Muscle Terminology
What tissue makes up our muscles and allows our body to move?
Muscle Tissue
What muscle works automatically and never gets a vacation?
The heart
Found in your chest and help push your arms fowards
Pectorals
When doing push-ups your arms straighten as you push yourself away from the floor. What movement is happening at the elbow?
Extension
I'm in your shoulder and help to lift your arm out to the side. What am I?
Deltoid
What is the term for the attachment of a muscle to the bone that moves when the muscle contracts?
Insertion
True or False: Muscles can only pull they cannot push
True
Located on your front upper arm and helps to bend the elbow
Biceps
You fall and break your funny bone, what bone did you injure?
Humerus
I'm in your calf and help you to stand on you tiptoes. What am I?
Gastrocnemius
What describes the constant, slight, tension in your muscles even when resting?
Muscle Tone
Gluteus Maximus
The shrug "I Don't Know" muscle
Trapezius
Tendon
Your showing off your "guns" in the mirror. What am I?
What muscle helps to extend the spine and maintain posture?
Erector Spinae
True
The side of your abdomen to help twist your torso
Obliques
You fall and land directly on your shoulder, which bone is most likely invovled in shoulder injury?
Clavicale (Collar Bone)
I'm a triangle shaped bone at the base of the spine. What am I?
Sacrum
A muscle that moves a body part away from the midline is performing what type of movement?
Abduction
What muscle helps to keep your heart pumping blood throughout your body?
Cardiac Muscle
Deltoid
You're swimming freestyle and repeatedly pulling your arms through the water. Which large muscle is being used?
Latissimus Dorsi
I'm the longest muscle in the body. What am I?
Sartorius