Muscle & Movement Jeopardy

General Muscle Information

100

There are about _____ muscles in the human body.

600

200

What are muscles?

Soft tissues made up of stretchy fibers.

300

These muscles work with your bones, tendons, and ligaments to help you move

Skeletal

400

This type of muscle lines you heart walls and help your heart pump blood.

Cardiac

500

This muscle type lines the insides of important organs and help with breathing.

Smooth

Upper Body Movement

100

This major muscle group supports the pushing motion

Chest

200

This major muscle group supports the pulling motion

Back

300

This major muscle helps you lift your arms at your side, and helps you carry things

Deltoids

400

This muscle allows you to bend/curl your arm toward your body/face.

Bicep

500

This muscle allows you to straighten you arm at the elbow

Tricep

Lower Body Movement

100

This is the largest muscle in the human body

Glutes

200

This muscle provides balance while walking/running

Glutes

300

This muscle supports lifting your heels or the ground, and helps you stand, climb, sprint, and jump.

Calves

400

This muscle helps you bend your knee and propel your body forward.

Hamstring

500

This muscle will help you straighten your leg at your knee, and is the 2nd largest muscle in your body

Quadricep

More on Muscles

100

Name the 5 major muscle groups.

Chest, Back, Arms & Shoulders, Abdominals, Legs & Glutes

200

This is the most complex muscle structure in the human body.

Back

300

This muscle supports the breathing process and protects your inner organs

Abdominals 

400

These 2 muscles make up the chest.

Pectoralis major and pectoralis minor.

500

This is the soreness results from tiny tears (microtears) that happen when you put stress on a muscle. Usually, muscle soreness sets in a day or two after vigorous exercise.

Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS)