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Muscles of the Lower Body
Muscles of the Upper Body
Contractions
Muscle Facts
Bones
100
These are the 4 muscles of the front of your thighs.
What is quadriceps
100
Name one muscle that is worked out during push-ups
What is Pecs, triceps, lats, deltoids
100
Shortening of a muscle
What is concentric contraction
100
How many muscles are in the body
What is > 600
100
**DOUBLE The bone in your jaw
What is mandible
200
The largest muscle in your body
What is gluteus maximus
200
The diamond shaped muscle on the middle of your back that reaches up to the sides of your neck.
What is trapezius
200
Lengthening of a muscle
What is eccentric contraction
200
** DOUBLE The amount of muscles it takes to smile
What is 17
200
The bones in your ankle
What is tarsals
300
Also known as your "calf"
What is gastrocnemius
300
These muscles hold your shoulder joint in place.
What is deltoids
300
Planks or wall sits are examples of this kind of contraction
What is isometric
300
Your heart is this kind of muscle
What is Cardiac
300
The part of the bone where blood cells are produced
What is marrow
400
These muscles shorten when you bend your leg at the knee.
What is hamstrings
400
DOUBLE** These muscles allow you to twist and turn at the waist
What is obliques
400
**DOUBLE The "up" phase of a push-up is this phase of contraction for your pectoralis major (concentric, eccentric, isometric)
What is concentric
400
This is an example of VOLUNTARY contraction
What is any movement with a skeletal muscle
400
The number of bones in the body
What is 206
500
DOUBLE** This is the smaller muscle in your calf. (by your tibia)
What is soleus
500
This muscle straightens the arm at the elbow.
What is triceps
500
Which part of your nervous system receives a signal from the brain before it gets to a muscle.
What is spinal cord
500
The muscles that line hollow, internal organs and blood vessels are called this
What is smooth
500
How many vertebrae make up your spine?
What is 33