About how many muscles are in your body?
600
What is it called when a muscle shortens and tightens?
Contraction
How many bones are in your body?
206
How many joint types are there?
4
Your cranium is made up of 14 facial bones 8 what kind of bones?
Cranial bones
What type of muscle "opens" a joint?
Extensor
What is the muscle or muscle group primarily responsible for a movement.
Prime mover
How many "types" of bones are there?
5
What joint type allows movement in only 1 direction?
Hinge joint
Bones in your cranium are held together by what?
Cranial sutures
Muscular contractions/movement that you have no control over is called what?
Involuntary contraction
What is the muscle or muscle group that passively assists during a movement?
Antagonist
These bones are associated with large movement?
Long bones
The skeleton is broken into 2 categories. The Appendicular skeleton and what?
Axial skeleton
Muscle “deteriorate” by reducing in size and strength
Muscular atrophy
Smooth, cardiac, and what are the three "types" of muscle?
Skeletal
In a sit-up (up) what specific muscle is primarily responsible for the movement?
Rectus abdominis
What type of bones are small and cube shaped?
Short bones
The spine is broken into 4 sections. The cervical, lumbar, sacral, and what?
Thoracic
What is it called when blood vessels rupture?
Contusion
What are the 4 functions of the muscular system?
Protect vital organs, pump blood, aid in digestion, create movement
When a person jumps (up phase) what muscles are passively assisting?
Hamstrings
This is an example of what "type" of bone?
Irregular bone
The ribs have how many sets?
12
The 8 bones in your wrist are called what?
Carpals