WorksheetsMuscular System #1 Quiz
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
What role does the muscular system play in fluid movement?
It evaporates fluids
It moves fluids through vessels associated with other body systems
It absorbs fluids
It solidifies fluids
How many muscles are there in the human body?
500
650
700
800
What is the primary function of cardiac muscle?
Pushes objects through passageways
Pumps blood
Produces movement
Attaches to bones
Which characteristic of muscles refers to their ability to shorten?
Extensibility
Elasticity
Excitability
Contractility
TRUE OR FALSE:
Tendons connect bone to bone
True
False
Which of the following is NOT shown in the diagram?
Tendons
Muscle fibers
Fascia
Blood vessels
Which type of muscle involuntarily (automatically) contracts?
Cardiac
Skeletal
Smooth
Dural
Fascia can be described as a band of what?
Muscle fibers
Connective tissue
Nerve endings
Blood vessels
What tissue type is primarily involved in the structure of tendons?
Epithelial tissue
Connective tissue
Nervous tissue
Muscle tissue
What is the process called when a muscle returns to its original form?
Contraction
Expansion
Relaxation
Compression
What is not a type of muscle contraction?
Isometric
Isokinetic
Isosymetric
Isotonic
TRUE OR FALSE:
In a muscle contraction, the agonist is the muscle that is contracting or moving the body part.
False
True
