Muscle types
This type of muscle is attached to bones and helps move the skeleton.
What is skeletal muscle?
Decreasing the angle between two bones is called this.
What is flexion?
Muscles generate this to produce movement.
What is force?
This is the smallest muscle in the human body, located in the middle ear.
What is the stapedius?
This muscle type is found only in the heart.
what is cardiac muscles ?
Moving a limb away from the midline of the body is called this.
What is abduction?
Muscles that oppose a particular movement are called this.
What are antagonists?
These muscles are responsible for giving you goosebumps.
What are arrector pili muscles?
This involuntary muscle lines hollow organs like the intestines.
What is smooth muscle?
This occurs when the sole of the foot points downward.
What is plantar flexion?
This term describes the point where a muscle attaches to a movable bone.
What is insertion?
The strongest muscle in the human body based on its weight is this jaw muscle.
What is the masseter?
These muscles are under voluntary control.
What are skeletal muscles?
This muscle action rotates the palm upward.
What is supination?
Muscles that work together to produce the same movement are called this.
What are synergists?
This muscle can move your eyes more than 100,000 times a day.
What are the extraocular muscles?
This muscle type has striations but is involuntary.
what is cardiac muscles ?
Pulling a limb backward from the anatomical position is called this.
What is extension (or hyperextension depending on context)?
The term for a sustained muscle contraction without movement is this.
What is isometric contraction?
This unique muscle in your tongue allows you to roll it in different shapes and directions.
What is the intrinsic tongue muscle?