Muscle and movements

Question 1

Skeletal muscle

Answer 1

Attached to bones, responsible for voluntary movements (e.g., walking, lifting weights)

Question 2

Smooth muscle

Answer 2

Found in organs (e.g., digestive tract, blood vessels), responsible for involuntary movements (e.g., peristalsis).

Question 3

Cardiac muscle

Answer 3

Cardiac Muscle: Involuntary, striated muscle specific to the heart.

Question 4

Muscles

Answer 4

A tissue composed of muscle fibers that contract to produce movement. Muscles are essential for locomotion, maintaining posture, and performing various bodily functions.

Question 5

Humerus

Answer 5

Located in your upper arm.

Question 6

Ulna

Answer 6

Positioned on the little finger side of your forearm.

Question 7

Radius

Answer 7

Found on the thumb side of your forearm.

Question 8

Biceps

Answer 8

Attaches to an outcropping of your shoulder blade and your radius.

Question 9

Flexion

Answer 9

Decreasing the angle between two bones (bending).

Question 10

Extension

Answer 10

Increasing the angle between two bones (straightening a bend).

Question 11

Abduction

Answer 11

Moving away from the body’s midline

Question 12

Adduction

Answer 12

Moving toward the body’s midline

Question 13

Triceps

Answer 13

muscle has four points of attachment

Question 14

Hamstring

Answer 14

Flex the knee and extend the hip

Question 15

Quadriceps

Answer 15

Extends the knee and flexes the hip

Question 16

Gluteal maximus

Answer 16

Extends the hip

Question 17

Rectus abdominis

Answer 17

Flexes the spine

Question 18

3 main muscles of the human body

Answer 18

Skeletal muscle ,smooth muscle and Cardiac muscle

Question 19

Latissimus Dorsi

Answer 19

Adducts and extends the shoulder