Muscular System Quiz
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True or false: Your brain sends signals to your muscles and tells them when to contract.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
What is the job of the skeletal muscle’s?
A. To Help You Breathe
B. To Move Your Bones
C. To Produce Carbon Dioxide
D. To Keep You Warm
Smooth muscles are
A. Voluntary
B. Involuntary
C. N/A
D. N/A
Which of the following is a type of muscle found in the human body?
A. Cardiac muscle
B. Skeletal muscle
C. Smooth muscle
D. All of the above
What is the function of myoglobin in muscle cells?
A. To store oxygen
B. To store glucose
C. To produce ATP
D. To break down proteins
A muscle that helps the prime mover is called a
A. antagonist
B. agonist
C. synergist
D. fixator
The muscular system’s main function includes all of this except
A. allows movement in body
B. maintain posture
C. stabilize joints
D. converts food into nutrients
Muscles that you cannot control are called _____.
A. voluntary
B. involuntary
When muscles contract, the length of the muscle
A. lengthens
B. extends
C. shortens
D. stretches
When you walk, muscles in your legs contract and relax. This is a great example of the ____ system in action.
A. muscular system
B. circulatory system
C. excretory system
D. nervous system
What is the primary function of skeletal muscles?
A. Pumping blood
B. Facilitating movement
C. Digesting food
D. Producing hormones
Involuntary
A. skeletal
B. cardiac
C. smooth
D. smooth and cardiac
What role do antagonistic muscles play in the body?
A. They work together to produce the same movement
B. They oppose the action of the primary muscle
C. They stabilise joints
D. They produce hormones
What is the primary energy source for muscle contraction during high-intensity exercise?
A. Fatty acids
B. Glucose
C. Amino acids
D. Vitamins
_____ refers to muscles attached to immovable bone.
A. Place
B. Origin
C. N/A
D. N/A
Flexible tissue that covers the ends of your bones at joints is called
A. Synovial Fluid
B. Cartilage
C. Smooth Muscle
D. Biceps
Many bones get their name from the bone they are
A. near
B. attached to
C. looking like
D. N/A
Muscles that you control are known as….
A. Involuntary
B. Fast Twitch
C. Voluntary
D. Slow Twitch
Muscle fatigue is due in part to the accumulation of:
A. lactic acid
B. ATP
C. carbon dioxide
D. pyruvic acid
Which type of muscle tires quickly during exercise?
A. skeletal muscle
B. breathing muscle
C. cardiac muscle
D. smooth muscle
Muscles can only __________, they never ___________.
A. push, pull
B. pull, push
The gap between the nerve endings and the muscle cells is the
A. synaptic cleft
B. synaptic cliff
C. sympathetic nerve
D. axon
Which muscles are involuntary?
A. Skeletal
B. Smooth
C. Cardiac
D. smooth and cardiac
All of the following are functions of the muscular system EXCEPT:
A. blood production
B. heat production
C. movement
D. posture & stability
A place where two bones meet is called a
A. Hip Bone
B. Synovial Fluid
C. Joint
D. Biceps
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