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Muscular System Intro

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Contraction occurs when muscle cells...

a)

Lengthen

b)

Shorten

c)

Stay the same size

d)

Enlarge

2.

When you bend your arm, which muscle is contracting, or shortening?

a)

Biceps brachii

b)

Triceps brachii

3.

What muscle attaches to the bone and produces movement?

a)

skeletal muscle

b)

cardiac muscle

c)

smooth muscle

d)

visceral muscle

4.

Which action points the toes away from the shin?

a)

Inversion

b)

Eversion

c)

Dorsiflexion

d)

Plantar flexion

5.

Which action bends a joint, or decreases the angle between bones?

a)

Circumduction

b)

Rotation

c)

Extension

d)

Flexion

6.

Movement of the arm/leg away from the midline

a)

adduction

b)

eversion

c)

inversion

d)

abduction

7.

The triceps brachii straightens the forearm to increase the angle between the humerus and ulna. This is an example of

a)

Circumduction

b)

Rotation

c)

Extension

d)

Flexion

8.

Choose which muscle naming rules are used for (check all that apply):

Pectoralis major

a)

Location of muscle

b)

Direction of the muscle fibers

c)

Relative size of the muscle

d)

Number of origins

e)

Location of the muscle's origin and insertion

9.

Choose which muscle naming rules are used for (check all that apply):

Extensor digitorum longus

a)

Direction of muscle fibers

b)

Location of muscle

c)

Action of muscle

d)

Relative size of the muscle

e)

Shape of the muscle

10.

Choose which muscle naming rules are used for (check all that apply):

External oblique

a)

Location of muscle

b)

Direction of muscle fibers

c)

Relative size of the muscle

d)

Action of the muscle

e)

Location of muscle's origin and insertion

11.

Choose which muscle naming rules are used for (check all that apply): Gluteus medius

a)

Location of the muscle

b)

Relative size of the muscle

c)

Direction of the muscle fibers

d)

Action of the muscle

e)

Shape of the muscle

12.

Choose which muscle naming rules are used for (check all that apply):

a)

Shape of the muscle

b)

Number of origins

c)

Location of muscle

d)

Location of the muscle's origin and insertion

e)

Direction of the muscle fibers

13.

What is the primary function of the muscular system?

a)

To produce movement

b)

To store calcium

c)

To protect internal organs

d)

To produce blood cells

14.

Which type of muscle is responsible for involuntary movements in the body?

a)

Skeletal muscle

b)

Cardiac muscle

c)

Smooth muscle

d)

Striated muscle

15.

What is the role of tendons in the muscular system?

a)

To connect muscles to bones

b)

To connect bones to bones

c)

To provide nutrients to muscles

d)

To store energy for muscles