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Muscular System Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the term for where a muscle is attached to a movable bone?

a)

Origin

b)

Insertion

c)

Junction

d)

Connection

2.

What is the term for where a muscle is attached to an immovable bone?

a)

Origin

b)

Insertion

c)

Junction

d)

Connection

3.

What is one of the other functions of the muscular system besides movement?

a)

Digestion

b)

Stabilizing joints

c)

Circulation

d)

Respiration

4.

What role does heat from muscle contractions play in the body?

a)

It causes fatigue

b)

It helps in digestion

c)

It helps maintain homeostasis

d)

It causes dehydration

5.

What does the muscular system help regulate in the body?

a)

Blood pressure

b)

Body temperature

c)

Heart rate

d)

Blood sugar

6.

What is the relationship between muscle contraction and heat?

a)

Muscle contraction absorbs heat

b)

Muscle contraction releases heat

c)

Muscle contraction has no effect on heat

d)

Muscle contraction cools the body

7.

What are antagonists in muscle classification?

a)

Muscles that assist in movement

b)

Muscles that oppose or do the reverse of a certain movement

c)

Muscles that stabilize joints

d)

Muscles that contract during movement

8.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of antagonists?

a)

Usually stretched or relaxed when a prime mover is active

b)

Can regulate prime movers by adding resistance

c)

Located on the same side of a joint as the prime mover

d)

Oppose or do the reverse of a certain movement

9.

What happens to the triceps during a bicep curl?

a)

They contract

b)

They relax

c)

They stabilize the joint

d)

They assist the biceps

10.

Which muscle becomes the antagonist when the bicep curl is released?

a)

Biceps brachii

b)

Triceps brachii

c)

Deltoid

d)

Quadriceps

11.

Which muscle acts as a synergist in a bicep curl?

a)

Triceps brachii

b)

Deltoid

c)

Brachioradialis

d)

Pectoralis major

12.

Which muscle is responsible for opposing the action of the biceps brachii?

a)

Brachialis

b)

Triceps brachii

c)

Rhomboideus

d)

Deltoid

13.

The prime mover for inhalation is the (a)   .

14.

The antagonist of the quadriceps, located in the posterior thigh.

a)

adductors

b)

hamstrings

c)

gastrocnemius

d)

tibialis anterior

15.

The group of muscles that run the length of the vertebral column and keep our backs straight.

a)

Trapezius

b)

Latissiumus dorsi

c)

Errector spinae

d)

Rectus abdominis

16.

What makes up a muscle fiber?

2 lines
17.

During a biology class, Reid and Jason are learning about the human body. What types of tissue make up the trapezius muscle?

a)

smooth muscle, connective tissue, epithelial tissue

b)

connective tissue, nervous tissue, cardiac muscle tissue

c)

skeletal muscle tissue, epithelial tissue, nervous tissue

d)

nervous tissue, connective tissue, skeletal muscle tissue

18.

The tibialis anterior is the prime mover in what muscle movement?

a)

rotation

b)

plantar flexion

c)

dorsiflexion

d)

extension of the knee

19.

The pectoralis major is the largest muscle of your (a)   .

20.

What is a bundle of muscle fibers called?

a)

fascicle

b)

myofibril

c)

myofilament

d)

organ