Muscles

Question 1

How manny muscles are there in the human body?

Answer 1

660

Question 2

What are the two actions muscles are capable of?

Answer 2

Contraction and relaxation

Question 3

What are the 3 types of muscles?

Answer 3

Skeletal, smooth and cardiac

Question 4

What is the function of skeletal muscle?

Answer 4

To maintain body posture; attached to the bones of the skeleton

Question 5

What is the function of smooth muscle?

Answer 5

An involuntary, muscle that aids food digestion and helps the lungs expand

Question 6

What is the function of cardiac muscle?

Answer 6

To help pump blood around the body; involuntary

Question 7

Example of skeletal muscle

Answer 7

Shoulder muscle

Question 8

Example of smooth muscle

Answer 8

Oesophagus

Question 9

Example of cardiac muscle

Answer 9

Heart

Question 10

What is shivering?

Answer 10

Involuntary spasms of the muscles

Question 11

How are muscles attached to bones?

Answer 11

By tendons

Question 12

Where are tendons generally situated?

Answer 12

At the end of the muscle belly

Question 13

What are tendons made up of?

Answer 13

Connective tissue

Question 14

What are the points of attachment for each muscle known as?

Answer 14

The origin and insertion

Question 15

Define isometrically

Answer 15

Muscle length remains unchanged. Staying in a static position, but force is still applied

Question 16

Define muscle belly

Answer 16

The main part of a muscle, in between tendons. The ‘gut’ of the muscle

Question 17

Define agonist

Answer 17

Muscle response to movement/ creating the movement, also known as prime mover