Human Anat.
Name 3 voluntary muscles
Variety
What creature has the largest muscles?
Whales
This creature uses its muscles as both muscles and a skeleton.
Slugs, octopus, sharks
Octopus!
The human tongue is only one muscle. True or false?
False, it is 8 separate muscles
Which creature is stronger (relative to size)?
Ant, Elephant, Gorilla, Human
Ant, it can lift up to 50 times its body weight!
Alligators jaw muscles are great for closing, but are terrible at what?
Opening the jaw.
Name 3 involuntary muscles
A variety
Chimpanzees are stronger than humans because of what?
They have more fibers which use more energy, they have bigger muscles, they have longer arms so they can hold more.
They have more fibers which use more energy
Mussels have how many muscles? Off by 1
3
What is the largest muscle in the human body?
Hint: It helps us walk up straight with only two legs. It is also larger on a human than any other primate.
The Gluteus Maximus, or the buttocks muscle.
This creature has between 10,000 and 15,000 muscles in their body, able to strike so fast they experience 30Gs (pilots pass out at 8Gs).
Snake, Eagle, Cheetah
Snake!
The nectar bat has the longest tongue, relative to body size, how many muscles does it have? miss by 1
3 muscles
How many named muscles are in the human body? Within 10
650 named muscles! Although some say its more than 700!
About how many muscles are in an elephants trunk?
About 10,000
This sea creature is able to move without any muscles. It is also a popular cartoon!
Sea Sponge