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The Skeletal and Muscular System

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  • Q1
    1. The three major types of muscles in the body are:
    Smooth muscle, sports muscles, and skeletal muscles
    Smooth muscle, running muscle, and face muscles
    Smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and skeletal muscle
    Smooth muscle, flexible muscle, and strength muscle
    30s
  • Q2
    2. The muscle that pumps blood throughout your body is:
    Skeletal muscle
    Valentine muscle
    Smooth muscle
    Cardiac muscle
    30s
  • Q3
    3. Which type of muscle is found in your digestive system?
    Stomach muscles
    Rectus abdominus
    Cardiac muscle
    Smooth muscle
    30s
  • Q4
    4. What connects bones and muscles together?
    Tendons
    Glue
    Cartilage
    Ligaments
    30s
  • Q5
    5. Skeletal muscles work with bones to give your body:
    Strength
    None of the above
    Strength and the ability to move
    The ability to move
    30s
  • Q6
    6. Some of your biggest and most powerful muscles are:
    In your fingers
    In your arms
    In your calves and thighs
    In your back near your spine
    30s
  • Q7
    7. Ligaments connect
    Tendons to muscles
    Cartilage to bone
    Bone to bone
    Muscle to bone
    30s
  • Q8
    8. What is a voluntary muscle?
    Muscle works automatically
    You have control over the muscle
    Muscles fuse together
    You have no control over the muscle
    30s
  • Q9
    9. What does the term "striated" mean?
    Smooth
    Skeletal
    Strong
    Striped
    30s
  • Q10
    10. A ___________ is elastic bundles of tissue that perform different functions.
    Ligaments
    Tendons
    Muscle
    Joints
    30s
  • Q11
    11. What makes our muscles stronger?
    Rest
    Exercise
    Sleeping
    Diet
    30s
  • Q12
    12. The combination of skeletal muscles and bones working together is called the ______________ system.
    Skeletal
    Reflex
    Muscular
    Musculoskeletal
    30s
  • Q13
    13. Which muscles are involuntary?
    smooth and cardiac
    cardiac
    smooth
    skeletal
    30s
  • Q14
    14. When a muscle contracts, it _______.
    gets thinner
    gets longer
    gets shorter
    gets fatter
    30s
  • Q15
    15. Muscles always work in _____
    pairs
    groups of three
    joints
    bones
    30s

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