Muscles
The three types of muscles
What is smooth, skeletal, and cardiac
The only type of muscle tissue that can be voluntarily controlled
What is skeletal
The connective tissue that attaches skeletal muscle to the bones of the skeleton
What is tendons
Theory explaining muscle fiber contraction
Benefits of physical activity
What is helps maintain a healthy weight, helps the cardiovascular system, can help with mental & emotional health
Muscle tissue of the intestinal walls
What is smooth
Period of time where muscle fibers do not stretch
__ have the ability to contract, or shorten
What is muscle fibers
The region between two Z lines
What is the sarcomere
Importance to warm-up before any intense physical activity
Muscle found only in one place in the body
What is cardiac muscle
Muscle tissue that is attached to bone
What is skeletal muscle
How muscles move bones in opposite directions
What is a pair of muscles must work in opposition
What happens to muscle fibers during a muscle contraction
What is shorten
Prevention thanks to regular physical exercise
Muscle stripes
What is striations
Cardiac muscle mitochondrial count
Muscles used to bend the knee
What is quadriceps and hamstrings
Definition of a muscle contraction
What is an increase in the tension of a muscle and a decrease in the length of a muscle
The ability of a muscle to use force during a contraction
What is muscular strength
The end of a sarcomere
What is Z disc
Long, thin cells that are able to contract
What is muscle fibers
Muscles used to move the arms and shoulders forward and backward
What is the pectorals and trapezius
Stimulates muscle fibers to contract when you move
What is an electrical message from your brain to a motor neuron
Exercise that increases muscular endurance and cardiovascular health
What is aerobic exercise