

Ability to return to the original length

c)

Contractibility

3.

Ability to shorten

d)

Excitability

4.

Ability to get excited

3.

Which muscles are under voluntary control?

a)

Skeletal

b)

Smooth

c)

Cardiac

4.

Match the following

a)

1.

Skeletal muscle

b)

2.

Smooth muscle

c)

3.

Cardiac muscle

5.

Identify the location of the myofibril.

6.

Identify the location of the muscle.

7.

Identify the location of the muscle fibre.

8.

Identify the location of the muscle bundle.

9.

Identify the location of the nucleus.

10.

Identify the location of the sarcolemma.

11.

Identify the location of the mitochondrion.

12.

Identify the location of the myofibril.

13.

Study the diagram to identify the correct statements below.

a)

The Z line is the red ziczac line.

b)

The blue filament represents actin.

c)

The H zone represents the area without actin.

d)

The A band represent the extent of the actin filament.

14.
Question Image

Match the following

a)

Thin filament

1.

Actin

b)

Thick filament

2.

Myosin

c)

Extent of myosin

3.

A band

d)

Space around Z band between myosin filaments

4.

I band

e)

Vertical line where myosin attaches

5.

M line

15.

Select the correct statements below.

a)

The I band is wider when the muscle is relaxed.

b)

The Z lines are closer then the muscle is relaxed.

c)

There is more overlap between actin and myosin filaments when the muscles is contracting.

d)

The A band gets narrower when the muscle contracts.