2 - Muscular System Quiz

The muscular system pumps blood through the body.

• True

• False

Which of the following are NOT a function of the muscular system?

• Pump blood through the body

• Let us run, walk, kick, throw, and even blink

• holds a person's body upright

• carry out basic tasks in the body

The adult human body has over _____ muscles.

• 100

• 600

• 60

• 1,000

Which type of muscles are in sheets or layers and are involuntary?

• smooth

• cardiac

• skeletal

• tendons

Which type of muscles are thick muscles that circulate blood?

• tendons

• skeletal muscles

• smooth muscles

• cardiac muscles

Which type of muscles are attached to bones that let you move?

• smooth

• cardiac

• skeletal

• tendons

What attaches muscles to bones with great power and move bone with muscle to create movement?

• ligaments

• tendons

• smooth muscles

• skeletal muscles

Which attaches bones to bones?

• ligaments

• tendons

• skeletal muscles

• smooth muscles

How do muscles move body parts?

• by increasing and decreasing

• by contracting and relaxing

• by expanding and shrinking

Muscles work in pairs called:

• smooth and skeletal

• big and small

• flexors and extensors