What type of muscles work without thought in your organ systems?
What is smooth muscles
The area where a muscle is connected to a bone
What is a tendon
What muscles are used to lift and lower your arm?
What is the tricep and bicep
The type of nutrients that allows growth and healing to injuries
What is protein
The things that muscles pull on to create movement
What are bones
What kind of muscle is found in the heart?
What is cardiac Muscles
Muscles are able to pull but not...
What is push
What is the most massive muscle in the human body
What is the gluteus maximus
The actions that helps avoid injuries. Commonly used before an activity.
What is stretching
What is it called when muscles are working together, one pulls while the other rests
What are pairs
The type of muscle that needs to be told when to be used
What is voluntary muscles
What is the system that tells a muscle to move?
What is the nervous system
What major muscle helps you breath?
What is the diaphragm
The injury that happens when tendons become swollen due to over use
What is tendinitis
The major organ that controls the muscular system
What is the brain
The type of muscles that work automatically in your body
What is involuntary muscles
When a muscle shrinks and compresses
What is a contraction
The muscle found on the upper area of the thigh
What are the quadriceps (quads)
The treatment to follow after injuring a muscle
What is R.I.C.E (rest, ice, compress, elevate)
The form your muscles keep you in when sitting or standing
What is posture
What is the one muscle that has a lined structure called striations?
What is cardiac muscles
Muscles need this to function
What is energy
The muscle placed behind your thigh
What are the hamstrings
Cramps and spasms are causes by a lack of... Muscles are made up of around 75% of this.
What is water
The area where two bones join
What is a joint