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Multiple Choice Questions (1 Mark each)

Section 1- The muscular system
1. What are the three main functions of the muscular system?
a)
b)
c)
d)

Motion, heat production and movement

Motion, heat production and maintenance of posture
Heat production, support and blood cell production
Maintenance of posture, motion and movement

2. Where in the body is cardiac muscle found?

a)
b)
c)
d)

Lungs
Intestines
Heart
Blood vessel walls

3. Where in the body is smooth muscle found?

a)
b)
c)
d)

Blood vessel walls

Heart
Hamstrings
Quadriceps

4. Which muscle type is found in the walls of the intestines?

a)
b)
c)
d)

Cardiac
Skeletal
Smooth
All of the above

5. Which of the following muscle types has striations?

a)
b)
c)
d)

Cardiac and skeletal

Smooth and skeletal
Smooth and cardiac
All of the above

6. What is the main function of smooth muscle?

a) To contract the heart to pump blood around the body
b) To produce explosive movement of the limbs

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c) To regulate the diameter of tubular organs and vessels in the body

d) All of the above

7. Which muscle types are controlled involuntarily?

a)
b)
c)
d)

Smooth and skeletal

Cardiac and smooth
Skeletal and smooth
All of the above

8. Which muscle type contracts in an auto-rhythmic nature?

a)
b)
c)
d)

Cardiac
Smooth
Skeletal
All of the above

9. What intensity (power) and duration (time) would occur when type I muscle
fibres contract?
a)
b)
c)
d)

High intensity and short duration

High intensity and long duration
Low intensity and short duration
Low intensity and long duration

10. What intensity (power) and duration (time) would occur when type IIb muscle
fibres contract?
a)
b)
c)
d)

High intensity and short duration

High intensity and long duration
Low intensity and short duration
Low intensity and long duration

11. An athlete running a 100m sprint will predominantly use which muscle fibre
type?
a) Type I
b) Type IIa
c) Type IIb
12. An athlete running an 800m race will predominantly use which muscle fibre
type?
a) Type I
b) Type IIa
c) Type IIb
13. An athlete performing a marathon race will predominantly use which muscle
fibre type?

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a) Type I
b) Type IIa
c) Type IIb

14. What muscle fibre type predominantly uses fats as an energy source?
a)
b)
c)
d)

Type I
Type IIa
Type IIb
Type IIa and Type IIb

15. What colour are type I muscle fibres?

a)
b)
c)
d)

Red
White
Yellow
Blue

16. What colour are type IIb muscle fibres?

a)
b)
c)
d)

Red
White
Yellow
Blue

17. Which muscle fibre type has the greatest oxidative capacity?
a) Type I
b) Type IIa
c) Type IIb
18. The Gluteals are the largest muscles in the body.
a) True
b) False
19. When a muscle contracts and shortens it is known as what type of
contraction?
a) Concentric
b) Eccentric
c) Isometric
20. When a muscle contracts and lengthens it is known as what type of
contraction?
a) Concentric
b) Eccentric

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c) Isometric
21. When a muscle contracts but no movement occurs it is known as what type of
contraction?
a) Concentric
b) Eccentric
c) Isometric

22. Which type of muscular contraction will occur when a gymnast holds the
position of a handstand?
a) Concentric
b) Eccentric
c) Isometric
23. Where would you find the deltoid muscle?
a)
b)
c)
d)

Foot
Hand
Leg
Shoulder

24. Where would you find the gastrocnemius muscle?

a)
b)
c)
d)

Calf
Forearm
Shoulder
Arm

25. Where would you find the tibialis anterior muscle?

a)
b)
c)
d)

Arm
Shoulder
Shin
Back

26. Which four muscles make up your quadriceps?

a)
b)
c)
d)

Semimembranosis, semitendinosis, bicep femoris and rectus femoris

Vastus medialis, vastus lateralis, bicep femoris and rectus femoris
Vastus medialis, vastus lateralis, vastus intermedius and bicep femoris
Vastus medialis, vastus lateralis, vastus intermedius and rectus femoris

27. Which three muscles make up your hamstrings?

a) Semimembranosis, semitendinosis and rectus femoris
b) Semimembranosis, semitendinosis and bicep femoris
c) Rectus femoris, bicep femoris and vastus lateralis

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d) Bicep femoris, vastus lateralis and vastus medialis

28. What name is given to a muscle which contracts to initiate movement?
a)
b)
c)
d)

Agonist
Antagonist
Fixator
Synergist

29. What is the name given to a muscle that stabilises and controls the movement
occurring at a joint?
a)
b)
c)
d)

Agonist
Antagonist
Fixator
Synergist

30. What is the name given to a muscle which relaxes and lengthens to allow
movement to occur?
a)
b)
c)
d)

Agonist
Antagonist
Fixator
Synergist

31. What is the name given to a muscle which contracts in combination or

sequence with other muscles to produce a coordinated movement?
a)
b)
c)
d)

Agonist
Antagonist
Fixator
Synergist

32. If the biceps contract to flex the elbow which muscle will act as an
antagonist?
a)
b)
c)
d)

Biceps
Triceps
Deltoids
Pectorals

33. If the biceps contract to flex the elbow which muscle will act as a fixator?
a)
b)
c)
d)

Biceps
Triceps
Deltoids
Pectorals

34. What is the joint action of the Rectus Abdominis?

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b)
c)
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Trunk Extension
Elevation
Depression
Trunk Flexion

35. What joint actions do the Hamstrings perform?

a)
b)
c)
d)

Knee Flexion
Hip Flexion
Hip Extension
All of the above

36. A muscles attachment to the more stationary bone is called the

a)
b)
c)
d)

Fixator
Origin
Insertion
Direction

37. What muscle would contract concentrically to extend the knee?

a)
b)
c)
d)

Hamstrings
Quadriceps
Gluteus maximum
Hip flexors

38. What muscle would contract concentrically to abduction the shoulder/arm?

a)
b)
c)
d)

Pectorals
Latissimus dorsi
Deltoids
Biceps

39. What muscle would contract concentrically to plantar flex the ankle?
a)
b)
c)
d)

Gastrocnemius
Tibalis anterior
Quadriceps
Hamstrings

40. What muscle would contract concentrically to extend the elbow?

a)
b)
c)
d)

Deltoids
Biceps
Triceps
Pectorals

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Section 2- The skeletal system

1.
A.
B.
C.

Place where two or more bones meet.

Joint
Marrow
Calcium

2. Which of these is NOT a job of the skeletal system?

A.
Support and give shape to the body
B.
Makes blood cells
C.
Removes wastes from the body
3. These joints are found in the knee and elbow.
A.
Pivot
B.
Ball and socket
C.
Hinge
4. These joints are found in the hip and shoulder.
A.
Hinge
B.
Ball and socket
C.
Pivot
5. The part of the bone where blood cells are made.
A.
Marrow
B.
Joint
C.
Ligament
6.
A.
B.
C.
7.
A.
B.
C.

These connect bones to muscles.

Joints
Tendons
Ligaments
The ribs, sternum and spine protect these.
Kidneys, bladder, urethra
Heart, lungs, blood vessels
Small intestine, large intestine

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A.
B.
C.
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What do the ilium and spine protect?

Digestive organs
Knee and elbow
Wrist and ankle
What type of joint is the Knee?
Synovial
Cartilaginous
Fibrous

10. There are around how many bones in the adult skeleton?
A.
106
B.
206
C.
66

Section 3- Short answer questions

1. 1. Correctly label the major bones of the skeletal system. ( 5 marks)

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2. Correctly label all elements of this joint

2b. Which classification does this joint belong? (3marks)

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Patella
Patella Tendon
Femur
Tibia
Joint Capsule
Quadriceps

3. What is a joint? And what is its purpose? (2 marks)

4. What are the (3) main classifications of joints? (3 marks)

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