Types of Muscles
What type of muscle tissue is responsible for moving your skeleton?
Skeletal muscle
Only movement that muscles can do
Pulling
What is the main function of the muscle system?
to get ripped b (from Miss Olson)
OR
to move the body
Where are your quadriceps located?
Front of upper leg?
What type of exercise is primarily focused on improving cardiovascular endurance?
Aerobic Training
Which type of muscle tissue is involuntary and found in the heart?
Cardiac Muscle
What term describes the movement that straightens a joint?
Extension
What is a secondary function of the muscular system?
Digestion, blood pumping, temperature control
Biceps perform what action?
(Flexion or extension)
Flexion
What is resistance training?
Training that builds and strengthens muscles.
Which muscle tissue type is found in the walls of organs and is not under conscious control?
Smooth Muscle
What do we call the process where muscles shorten to produce movement?
Contraction
Why can't the muscular system do its main function without the skeletal system?
Skeletal muscles pull on bones to cause movement.
Perform a movement controlled by your hamstring.
Something with flexing the leg
Running is primarily which type of exercise?
Aerobic exercise
Muscle cells make up what?
Muscle tissue
or
muscles
What is the movement called when a muscle pulls the bone to bend?
Flexion
How does the muscular system interact with the digestive system?
Smooth muscle is in the lining of organs. it contracts to help food move through the organs to be digested.
What muscle is the antagonist to the hamstring?
Quadriceps
Give an example of aerobic exercise and resistance training.
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What is the difference between involuntary and voluntary muscle?
Voluntary muscle is muscle that you can control and make contract when you want to with the conscious part of your brain. Involuntary muscle contracts based on the unconscious part of your brain (you can't control it).
What is the name for the muscle that pulls in the opposite direction?
Antagonist
Describe how the muscular system interacts with four other systems.
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What muscle is the antagonist to the tibialis anterior?
Gastrocnemius
(half point for calf)
15 pushups or hold a plank for 90 seconds
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