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Muscles Part 1 Practice

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A patient who has been bedridden for several weeks begins to develop a curved spine and difficulty sitting upright. Which muscular function is MOST directly affected?

a)

Movement

b)

Thermoregulation

c)

Maintaining posture and stability

d)

Moving substances through the body

2.

A runner begins shivering after stopping exercise in cold weather. Which muscle function is responsible for helping maintain body temperature?

a)

Thermoregulation

b)

Movement

c)

Enables breathing to cycle warm blood

d)

Maintain posture and stability

3.

You eat Mcdonalds Value meal for dinner. Food continues to move through the digestive tract even while a person is asleep. Which muscle function allows this to occur?

a)

Thermoregulation

b)

Movement through digestion

c)

Movement through elimination

d)

Posture & Stability

4.

A patient with severe damage to their diaphragm would have the greatest difficulty with which function?

a)

Movement through circulation

b)

Posture & Stability

c)

Respiration

d)

Thermoregulation

5.

Which example BEST demonstrates muscles working to maintain stability rather than create movement?

a)
Holding a plank position.
b)
Performing a squat exercise.
c)
Running a marathon.
d)
Lifting weights overhead.
6.

Which muscle tissue is responsible for pumping blood throughout the body?

a)
Cardiac muscle
b)
Connective tissue
c)
Smooth muscle
d)
Skeletal muscle
7.

A patient cannot consciously control the muscles that regulate the diameter of their blood vessels. Which type of muscle tissue is involved?

a)
Cardiac muscle
b)
Skeletal muscle
c)
Striated muscle
d)
Smooth muscle
8.

Which scenario BEST represents skeletal muscle activity?

a)

Sweating after exercise

b)

Pumping blood throughout body

c)

Digesting food

d)

Writing with a pencil

9.

A muscle named the temporalis is most likely named based on which characteristic?

a)

Action

b)

Size

c)

Shape

d)

Location

10.

Which muscle name MOST clearly indicates its shape?

a)

Deltoid

b)

Biceps

c)

Tibialis anterior

d)

Extensor digitorum

11.

A muscle named adductor longus includes information about:

a)

Shape and direction

b)

Location and size

c)

Action and size

d)

Action and location

12.

What does the term “flexor” in a muscle name tell you?

a)

Where the muscle is located

b)

The muscle's size

c)

The muscle's action

d)

The direction of the fibers

13.

A muscle named transversus abdominis runs:

a)
in a circular pattern around the waist
b)
diagonally across the torso
c)
vertically along the spine
d)
horizontally across the abdomen
14.

Match the muscle tissue to its control

a)

Cardiac

1.

Involuntary

b)

Smooth

2.

Involuntary

c)

Skeletal

3.

Voluntary

15.

Damage to which muscle tissue would MOST directly affect respiration AND urination?

a)

Skeletal

b)

Smooth

c)

Cardiac

d)

Involuntary

16.

Where is skeletal muscle found?

a)
Skeletal muscle is found in the heart.
b)
Skeletal muscle is found in the brain.
c)

Skeletal muscle is found in the bones.

d)
Skeletal muscle is found attached to bones.