What is the muscular system?
To help us move
How many muscles approximately are there in our body?
Around 600
What is the name of the muscles found in your heart?
Cardiac muscles
What nutrient is important for muscles?
Protein
Which muscles in your body works the hardest?
Your heart works the hardest: it is busy pumping 2500 gallons of blood around your body every day. The heart beats approximately 100,000 times a day!
What systems does the muscular system work closely with?
The skeletal and nervous systems
What is the scientific name of the musle in your bottom?
Gluteus Maximus
Skeletal muscles are involuntary. True or false. Why?
False, because they are muscles that we choose to use, they are told what to do by our brains.
The 3 main ways to keep muscles healthy are:
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3.
The 3 main ways to keep muscles healthy are:
1.Eat a balanced diet
2.Exercise
3.Rest
Your brain is a muscles. True or false. WHy?
False - The brain itself is a not a muscle. It is an organ which plays a huge role in controlling your muscles.
Between the skin and bones?
Fill in these blanks:
When the _______ contract, the ______ relax.
When the ___________, the __________ contract.
When the biceps contract, the triceps relax.
When the triceps relax, the biceps relax.
Or another appropriate muscles
What are smooth muscles?
Muscles, found in our oragns such as the stomach, they help with the processes in our body.
How does exercise help your muscles?
What is/are the busiest muscles in your body?
Your eye muscles - he 6 muscles in your eyes are constantly moving and adjusting as you read, watch TV or look around.
What keeps muscles attached to bones?
Tendons
What is the most powerful muscle in your body?
The jaw
Fill the blanks:
Skeletal muscles are______ muscles.
Smooth muscles are______ muscles.
Cardiac muscles are _______ muscles.
Fill the blanks:
Skeletal muscles are voluntary muscles.
Smooth muscles are involuntary muscles.
Cardiac muscles are involuntary muscles.
Name two foods where can you get protein for your muscles from?
meat, dairy products, legumes, eggs, soy, seeds
What is the difference between a muscles and a mussel?
A muscle is found in your body and helps us move.
A mussel is found in the sea and is a sea creature with a black shell.
What is a difference between muscles and bones?
Muscles flexible, bones hard, muscles can tear, bones break
Name two muscles found in your legs.
Give an example of where you can find:
a cardiac muscle
a smooth muscle
a skeletal muscle
Cardiac = in the heart
Smooth = in the stomach or intestine, eyes, blood vessels, urinary system
Skeletal = any valid muscle and location
What is the difference between a sprain and a strain?
A sprain is an injury to the ligaments and capsule of a joint in the body. A strain is an injury to muscles or tendons.
How many muscles does it take to smile?
It takes around 17 muscles to smile.