Human Muscles
This muscle helps you bend your arm and show off your strength.
What is the bicep?
You move this type of muscle when you want to, like waving your hand.
What is a voluntary muscle?
Muscles get the message to move from this part of your body.
What is the brain?
You use this muscle every time you blink
What is the eyelid muscle?
I'm in your bottom, and I help you sit, stand, and dance.
What is the gluteus maximus?
You use this muscle to smile, talk, and chew your food.
What is the jaw muscle (or masseter)?
Your heart is made of this type of muscle that works all the time.
What is cardiac muscle?
Muscles work by doing this — they don’t push!
What is pulling?
These muscles help you lift things with your arms.
What are the arm muscles (or biceps and triceps)?
I’m stretchy, tough, and hold on tight,
I link your muscles just right.
From muscle to bone, I do extend—
Think of me as a stretchy friend!
What is a Tendon
These muscles are in your stomach area and help you sit up straight.
What are the abdominal muscles?
These muscles help move food through your stomach and intestines.
What are smooth muscles?
This body system includes all your muscles and bones.
What is the musculoskeletal system?
You need these muscles to chew gum or bite into an apple
What are the jaw muscles?
I’m striped and strong, I move your frame,
Your arms and legs know my name.
I don’t work on my own, you see—
Your brain has to talk to me!
What are Skeletal Muscles
These muscles are on the back of your lower leg and help you jump and run
What are the calf muscles?
You have over this many muscles in your body!
What is 600?
Muscles need this kind of energy from food to move.
What is glucose (or energy from food)?
These muscles help you breathe in and out.
What is the diaphragm?
I help you stretch and tilt your head,
Without me, you'd face straight ahead.
My name sounds tricky, long, and wide—
But it's just the spots where I reside!
What is the sternocleidomastoid?
(Named after the bones it connects to: sternum, clavicle, and mastoid)
This large muscle helps you stand, walk, and is the biggest muscle in your body.
What is the gluteus maximus?
This group of muscles bends your leg at the knee.
What are the hamstrings?
Muscles need this kind of energy from food to move.
What is a tendon?
You use these muscles when you walk, run, or kick.
What are the leg muscles?
I'm shaped like a triangle, no tricks—
And help your arms with lifting kicks.
My name comes straight from how I appear—
Three angles strong, I help you steer!
Answer: What is the deltoid?
(“Deltoid” comes from the Greek letter Delta, shaped like a triangle)