Muscular System Review

Regular exercise and strength training will improve?

• Extensibility

• Contractability

• Muscle Tone

• Elasticity

What condition is often characterized by chronic pain and muscle soreness, fatigue, forgetfulness, and mood swings?

• Fibromyalgia

• Strain

• Atrophy

• Muscular Dystrophy

When a gymnast performs a head stand, what characteristic of muscles describes what is happening to her chest and shoulder muscles?

• Elasticity

• Contractilibility

• Muscle Tone

• Shrinking

Cory stretches every night after running. What is the desired outcome for his muscles?

• Muscle Tone

• Contractibility

• Extensibility

• Elasticity

What muscle is on the posterior aspect of the lower leg?

What muscle covers the shoulder?

What condition involves tearing of the muscle fibers and bleeding within the muscle belly?

Involuntary muscles of the heart?

• Epithelial

• Skeletal

• Smooth

• Cardiac

Bulging in the lower quadrant of the abdomen?

Muscles located on the posterior portion of the upper arm?

• Deltoid

• Biceps

• Triceps

• Humerus