Types of Muscles
Muscles Characteristics
True or False
Random
100

How many types of muscles do we have?

3

100

What does it mean when a muscle is striated?

It has parallel lines/ series of bands within the muscle.

100

Muscles ALWAYS work in pairs.

True

100

How many colors are in a rainbow?

7

200

Which muscle(s) is voluntary?

Skeletal Muscle

200

What are 3 things our muscles do?

Enable us to move our bodies

Give us our individual shape

Protect and keep organs in place

Maintain Posture

Help blood circulation

Generate body heat

200

The two types of fibers in skeletal muscles are Large-Twitch and Small-Twitch.

False, Slow-Twitch and Fast Twitch are the two types of fibers found in skeletal muscles.

200

What do the stripes on the United States flag represent.

The first 13 colonies.

300

What are the 3 types of muscles?

Skeletal Muscle

Smooth Muscle

Cardiac Muscle

300

What does it mean when a muscle is non-striated.

It does not have parallel lines/ series of bands within the muscle.

300

Muscle hypertrophy is when the muscle increases in size and muscle atrophy is when the muscles decreases in size.

True

300

Do identical twins have the same fingerprints?

No, Identical Twins do not share the same fingerprints. (umbilical cord length, position in the womb, and the rate of finger growth impact the development of fingerprints)

400

Which muscle (s) are involuntary?

Smooth Muscle & Cardiac Muscle

400

Muscles can work as: 

(Must list all 6)

Flexors

Extensors

Prime movers (agonists)

Antagonist

Fixators

Synergists

400

Ligaments join muscle to bone and Tendons join bone to bone.

False, Tendons  join muscle to bone and Ligaments join bone to bone.

400

When is Thanksgiving?

Every year, Thanksgiving falls on the 4th Thursday in November.