Kids Health - How Muscles Work

The three major types of muscles in the body are:

• Smooth muscle, sports muscle, and skeletal muscles

• Smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and skeletal muscle

• Smooth muscle, running muscle, and face muscles

• Smooth muscle, flexible muscle, and strength muscle

The muscle that pumps blood throughout your body is:

• Skeletal muscle

• Smooth muscle

• Valentine muscle

• Cardiac muscle

Which muscle helps move your shoulders?

• Smooth muscle

• Deltoid muscle

• Quadriceps

• Tendons

Which type of muscle is found in your digestive system?

• Rectus abdominus

• Cardiac muscle

• Smooth muscle

• Stomach muscles

What connects bones and muscles together?

• Tendons

• Ligaments

• Glue

• Cartilage

Skeletal muscles work with bones to give your body:

• Strength

• The ability to move

• Strength and the ability to move

• None of the above

Some of your biggest and most powerful muscles are:

• In your calves and thighs

• In your back near your spine

• In your arms

• In your fingers

Which muscles are found on the front of your thighs?

• Quadriceps

• Biceps

• Pectorals

• Deltoids

Which muscles are found in your belly and sometimes called “abs”?

• Pectorals

• Quadriceps

• Deltoids

• Rectus abdominus

When you make a muscle in your arm, you are flexing your:

• Pectorals

• Biceps

• Deltoids

• Rectus abdominus