Muscle Identification Part 1
What is the name of the muscle on the backside of the pelvis/the largest muscle in the human body?
Glutes
What are the official names of the muscles located in the middle of the torso?
Abdominals (abs)
What is the name of the muscle around the base of the head?
Neck
Provide one example of a skeletal muscle.
Answers will vary
What is one way that muscles serve as protection for the human body?
1. Protect organs
2. Shock absorption
3. Reducing friction in the joints
What is the name of the muscle that is located between the upper back and lower back muscles?
Middle back/lats
What is the official name of the muscles that are mostly located on the back of the lower leg?
Calves
What is the official name of the muscle on the lower half of the arms?
Forearms
Provide one example of a smooth muscle
Answers will vary
True or false: muscles work in pairs of flexors and extensors
True
What is the name of the muscle just below the neck on the back side of the body?
The upper back/traps (or rhomboids)
What is the official name of the large muscle on the front of the leg/thigh?
Quadriceps
What is the official name of the muscle on the front of the arm?
Bicep
Provide one example of a cardiac muscle
The heart
True or False: muscles only contract
True
What is the name of the muscle on the back lower end of the torso?
Lower back muscles
What is the official name of the large muscle on the back of the leg/thigh?
Hamstring
What is the official name of the muscle on the back of the arm?
Triceps
Name the one type of muscle that can be defined as "voluntary".
Skeletal
What are 4 of the 5 main functions of the muscular system?
2. Support
3. Protection
4. Heat generation
5. Blood Circulation
What are the official names of the muscles on the sides of the torso?
Side abs/obliques
What is the official name of the muscles of the shoulders?
The deltoids
What is the official name of the chest muscles?
Pectorals
Provide the two types of muscle that are defined as "involuntary"
Smooth and Cardiac
Within 100, how many muscles are present within the human body?
650