B4 Muscles

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• Studiejaar 1

B4 Muscles

Today: 

• Revision
• how muscles work
• voluntary and involuntary 

muscle movements

What did you remember of the previous lesson about joints?

Type of joint between rib and breastbone

1. Fused
2. Sutures
3. Cartilage
4. Synovial joint

Type of joint between pelvis and thighbone

1. Fused
2. Sutures
3. Cartilage
4. Synovial joint

Type of joint between thoracic vertebra and rib

1. Fused
2. Sutures
3. Cartilage
4. Synovial joint

Type of joint between vertebrae in the coccyx

1. Fused
2. Sutures
3. Cartilage
4. Synovial joint

This type of joint allowes most movement

1. fused
2. sutures
3. cartilage
4. synovial joint

Learning objectives

• You can explain how the muscles work.
• You can give examples of voluntary and involuntary muscle movements

Muscles

To move, you need muscles

Muscular system

All the skeletal muscles 

in your body combined

Tendons

Antagonistic pair

two muscles that have opposite effects

The muscle that allows the leg to bend is the

1. quadriceps
2. hamstring

The muscle that allows the leg to straighten again is the

1. quadriceps
2. hamstring

When the starting shot sounds, in the left leg the ... contacts

1. quadriceps
2. hamstring

When the starting shot sounds, in the right leg the ... contacts

1. quadriceps
2. hamstring

Organ muscles

muscles in your organs that move without you being aware of it

Exercises

Read basic 4

Do ex 1 u.a.i. 3, 5 + 6 online

7 in book