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Muscle Anatomy Quiz

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do muscles do as you read?

a)

Pump blood

b)

Allow you to breathe

c)

Move your eyes

d)

Digest food

2.

Which type of muscle can you control to do activities like walking?

a)

Smooth muscle

b)

Cardiac muscle

c)

Skeletal muscle

d)

Tendon

3.

What is the function of a tendon?

a)

To pump blood

b)

To attach a muscle to a bone

c)

To digest food

d)

To produce hormones

4.

Which muscle type is involved in playing a musical instrument?

a)

Smooth muscle

b)

Cardiac muscle

c)

Skeletal muscle

d)

Tendon

5.

What type of tissue is a tendon?

a)

Muscle tissue

b)

Connective tissue

c)

Nervous tissue

d)

Epithelial tissue

6.

Which muscle type is responsible for heart contractions?

a)

Smooth muscle

b)

Cardiac muscle

c)

Skeletal muscle

d)

Tendon

7.

What type of muscle is involved in involuntary actions like digestion?

a)

Skeletal muscle

b)

Cardiac muscle

c)

Smooth muscle

d)

Tendon

8.

How do many skeletal muscles work?

a)

Individually

b)

In pairs

c)

In groups of three

d)

In groups of four

9.

What happens when one muscle in a pair contracts?

a)

The bone moves in one direction

b)

The bone stays still

c)

The bone moves in all directions

d)

The bone moves in a circle

10.

Muscles that cannot contract due to injury or are not used frequently become weak and shrink. What is this situation called?


a)

atrophy

b)

Triceps relax

c)

Triceps stretch

d)

muscle tone

11.

Which muscle is contracted when the arm is bent?

a)

Biceps

b)

Triceps

c)

Quadriceps

d)

Hamstrings

12.

What effect do contractions have on muscles?

a)

They make muscles weaker

b)

They tense and firm the muscle

c)

They relax the muscle

d)

They stretch the muscle

13.

What should you do to the limb to help relieve a cramp?

a)

Exercise it gently

b)

Keep it still

c)

Apply pressure

d)

Elevate it

14.

What are the three types of muscles?

a)

voluntary, smooth, cardiac

b)

cardiac, skeletal, nervous

c)

cardiac, smooth, skeletal

d)

smooth, cardiac, stomach