The Muscular System

What are voluntary muscles?

• Muscles you cannot control.

• Muscles that work on their own.

• Muscles that you can control.

What are involuntary muscles?

• Muscles you cannot control.

• Muscles you can control.

• Choosing to move your legs during a track race.

Which statement about smooth muscles is TRUE?

• Smooth muscles are voluntary, you can control that they do.

• Smooth muscles are involuntary, like your stomach or esophagus

• Smooth muscles are the muscles that make up your heart.

• Smooth muscles are the muscles that work with your bones.

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What is the name of the muscle that makes up your heart?

• Smooth

• Skeletal

• Cardiac

Which statement about cardiac muscles is TRUE?

• They are voluntary and work with your bones to give power and strength.

• They are involuntary and work to circulate blood throughout the body.

• They are involuntary and work with your bones to give power and strength.

Which statement is an example of skeletal muscle?

• Muscles that work with your bones to help you move.

• Muscles that are involuntary.

• Muscles that make up the heart.

Which of the following is an example of skeletal muscle?

• My heart pumping blood.

• My organs digesting food.

• Lifting weights to build muscle in my biceps and triceps.

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Which muscle is found in your legs?

• Biceps

• Deltoids

• Abdominals

• Quadriceps

Which muscle is found around your stomach?

• Deltoids

• Triceps

• Finger Flexors

• Obliques

Which sentence is FALSE?

• Involuntary muscles are muscles that move without you thinking about it.

• Your hamstrings are found on the back of your thighs.

• Biceps and triceps are muscles in your legs.

• Digesting food is an example of involuntary muscles.