Upper Body Muscles
Muscle in front of your upper arm
Biceps
Shuffle board
Muscle in the back of your thigh. Bend your leg at the knee
Hamstrings
Type of muscle that connects to bones and helps you move.
Skeletal
Bowling
Your thigh bone- longest and strongest.
Femur
Shuffle board
How many bones in your body?
206
Muscles in your abdomen. The main muscle of your "core"
Abdominals
DAILY DOUBLE
Your rear end or backside. Help rotate your leg at the hip.. The largest individual muscle in the body.
Gluteus Maximus
Shuffle board
Type of muscle in your heart
Cardiac
The bone in the middle of your chest.
Sternum
DAILY DOUBLE
How many ribs do we have?
24
Bounce
Muscle in the back of your upper arm. Straightens your arm at the elbow.
Triceps
The muscle in the front of your thigh. Straightens your leg at the knee.
Quadriceps
Yarn ball
Type of muscle in internal organs that helps them function on their own.
Smooth.
Bounce
You shin bone- the larger of your 2 lower leg bones.
Tibia
What is the spongy tissue inside of bones that can produce blood cells?
Bone Marrow
DAILY DOUBLE
Shoulder muscles
Deltoids
Bowling
Your main "calf" muscle. Helps your go up on your toes
Gastrocnemius
How many muscles in the body?
Between 600 and 700
Yarn Ball
Your shoulder blade
Scapula
Yarn Ball
What is the smooth, durable tissue found in joints that helps your bones move together smoothly?
Cartilage
Muscles that make up your chest. Connect your chest to you shoulder
Pectoralis Major
DAILY DOUBLE
The other muscle of your lower leg- runs along your tibia. (Not gastrocnemius)
Soleus
Bounce
Tissue that connects muscles to bones.
The bones that make up most of your foot.
Metatarsals
What is the tissue that connects bones to bones?
Ligaments
Bowling