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Type of Muscles • Skeletal • Cardiac • Smooth Skeletal Muscle • Move your bones • Voluntary (you can control them) • Over 400 skeletal muscles in your body Cardiac Muscle • • • • The muscle of the heart Involuntary (you can not control them) Works 24 hours a day, every day of your life!!! Strongest type of muscle Smooth Muscle • Muscles of the esophagus, stomach, intestines, and other internal organs • Involuntary (you cannot control them) • Contract slowly and smoothly • Can remain contracted for long periods of time Anatomy of a Muscle Attachment • Tendon attaches muscle to bone Abdominals • • • • Strengthening Exercises: Crunches, Leg Raises, Plank Location: Cover the stomach Function: Bend forward at the waist Importance: Prevent injury to the back and internal organs Biceps • Strengthening Exercises: Dumbbell bicep curls, seated row, push ups • Location: Front, top half of the arm • Function: Bend the elbow • Importance: To carry things-groceries, books; to water ski or row a boat Deltoids • Strengthening Exercises: Stretch band lateral raises, arm circles, shoulder press • Location: Shoulder • Function: Moves upper arm • Importance: To throw a ball, do cartwheels, paint the house, or hang a picture Gastrocnemius • Strengthening Exercises: Agility Rings bunny jumps, lunges, heel raises, wall jumps • Location: Back of lower leg • Function: To point the toes • Importance: To jump, climb stairs or walk up hills Gluteals • Strengthening Exercises: Dumbbell lunges, agility rings bunny jumps, hamstrings curl • Location: Buttocks • Function: Moves thigh backwards • Importance: To jump, climb stairs or walk up hills Hamstrings • Strengthening Exercises: Dumbbell lunges, agility rings bunny jumps, lunges, hamstrings curl, hamstring lifts • Location: Back of the upper leg • Function: Bend the knee • Importance: To walk and run Lattissimus Dorsi • Strengthening Exercises: Medicine ball twister, stretch band seated row, pull ups, overhead throw, plank • Location: On the back (middle) • Function: Allows a person to pull • Importance: To ski, climb a tree or do a pull-up Pectorals • Strengthening Exercises: Medicine ball wall chest pass, push ups, bench press • Location: Chest • Function: Help a person push • Importance: To push away, to push a lawn mower or shopping cart, play tennis Quadriceps • Strengthening Exercises: Dumbbell lunges, agility rings bunny jumps, squats, squat thrusts • Location: Front part of upper leg • Function: Straighten the knee • Importance: To walk, run, kick Trapezius • Strengthening Exercises: Stretch band seated row, dumbbell shoulder shrugs • Location: Upper and mid back • Function: Pulls arms in and raises the shoulders • Importance: To lift and object and pull something close to the body Triceps • Strengthening Exercises: Stretch band triceps extension, triceps dips, bench press • Location: Back of the upper arm • Function: Straighten the elbow • Importance: To throw a ball, push away from table,