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Leg muscles

Authored by Nadine Nice

Biology

10th - 12th Grade

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This quiz focuses on human leg muscle anatomy and identification, targeting high school level biology students in grades 10-12. The assessment covers comprehensive knowledge of lower limb musculature, including the quadriceps group (vastus medialis, vastus lateralis, vastus intermedius, rectus femoris), hamstring muscles (biceps femoris, semitendinosus, semimembranosus), adductor muscles (adductor longus, adductor magnus, gracilis), and lower leg muscles (gastrocnemius, soleus, tibialis anterior, extensor digitorum longus). Students must demonstrate detailed anatomical knowledge by identifying specific muscles from numbered diagrams and understanding muscle group classifications. The questions require students to distinguish between muscles with similar names, recognize muscle locations on different views of the leg, and understand the relationship between individual muscles and larger functional groups like the quadriceps and hamstrings. Created by Nadine Nice, a Biology teacher in the US who teaches grades 10 and 12. This comprehensive muscle identification quiz serves as an excellent tool for reinforcing anatomical terminology and spatial relationships within the muscular system unit. Teachers can deploy this assessment as a formative evaluation following laboratory dissections or anatomical model studies, allowing students to demonstrate their mastery of muscle identification before summative testing. The quiz works effectively as a review activity before unit exams, homework reinforcement after introducing new muscle groups, or as a warm-up activity to activate prior knowledge before advancing to muscle function and movement patterns. This assessment directly supports NGSS HS-LS1-2 standards by requiring students to develop and use models of body systems, while also addressing state biology standards that emphasize structure-function relationships in human anatomy and physiology.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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Which muscle is #1?

vastus medialis
vastus lateralis
sartorius
tensor fascia latae

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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Which muscle is #2?

adductor longus
sartorius
gracilis
tensor fascia latae

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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Which muscle is #3?

gracilis
sartorius
adductor longus
vastus lateralis

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Which muscle is #4?

rectus femoris
biceps femoris
vastus lateralis
sartorius

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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Which muscle is #5?

vastus laterlis
vastus medialis
gracilis
sartorius

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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Which muscle is #6?

vastus lateralis
vastus medialis
rectus femoris
gracilis

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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Which muscle is #7?

sartorius
gracilis
vastus medialis
vastus lateralis

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