muscles and muscular system Flashcards
Q.1 The three major types of muscles in the body are:
B) Smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and skeletal muscle
Q.2 The muscle that pumps blood throughout your body is:
D) Cardiac muscle
Q.3 Which muscle helps move your shoulders?
B) Deltoid muscle
Q.4 Which type of muscle is found in your digestive system?
C) Smooth muscle
Q.5 What connects bones and muscles together?
A) Tendons
Q.6 Skeletal muscles work with bones to give your body:
Strength and ability to move
Q.7 Some of your biggest and most powerful muscles are:
In your calves and thighs
Q.8 Which muscles are found on the front of your thighs?
Quadriceps
Q.9 Which muscles are found in your belly and sometimes called “abs”?
D) Rectus abdominus
Q.10 When you make a muscle in your arm, you are flexing your:
Biceps
What is hypertrophy?
Enlarging the muscle
What is atrophy?
wasting away of muscle
adduction
movement of limb or another part towards the midline of body or towards another part
Abduction
Raising Arms laterally to the sides and moving the knees away from midline
What is the primary purpose of the muscular system?
Provide movement for the body
