Muscle Types
Major Muscles
Movement & Muscle Pairs
Body System Teamwork
Fun Facts
100

What type of muscle is voluntary & attached to bones?

What is skeletal muscle?

100

What muscle is on the front of your upper arm?

What is biceps?

100

When the biceps contract, what happens to the elbow?

What is it bends?

100

What system sends messages to muscles to move?

What is the nervous system?

100

How many muscles does the human body have?

What is over 600?
200

What type of muscle is found in the stomach & intestines?

What is smooth muscle?
200

The muscle that flexes the head and rotates the head?

What is the sternocleidomastoid?

200

When the triceps contract, what happens to the arm?

What is it straightens?

200

What system give muscles the oxygen they need?

What is the respiratory system?

200

What percentage of your body weight is made of muscles?

What is about 40-50%?

300

What type of muscle is ONLY found in the heart?

What is cardiac muscle?
300

What is the largest muscle in your body?

What is gluteus maximus?

300

What is the term for muscles that work in opposite pairs?

What is antagonistic muscle pairs?

300

What system pumps blood to the muscles?

What is the circulatory system?

300

What is the smallest muscle in the human body?

What is the stapedius (in the ear)?

400
Which type of muscle helps blood vessels tighten & relax?

What is smooth muscle?

400

The muscle that raises and lowers the shoulders and stabilizes the scapula.

What is the trapezius?

400
Name the pair of muscles that move the elbow?
What is the biceps and triceps?
400

What system provides the bones that muscles pull on?

What is the skeletal system?
400

How many muscles does it take to smile?

What is 17 muscles?

500

Which type of muscle never gets tired & contracts automatically?

What is cardiac muscle?

500

Which muscle helps you chew and close your jaw?

What is the masseter?

500

Why can muscles only pull not push?

What is muscle fibers contract to shorten; they cannot lengthen to push?

500

What system provides nutrients for muscles?

What is the digestive system?

500

When muscles grow and get bigger from use, what is that called?

What is atrophy?