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Muscular System
Question | Answer |
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The muscle found in the internal organs and blood vessels. | Smooth Muscles |
Muscle found in the heart. | Cardiac |
Muscles that surround the bones. | skeletal |
Muscles that move automatically, they are not under our conscious control. | Involuntary |
Muscles that are under conscious control, we instruct them to perform everyday actions. | Voluntary |
Longest muscle | Sartorius |
Chest muscle | Pectoralis Major |
Thigh Muscle | Quadricep |
The muscle you use to flex your arm. | Bicep |
The muscle you use to extend your arm. | Tricep |
Skeletal muscles make up about what percent of our muscles? | 90% |
Tearing a muscle fiber | Strain |
Prolonged contraction of a muscle | Muscle Cramp |
Complete tear of a muscle. Most serious of injuries | Muscle tear |
Swelling of the tendons due to over use | Tenonitis |
Calf Muscle | Gastocnemius |
The muscle you sit on | Gluteus Maximus |
The muscle that is paired with the abs | erectors |
The muscle paired with the quadricep | Hamstring |
How many muscles are found in the human body | Over 600 |
What muscle raises your arm sideways at the shoulder | Deltoid |
Which muscle bends your arm at the elbow | Biceps |
Which muscle flexes your trunk so you can bend forward | Abdominals |
Which muscle straighten your leg at the knee and keep it straight when you stand | Quadriceps |
Which muscle raises your arm at the shoulder. Draws it across your chest | Pectorals |
Which muscle pulls your arm down at the shoulder. Draws it behind your back | Latissimus Dorsi |
Which muscle holds and rotates your shoulders. Moves your head back and sideways | Trapezius |
Which muscle straightens your arm at the elbow | Tricep |
Which muscle bends your leg at the knee | Hamstring |
Which muscle straightens the ankle joint so you can stand on tiptoes | Gastrocnemius |
Isotonic/Concentric | Muscles shorten as they contract |
Isotonic/Eccentric | Muscles lengthen as they contract under tension |
Isometric | Muscles stay the same length as they contract |
Flexors | Contracting to bend our joints. |
Extensors | Contracting to straighten joints. |
What type of muscle fibers would a distance runner have more of? | Slow Twitch |
What type of muscle fibers would a sprinter have? | Fast Twitch |
Which connective tissue attaches muscles to bone? | Tendon |
Erectors | Flex your trunk so you can bend backwards |
Hypertrophy | the muscles increase in size |
Atrophy | the muscle decreases in size |
When a muscle works out, what does the muscle temperature do? Rise or decrease | Rise |