Health Muscular System

Question 1

List three ways that muscles are attached to the bones

Answer 1

Tendon
Directly to the bones
Aponeurosis

Question 2

List three functions of the skeletal muscles

Answer 2

Protection
Movement
Shape & Support

Question 3

List two things that could be lacking if you are experiencing a muscle cramp

Answer 3

Lack of- Potassium/water

Question 4

Name the hereditary disease of the muscle that causes a slow degeneration of muscle fibers

Answer 4

Muscular dystrophy

Question 5

What is the situation called where muscles get smaller and weaker without use

Answer 5

Atrophy

Question 6

Name the muscle that allows you to shrug your shoulders

Answer 6

Trapezius

Question 7

Name the muscle that extends your fingers

Answer 7

Extensors

Question 8

Name the muscle that extends or points the foot

Answer 8

Gastracnemius

Question 9

Name the muscle that flexes the arm

Answer 9

Bicep

Question 10

Name the muscle that raises the arm

Answer 10

Deltoid

Question 11

Name the muscle is used to extend your leg

Answer 11

Rectus Femoris

Question 12

Name the muscle that flexes the spine

Answer 12

Rectus abdominus

Question 13

Name the muscle that allows you to twist at the waist

Answer 13

External obliques

Question 14

What is the longest muscle in the body

Answer 14

Sartorius

Question 15

What percentage of muscle is made up of water

Answer 15

75%

Question 16

What percentage of muscle is made up of protein

Answer 16

20%

Question 17

What percentage is made up of Inorganic & organic SUBSTANCES

Answer 17

5%

Question 18

Muscles do two things

Answer 18

Contract & relax

Question 19

Decreasing the angle between two limbs is called

Answer 19

Flexion

Question 20

Increasing the angle between two limbs is called

Answer 20

Extention

Question 21

The palms facing up

Answer 21

Supination

Question 22

The palms facing down

Answer 22

Pronation

Question 23

Taking a limb from the mid line

Answer 23

Abduction

Question 24

Adding a limb to the mid line

Answer 24

Adduction

Question 25

Muscle is always in a state of constant contraction

Answer 25

Muscle tone

Question 26

The muscle gets larger and stronger with use

Answer 26

Hypotrophy

Question 27

Disease is named after (ALS)

Answer 27

Lou Gehrig

Question 28

All or None principle

Answer 28

One muscle fiber contracts in a bundle, all of them do

Question 29

What muscle pulls the heel and flexes the leg and where

Answer 29

Hamstrings

Question 30

A painful irritation of the tendon

Answer 30

Tendonitis

Question 31

Bending a hinge joint beyond its normal range of motion

Answer 31

Hyper extension