Soc14 Muscular System

Question 1

What is the other muscle in the antagonistic pair with the deltoid?

Answer 1

Pectorals

Question 2

What is the other muscle in the antagonistic pair with the bicep?

Answer 2

Triceps

Question 3

What is the other muscle in the antagonistic pair with the quadracepts?

Answer 3

Hamstrings

Question 4

What is the other muscle in the antagonistic pair with the gluteus maximus

Answer 4

Hip flexors

Question 5

What is the other muscle in the antagonistic pair with the pectorals?

Answer 5

Deltoids

Question 6

What movement does the deltoid perform?

Answer 6

Abducts upper arm at the shoulder

Question 7

What movement does the pectorals perform?

Answer 7

Adduction of the upper arm at the shoulder

Question 8

What movement does the triceps perform?

Answer 8

Extends lower arm at the elbow 

Question 9

What movement does the bicep perform?

Answer 9

Flexes arm at the elbow

Question 10

What movement does the quadracepts perform?

Answer 10

Extends the leg at the knee

Question 11

What movement does the hamstring perform?

Answer 11

Flexes the leg at the knee

Question 12

What movement does the tibialis anterior perform?

Answer 12

Dorsi flexion at the foot

Question 13

What movement does the gastrocnemius perform?

Answer 13

Plantar flexion at the foot

Question 14

What movement does the gluteus maximus perform?

Answer 14

Extends the legs at the hips

Question 15

What movement does the hip flexors perform?

Answer 15

Flexes the leg at the hip

Question 16

What sport uses the deltoids?

Answer 16

To throw the javelin you need to push with your deltoids

Question 17

What sport uses the pectorals ?

Answer 17

Throwing a punch in boxing uses the pectorals

Question 18

What sport uses the triceps ?

Answer 18

When you quickly extend your arm to spike the ball in volleyball

Question 19

What sport uses the biceps?

Answer 19

Pull someone towards you to throw them in judo

Question 20

What sport uses the quadracepts?

Answer 20

Kicking someone with force in a kick-boxing match

Question 21

What sport uses the hamstring?

Answer 21

When a basketball player jumps to dunk

Question 22

What sport uses the tibialis interior ?

Answer 22

Controlling the football from height from a goal kick

Question 23

What sport uses the gastrocnemius ?

Answer 23

When standing on your toes in ballet

Question 24

What sport uses the gluteus maximus ?

Answer 24

A footballer needs to pull his leg back to kick the football with force

Question 25

What sport uses the hip flexors?

Answer 25

Driving your knees up to run faster in the 100 meters

Question 26

What is a voluntary muscle?

Answer 26

Voluntary muscles are under our control, you can choose when to contract or relax them e.g Bicep

Question 27

What shape are voluntary muscles?

Answer 27

They are usually made up of cylinder shaped fibres and are long and thin however when they are contracted they turn fat and shorter

Question 28

What are slow twitch muscle fibres?

Answer 28

Suit endurance activities-can work for long periods of time
Darker in colour because they contain myoglobin, a red pogament that transport oxegen to working muscles

Question 29

What are fast twitch muscles (type IIa)

Answer 29

Used in anaerobic work which can be improved through endurance training. Increase their resistance to fatigue.

Question 30

What are fast twitch muscles (type IIx)

Answer 30

Used in anaerobic work they can generate more power than other muscles fibres but fatigue quickly