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What muscle flexes your head
a) Sternocleidomastoid
b) Soleus
c) Deltoid
d) Trapezius

This muscle raises your eyebrows and wrinkles your forehead
a) Frontalis
b) Soleus
c) Orbicularis Oculi
d) Orbicularis Oris

Injury to a muscle which involves tearing and bleeding of the muscle is called:
a) Sprain
b) Fracture
c) Tendonitis
d) Strain

The muscles ability to shorten, reducing distance between parts is called:
a) Excitability
b) Extensibility
c) Contractibility
d) Elasticity

What muscle is circular muscle: open/close controlling passage of substances:
a) Skeletal muscle
b) Sphincter muscle
c) Cardiac muscle
d) Smooth muscle

The muscles ability to return to original length after being stretched is called:
a) Extensibility
b) Contractibility
c) Excitability
d) Elasticity

The ability of a muscle to respond to certain stimuli is called:
a) Excitability
b) Contractibility
c) Extensibility
d) Elasticity

The ability for a muscle to be stretched to its normal resting length and beyond to a limited degree is:
a) Excitability
b) Extensibility
c) Elasticity
d) Contractibility

The main responsibilities of the muscular system are:
a) Body Movement, body form and shape or to maintain posture, and to maintain body heat
b) Body movement, production of red blood cells, and maintenance of water balance
c) Body movement, nervous system function, and production of white blood cells
d) Body movement, protection of organs, and blood flow

The function that muscles have to always be partially contracted and ready to pull is:
a) Isotonic
b) Isometric
c) Muscle tone
d) Muscle atrophy

The part of the muscle attached to a movable part and is the part that moves during a contraction is a:
a) Origin
b) Insertion
c) Prime mover
d) Antagonist

What muscle raises the ribs to help in breathing
a) Deltoid
b) External intercostals
c) Soleus
d) Pectoralis major

This muscle helps control breathing
a) Triceps
b) Biceps
c) Diaphragm
d) Deltoid

These muscles are attached to the bones of the skeleton: voluntary, and striated
a) Cardiac
b) Skeleton
c) Smooth
d) Sphincter

Exercising for prolong periods without adequate rest would cause a(n):
a) Increase of blood sugar
b) Increase atrophy
c) Build up of lactic acid
d) Loss of minerals in bones

When Ben flexes his bicep, what characteristic of muscles describes what is happening to his bicep?
a) Contractibility
b) Elasticity
c) Excitability
d) Extensibility

Shelly stretches every night after aerobics. What is her desired outcome?
a) Contractibility
b) Extensibility
c) Elastity
d) Excitability

Which of the following is a muscle in the posterior of the lower leg?
a) Hamstring
b) Sartorius
c) Vastus medialis
d) Gastrocnemius

Which is a muscle in the arm?
a) Tricep
b) Diaphragm
c) Trapezius
d) Gastrocnemius

Regular exercise and training will provide you with:
a) Antagonize circulation
b) Improve muscle tone
c) Reduce muscle efficiency
d) Cause lactic acid

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