Download Worksheet – The Muscular System

Quiz #1 Review – Skeletal Muscle Anatomy
Name: _______________________________________________
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Fill in the blanks with NO word bank. See the correct wording in your notes.
1. Skeletal muscle is dependent on its nerve supply because it cannot
__________________ without nerve stimulation and it needs its blood supply because it
requires tremendous amounts of ___________________________ (needs glucose & O2
to make).
2. The connective tissue wrappings _____________________
&_________________________ each cell and the whole muscle
3. The connective tissue wrappings provide exit and entry points for
____________________& ___________________
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Fascicle arrangement: Sketch the direction of muscle fibers for each of the following.
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bipennate
circular
convergent
parallel
unipennate
Then match with the type of fascicle
that:
 is best for strength
 gives greatest ROM
 is responsible for movement of large
areas
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Muscle Diagram: Sketch a muscle and label the following parts on the back of this page.
endomysium
fascicle
perimysium
epimysium
muscle fiber
tendon
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Listed below are the naming criteria for muscle. Using your muscle man diagrams,
give an example of a muscle named using each criteria. Also, give TWO examples of
muscles that combine 2 criteria in their name.
location
shape
relative size
direction of fibers
number of origins
location of origin/insertion
Action
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Major Muscle Groups: answer choices may be used more than once.
List the three muscles of the hamstrings
List the four muscles of the quadriceps
Name the muscle: the superior lateral quadrant of this muscle is used to avoid damaging sciatic
nerve during injections
List the two muscles that are used for infant injections