Anatomy/types of muscle
Function/facts of muscles
How a muscle works
Muscles/groups of muscles
Bones
100
What attaches a bone to a muscle?

Tendon

100

How many muscles are in the human body?

Over 600

100

Muscles work by doing what?

Contracting (getting shorter)

100

Name and correctly spell at least two different muscles in the human body

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100

Point to the sternum

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200
Name the three types of muscles in the body

Skeletal, smooth, cardiac

200

Name three functions of the human body.

Posture, vision, digestion, urination, movement, stability, circulation, childbirth, respiration, protection, body heat production and regulation

200

Of the three, which is the largest in size, a muscle fiber, myofibril, muscle, or fascicle?

Muscle (or body of muscle)

200

What holds bones together?

Ligaments

200

Name the three functions of bones

Protection, support, movement

300

Of the three types of muscles, which is the strongest and works 24 hours a day?

Cardiac muscle

300

When you consider someone standing, and then begin running really fast because they are being chased by someone, you think of these four important functions of the muscles to safely avoid them. Name three of them.

Respiration, circulation, movement, vision
300

A muscle can shorten up to how much of its original length?

one third
300

Name and correctly spell one muscle of the upper leg.

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300
Exactly how many bones are there in the human body?

206

400

Name two examples of where smooth muscle is inside of your body.E

Esophagus, intestines, stomach, bladder....

400

You ask to go to the bathroom. From the moment you ask to the moment you return to your seat, what are the muscles doing? Name at least three functions.

Vision, movement, urination, stability, posture (if your a boy), respiration, circulation

400
Describe how muscles work in pairs.  When one does "this," the other does "this"

One contracts and the other relaxes

400

What muscle helps you to chew?

Masseter
400

Of all the species on the planet, what percent is known as vertebrates (those that have a skeletal system inside of their bodies)?

Approximately 10%

500

What is the full order of the anatomy of a muscle, going from the largest (bone) to the smallest?

Bone, tendon, muscle (or body of muscle), fascicle, muscle fiber, myofibril

500

Of all of the functions of the muscles, which is the most important to sustain a healthy quality of life?

All of them!

500

What is a neurotransmitter and what is its function?

A chemical that relays electrical signals from brain to muscles to stimulate muscle to contract.

500

This tendon is associated with a Greek god

Achilles tendon

500

What is the smallest bone in the body and where is it located?

Stapes; ear

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