Review
This is the type of muscle that is attached to bones and is responsible for voluntary movement.
What is skeletal muscle?
This muscle is located on the front of the upper arm.
What is the biceps?
This muscle flexes the trunk and is located on the front of the abdomen.
What is the rectus abdominis?
This muscle attaches from the scapula to the radius.
What is the biceps brachii?
This is the largest muscle in the human body by mass.
What is the gluteus maximus?
These are the three types of muscle found in the human body.
What are skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscles?
This muscle is located on the front of the chest.
What are the pectorals?
These muscles rotate and laterally flex the trunk and are located on the sides of the abdomen.
What are the obliques?
This muscle attaches from the humerus/scapula to the ulna.
What is the triceps brachii?
This is the only muscle in the human body that is continuously working from birth to death.
What is the cardiac muscle?
Name two functions of the muscular system other than creating movement.
What are maintaining posture, producing heat, or stabilizing joints?
This muscle is located on the back of the upper arm.
What is the triceps?
This muscle extends the elbow and is located on the back of the upper arm.
What is the triceps brachii?
This muscle attaches from the clavicle and scapula to the humerus.
What is the deltoid?
This muscle is important for breathing and is located beneath the lungs.
What is the diaphragm?
Muscles create movement by doing this to bones rather than pushing them.
What is pulling on bones when they contract?
This muscle is located on the posterior thigh, behind the quadriceps.
What are the hamstrings?
This muscle extends, adducts, and medially rotates the arm at the shoulder.
What is the latissimus dorsi?
This muscle attaches from the pelvis to the femur and iliotibial tract.
What is the gluteus maximus?
Roughly how many muscles are in the human body?
600+
When a muscle contracts to move a bone, this connective tissue connects the muscle to the bone and transmits the force.
What is a tendon?
This muscle is located along the upper back and extends from the neck toward the shoulders and scapula.
What is the trapezius?
These two calf muscles work together to plantar flex the ankle.
What are the gastrocnemius and soleus?
This calf muscle attaches from the femur to the calcaneus through the Achilles tendon.
What is the gastrocnemius?
This is the smallest muscle in the human body and is found in the middle ear.
What is the stapedius?