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15 Cards in this Set
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How many skeletal muscles in the adult human body?
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Over 600
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What do they call the part of the
body from the shoulder to the top of the legs? |
The Trunk
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What are the muscles called that need no orders to stop or start?
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Involuntary muscles
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What are the muscles called that you can control?
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Voluntary muscles
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What are the muscles called that cover the skeleton?
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Skeletal muscles
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What is it called when your bones, muscles and nervous system work together to keep you "in balance"?
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Good posture
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What do the large muscles of the back help do?
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Hold your backbone staight
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Because of their markings what is another word for voluntary muscles?
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Striped muscles
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What are the muscles that make up the organs of the body called?
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Smooth muscles
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What are the muscles that keep your heart beating regularly called?
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Involuntary muscles
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What is it called the way you hold your body when you stand, sit and move about?
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Posture
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How many muscles does it take to make a bone move?
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Two
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What needs to be used regularly to keep them in their best working order?
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Muscles
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Name the 3 kinds of muscles found in the body?
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Smooth
Skeletal Cardiac (heart) |
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What are 4 things the skeletal muscles allow you to do?
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1.Allow your bones to move
2.Hold your bones in place 3.Squeeze the blood in the veins 4.Body heat |
