Skeletal Muscle
Smooth Muscle
Cardiac Muscle
General Muscular System Information
Muscles
100

Skeletal muscles are involuntary. True or False?

False, skeletal muscles are voluntary.

100
Smooth muscles are involuntary. True or False?

True.

100

Cardiac muscles are voluntary. True or False?

False, cardiac muscles are involuntary.

100

The three types of muscle tissue are

Skeletal, smooth, cardiac.

100

After long periods of exercise, what does the muscle have?

A muscle cramp.

200

Cartilage and tendons are found at the end of

Bones.

200
Smooth muscles appear
Striated.
200

Cardiac muscles appear

Striated.

200

Muscles that are not under your conscious control are 

Involuntary muscles.

200

Complete the sentence. When the muscle cramps, the entire muscle [].

When the muscle cramps, the entire muscle [CONTRACTS].

300

Skeletal muscles attach to

Bones.

300
The smooth muscle is usually found in our

Internal organs.

300

The cardiac muscle is found only in the

Heart.

300

Muscles that are under your conscious control

Voluntary muscles.

300

Muscle fatigue is caused by

Build-up of lactic acid.

400

Skeletal muscles appear

Banded or striated.

400

Complete the sentence. Smooth muscles react more [] and tire more [].

Smooth muscles react more [SLOWLY] and tire more [SLOWLY].

400

Complete the sentence. The cardiac muscle never gets [] and contracts [].

The cardiac muscle never gets [TIRED] and contracts [REPEATEDLY].

400

A flexible, connective tissue that cushions the end of your bones

Cartilage.

400

When muscles work in pairs, 

One muscle contracts while the other relaxes.
500

The skeletal muscle functions to

Provide a force which moves your bones.

500

Name a smooth muscle in our body.

  • Walls of blood vessels
  • Walls of stomach
  • Ureters
  • Intestines
  • In the aorta (tunica media layer)
  • Iris of the eye
  • Prostate
  • Gastrointestinal Tract
  • Respiratory Tract
  • Small arteries
  • Arterioles
  • Reproductive tracts (both genders)
  • Veins
  • Glomeruli of the Kidneys (called mesangial cells)
  • Bladder
  • Uterus
  • Arrector pili of the skin
  • Ciliary muscle
  • Sphincter
  • Trachea
  • Bile duct
500

Name one reason the cardiac muscle is unlike the two other types of muscle tissue.

  • Found only in the heart
  • Never gets tired and contracts repeatedly
500

Strong, connective tissues that attach your muscles to your bones 

Tendon

500

Name an example of how muscles work in pairs from the Science slideshow in class.

Flexing and extending the arm.