Muscle Basics
Major Muscles
Muscle Functions
Muscle Facts
100


What is skeletal muscle?


This type of muscle moves bones.

100

What is the bicep?


This muscle is located on the front of your upper arm.


100

What is move?


Muscles help the body do this.


100

What is the masseter?


The strongest muscle based on force is the jaw muscle called this.


200

What is 600?


The body has over this many muscles

200

What is the tricep?


This muscle is on the back of the upper arm.


200

What is the heart?


This muscle pumps blood through the body.


200

What is the gluteus maximus?


This is the largest muscle in the body.


300

what is pull?

Muscles work in pairs because they can only do this action.


300

What is the pectoral muscle?


This chest muscle is used in pushups.


300

What is posture?


Muscles also help maintain this.


300

What is the stapedius?


This is the smallest muscle in the body


400

What is a tendon?


This is where a muscle connects to a bone.


400

What is the quadriceps?


This large leg muscle is on the front of the thigh.


400

What is the diaphragm?


This muscle helps you breathe.


400

What is oxygen?


Muscles need this gas to work properly.

500

What is cardiac muscle?


The three types of muscles are skeletal, smooth, and this type.


500

What is the zygomaticus?


This muscle helps you smile.


500

What is the skeletal system?


The muscular system works closely with this system to move the body.


500

What is hypertrophy?


Exercise can make muscles become larger through this process.