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HS1 2.02 Muscular System

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these is NOT a major task of the muscular system?

a)

Movement for your body

b)

Maintaining posture

c)

Heat production for the body

d)

Making red blood cells

2.

Which of the following words means 'the ability to recoil or bounce back to the original shape'?

a)

excitability

b)

extensibility

c)

contractibility

d)

elasticity

3.

Which type of muscle is involuntary and makes up many of your internal organs?

a)

skeletal

b)

gastrointestinal

c)

smooth

d)

cardiac

4.

Which type(s) of muscle is/are striated?

a)

skeletal

b)

smooth

c)

cardiac

d)

extremity

5.

What attaches muscle to bone?

a)

ligaments

b)

sliding filaments

c)

tendons

d)

sarcomeres

6.

What muscle is shown in red?

a)

frontalis

b)

masseter

c)

orbicularis oculi

d)

zygomaticus

7.

What muscle is shown in red?

a)

frontalis

b)

masseter

c)

orbicularis oculi

d)

zygomaticus

8.

What muscle is shown in green?

a)

frontalis

b)

masseter

c)

orbicularis oculi

d)

zygomaticus

9.

What muscle is shown in green?

a)

frontalis

b)

masseter

c)

orbicularis oculi

d)

zygomaticus

10.

What muscle is shown in red?

a)

Achilles tendon

b)

gastrocnemius

c)

hamstring

d)

quadriceps femoris

11.

What muscle is shown in red?

a)

biceps brachii

b)

deltoid

c)

pectoralis major

d)

rectus abdominis

12.

What muscle of the back is shown in green?

a)

deltoid

b)

external oblique

c)

gluteus maximus

d)

latissimus dorsi

13.

What muscle is shown in green?

a)

external oblique

b)

latissimus dorsi

c)

rectus abdominis

d)

trapezius

14.

What muscle is shown in red?

a)

external oblique

b)

latissimus dorsi

c)

rectus abdominis

d)

trapezius

15.

What muscle is shown in red?

a)

biceps brachii

b)

deltoid

c)

trapezius

d)

triceps brachii

16.

What muscle is shown in red?

a)

biceps brachii

b)

deltoid

c)

trapezius

d)

triceps brachii

17.

What muscle is shown in red?

a)

Achilles tendon

b)

gastrocnemius

c)

quadriceps femoris

d)

tibialis anterior

18.

What muscle is shown in red?

a)

gastrocnemius

b)

gluteus maximus

c)

quadriceps femoris

d)

tibialis anterior

19.

What muscle is shown in red?

a)

frontalis

b)

masseter

c)

rectus abdominis

d)

trapezius

20.

What muscle is shown in red, yellow, and green?

a)

biceps brachii

b)

deltoid

c)

trapezius

d)

triceps brachii

21.

What muscles are shown colored?

a)

gastrocnemius

b)

hamstring

c)

quadriceps femoris

d)

tibialis anterior

22.

What muscles are shown colored?

a)

Achilles tendon

b)

Gluteus maximus

c)

Hamstrings

d)

Quadriceps femoris

23.

Because these muscles are attached to the skeleton, they are considered

a)

cardiac

b)

skeletal

c)

smooth

24.
Movements that you choose to control
a)
Cramp
b)
Voluntary
c)
Strain
d)
Involuntary
25.
Movements that you cannot control
a)
Strain
b)
Sprain
c)
Voluntary
d)
Involuntary
26.
This muscle is only found in your heart.
a)
Skeletal
b)
Smooth
c)
Rough
d)
Cardiac
27.

ability to respond to a stimulus

a)

elasticity

b)

contractility

c)

extensibility

d)

excitability

28.

Ability to become short and thick

a)

elasticity

b)

contractability

c)

extensibility

d)

excitability

29.

Ability to be stretched

a)

Elasticity

b)

Contractability

c)

Extensibility

d)

Excitability

30.

Ability to return to its original shape

a)

elasticity

b)

contractibility

c)

extensibility

d)

excitability

31.

Decreasing the angle between two bones

a)

adduction

b)

abduction

c)

flexion

d)

circumduction

32.

Bending lower arm up towards the upper arm

a)

Adduction

b)

Abduction

c)

Flexion

d)

Circumduction

33.

Moving the arm away from the side of the body

a)

adduction

b)

abduction

34.

Moving a body part toward the midline

a)

Adduction

b)

Abduction

35.

Swinging the arm around in a circle

a)

Rotation

b)

Circumduction

36.
The wasting away of muscle tissue due to disuse is ________________.
a)
Hypertrophy
b)
Hypotrophy
c)
Atrophy
d)
Dystrophy