Muscular System Test

Test your knowledge of the muscular system! Learn muscle ID, actions, types, and contraction steps.

Muscle ID Use this word bank for the following 4 pictures. Copy and paste the terms from the word bank. Some terms will be used more than once.Aponeurosis Deltoid External obliqueFrontalis Internal oblique Latissimus dorsiMasseter Orbicularis oculi Orbicularis orisPlatysma Rectus abdominis SternocleidomastoidTemporalis Transverse abdominis TrapeziusZygomaticus Muscle ID #1 Frontalis Orbicularis oculi Orbicularis oris Platysma Masseter Zygomaticus Muscle ID #2 Frontalis Temporalis Sternocleidomastoid Platysma Muscle ID #3 aponeurosis Rectus abdominis Transverse abdominis Internal oblique External oblique Muscle ID #4 Deltoid Trapezius Latissimus dorsi Matching Question Term Type of movement that decreases the angle of the joint Flexion The movement of a limb toward the body midline Adduction Type of movement that increases the angle of the joint Extension A combination of flexion, extension, abduction, and adduction Circumduction The movement of a limb away from the body midline Abduction Place these steps of muscular contraction in chronological order. 2nd Electricity travels through nerves.6th The end result is muscle contraction.5th Calcium causes myosin to connect to actin.3rd Electricity connects to the muscle by nerve endings.1st Electricity starts in the brain.4th Electricity causes the sarcoplasmic reticulum to release calcium. Multiple Choice Select the correct answer for each question. Muscle tissue that has involuntary regulation of contraction is: cardiac muscle only smooth muscle only skeletal muscle only cardiac muscle and smooth muscle Which one of the following is composed of myosin protein: thick filaments thin filaments all myofilaments Z discs Which one of the following does NOT compress the abdomen: internal oblique external oblique latissimus dorsi transversus abdominis The _ covers the upper part of the chest. pectoralis minor pectoralis major external oblique trapezius A sheet-like tendinous expansion, mainly serving to connect a muscle with the parts it moves is the _. transverse abdominis aponeurosis external oblique internal oblique The large, flat muscle pair that covers the lower back is the _. trapezius deltoid latissimus dorsi platysma