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Type of Muscles

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!!!

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Type of Muscles

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  1. Type of Muscles • Skeletal • Cardiac • Smooth

  2. Skeletal Muscle • Move your bones • Voluntary (you can control them) • Over 400 skeletal muscles in your body

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. Anatomy of a Muscle

  6. Attachment • Tendon attaches muscle to bone

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. LattissimusDorsi • 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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,

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