Muscles

Question 1

Voluntary muscles

Answer 1

Voluntary muscles are under your control, you can choose when to contract or relax
They can only pull not push

Question 2

What are involuntary muscles

Answer 2

Involuntary muscles are not under our control. They contract and relax automatically, controlled by the nervous system.

Question 3

How do involuntary muscles help us in sport

Answer 3

They contract and relax they send more blood round the body and they give us oxygen

Question 4

Cardiac muscle

Answer 4

Only found on the wall of the heart, it is very specialised type of involuntary muscle.

Question 5

What is an antagonistic pair

Answer 5

Muscles that work in pairs to push and pull

Question 6

What ones are agonist and antagonist

Answer 6

Antagonist-relaxes

Agonist-contracts

Question 7

What are types of antagonistic pairs

Answer 7

Bicep,tricep
Quad,hamstring
Tibialis anterior, gastrocnemius

Question 8

Muscles fibres

Answer 8

Slow twitch-type 1-marathon runner
Fast twitch-type 2a-800m runner
Fast twitch-type 2b-100m sprinter