Muscle Types
What are the three main types of muscles in the human body?
Skeletal, smooth, and cardiac.
Besides allowing us to move, what is one major job the muscular system does for the body?
Produces heat (or maintains posture).
What is the large, powerful muscle on the front of your upper arm?
Bicep.
This muscle contracts your biceps to lift your hands to your shoulders?
Which muscle helps your heart beat?
Cardiac muscle
What type of muscle is found only in the heart and is involuntary?
Cardiac muscle.
What are the tough, flexible bands of tissue that connect your skeletal muscles to your bones?
Tendons.
What is the large muscle located on the back of your upper leg?
Hamstring.
How many muscles does it take to smile and frown?
The amount of muscles it takes to smile and frown are 43 muscles are used to smile, and 17 muscles are used to frown.
What connects muscles to bones
Tendons
Where is smooth muscle primarily found in the body?
In internal organs (like the stomach, intestines, and blood vessels).
Can muscles push a bone?
Which large muscle group is located on the front of your upper leg?
Quadriceps.
When you nod your head "yes," the muscles in this body part are contracting and relaxing.
A Neck.
What happens to muscles if you do not use them for a long time?
They get weaker
Which two muscle types appear striped, or striated, under a microscope?
Skeletal and cardiac muscles.
How do the muscular and skeletal systems work together?
Muscles pull on bones, allowing the body to have leverage and movement.
Which muscle makes up the calf on the back of your lower leg?
Gastrocnemius.
To wave goodbye to a friend, you are contracting the muscles in your hand and this joint.
A Wrist.(I accept arm.)
Which type of muscle is under your control and helps you move?
Skeletal muscle
What does it mean if a muscle is "voluntary"? Name a voluntary muscle.
It means you can consciously control its movement. (Examples: Biceps, quadriceps, etc.).
This muscle works 24/7 without you thinking about it to pump blood to every part of your body.
A Heart.
Which triangle-shaped muscle helps lift your arm at the shoulder?
Deltoid.
When you chew a piece of bubble gum, you are moving this specific bone up and down.
A jaw? (Accept: mandible)
Why do muscles need oxygen during exercise?
To produce energy for movement