Muscular System
How many muscles are in the human body?
Over 600
These are known as calf muscles
Gastrocnemius
The muscle the flexes the lower arm at the elbow joint
Biceps brachii
This muscle extends the lower ar at the elbow joint.
Triceps brachii
This muscle raises the arm at the shoulder joint.
Deltoid
What is the name of the of the muscles in the stomach?
Abdominals
The muscles that extend the lower leg at the knee joint.
Quadriceps
The top muscle in the upper arm.
Biceps brachii
Shoulder muscles.
Deltoid
These are the largest muscles in your chest.
Pectoralis Major
How many muscles are in the quadriceps
4
The back muscle in the upper arm.
Triceps brachii
These are the muscles in the back of your upper leg.
Hamstrings
The main muscles in your tush.
Gluteus Maximus
This muscle stabilized the body.
Abdominals
What is the name of the muscle that extends the foot at the ankle joint?
Gastrocnemius
This muscle flexes the lower leg at the knee joint.
Hamstrings
This muscle moves the upper arm towards the center of the body
Pectoralis Major
This muscle extends the leg at the hip joint.
Gluteus Maximus
What are the thigh muscles called?
Quadriceps
What is the name of the muscle that moves your scapula?
Trapezius
Two types of muscle fiber.
Fast twitch and slow twitch
This is the muscle in the top of your back and runs down the middle of the back.
Trapezius
Three types of muscle tissue.
Cardiac, Smooth, Skeletal
Which muscles are the most active skeletal muscles in the body.
Eye muscles