Muscles

Question 1

What is the main job of a ligament?

Answer 1

Connect bone to bone

Stabilise a joint

Question 2

What happens if you overstretch a ligament or it is weak?

Answer 2

Get a micro year that leads to sprains or dislocation

Question 3

What are the main jobs of tendons?

Answer 3

Connect muscle to bone

Act like a spring -> useful when jumping

Question 4

What happens when a tendon is injured?

Answer 4

Microtears- normally repair themselves (strengthen tendon)

Tear- too big, too many (can’t repair themselves)

Question 5

What is a sporting example of using a tendon?

Answer 5

Forehand shot in tennis

Question 6

What is a sporting example of using ligaments?

Answer 6

Different stretches in gymnastics

Question 7

What is a voluntary muscle?

Answer 7

Muscles that we can control
Are attached to the skeleton by tendons
Cause movement
Made up of long cylindrical fibres

Question 8

What is a sporting example of using voluntary muscles?

Answer 8

Contracting arm muscles to lift a weight

Question 9

What is a cardiac muscle?

Answer 9

Found in walk of heart
Type of involuntary muscle
Can’t be controlled
Keep heart rate at a steady pace whilst doing sport

Question 10

What is a sporting example of using cardiac muscle?

Answer 10

Sports that require lots of CV Fitness, eg running

Question 11

What are involuntary muscles

Answer 11

Muscles that cannot be controlled by a person
Controlled by the involuntary nervous system
Found in organs such as the digestive system

Question 12

What is a sporting example of involuntary muscles?

Answer 12

Keep blood going around your body so you don’t get cramp whilst exercising

Question 13

What is the function of the gluteals?

Answer 13

Extension at the hip

Question 14

What is the function of the hip flexors

Answer 14

Flexion at the hip

Question 15

What is the function of quadriceps

Answer 15

Extension of the leg at the knee

Question 16

What is the function of the hamstrings

Answer 16

Flexion of the leg at the knee

Question 17

What is the function of the gastrocnemius

Answer 17

Points the toes

Plantar flexion

Question 18

What is the function of the tibialis anterior

Answer 18

Dorsi flexion

Pulls toes up towards shin

Question 19

What is the function of the trapezius

Answer 19

Adducts and extends arm at elbow

Question 20

What is the function of the pectoralis major

Answer 20

Adducts arm at shoulder

Question 21

What is the function of the latissimus dorsi

Answer 21

Arch the back

Question 22

What is the function of the biceps

Answer 22

Flexion of the arm at the elbow

Question 23

What is the function of the triceps

Answer 23

Extension of the arm at the elbow

Question 24

What is the function of the external obliques

Answer 24

Pull chest downwards

Flexion and rotation of the spinal column

Question 25

What is the function of the deltoid

Answer 25

Abducts arm at shoulder

Question 26

Sporting example of the gluteals

Answer 26

Pulling leg back before kicking ball

Question 27

Sporting example for hip flexors

Answer 27

Lifting knee in sprinting/hurdles

Question 28

Sporting eg for quads

Answer 28

Kicking a ball | Jumping upwards

Question 29

Sport eg for hamstrings

Answer 29

Bending knee before kicking ball

Question 30

Sport eg for gastrocnemius

Answer 30

Running | Pointing toes in trampolining

Question 31

Sport eg for tibialis anterior

Answer 31

Ski jumping

Question 32

Sport eg for pectorals

Answer 32

Forehand drive in tennis

Question 33

Sport eg for latissimus dorsi

Answer 33

Butterfly stroke in swimming

Question 34

Sport eg for biceps

Answer 34

Pull up | Drawing bow in archery

Question 35

Sport eg for triceps

Answer 35

Press up | Throwing javelin

Question 36

Sport eg for external obliques

Answer 36

Crunches in gym

Question 37

Sport eg for deltoid

Answer 37

Serving in tennis

Question 38

What muscle is paired with bicep

Answer 38

Triceps

Question 39

What muscle is paired with quadriceps

Answer 39

Hamstring

Question 40

What muscle is paired with gastrocnemius

Answer 40

Tibialis anterior

Question 41

What is paired with the gluteals

Answer 41

Hip flexors

Question 42

What is the contracting muscle called in a pair?

Answer 42

The agonist Or The prime mover

Question 43

What is the muscle relaxing in a pair called?

Answer 43

The antagonist

Question 44

What are the main characteristics of type 1 muscle fibre

Answer 44

Small Very red High fatigue resistance

Question 45

What are the main characteristics of type 2a muscle fibres

Answer 45

Moderate size | Red

Question 46

What are the characteristics of type 2x muscle fibre

Answer 46

Large | White

Question 47

What is the duration and power of type 1 muscle fibre

Answer 47

Long time | Low power

Question 48

What is the duration and power of type 2a muscle fibre

Answer 48

Medium power | 1-2 minutes

Question 49

What is the duration and power of type 2x muscle fibre

Answer 49

Short time | Maximum power

Question 50

What sports are type 1 muscles important for

Answer 50

Walking Jogging Anything long distance and requires stamina

Question 51

What sports are type 2a muscles important for

Answer 51

Mike run Swimming Track cycling

Question 52

What sports are muscle type 2x important for

Answer 52

Sprinting | Lifting weights