Muscular System QUIZ Mrs. Jones

1. Which of the three types of muscle forms the wall of the heart?

2. What is the strongest muscle in your body? Where is it?

3. Which muscles do you sit on?

4. These muscles are NOT the same as breast tissue…

5. This muscle helps you show emotion on your face.

6. This inherited disorder includes skeletal muscle progressively destroying itself.

7. Bundles of long cells that make up muscles…

8. A muscle that opens a joint is called ___________.

9.This type of muscle acts on the lining of passageways and hollow organs in the body…

10. The inflammation of a tendon is called ___________.

11. _____________________ is the natural tension in muscle fibers.

12. A ____________________ is when an organ or tissue protrudes through an are of weak muscle.

13. A ________________ is an area of discolored skin that appears after an injury.

14. The muscle that closes a joint is called____________.

15. This is a result of muscles that are stretched or partially torn…

16. This type of muscle is attached to your bones in order for your body to move…

17. Give an example of an INVOLUNTARY muscle.

18. Give a helpful tip to properly care for your muscular system.

19. About how many muscles are there in your body?

20. The “flamingo” stretch is good for helping warm up this muscle group.