Muscular System Athletic Training

Muscular System Body has more than 600 muscles Muscle move by pulling, never pushing. Muscle tissue is made up of Protein (amino acids).

Muscle Types skeletal (or voluntary/striated) muscle, the most abundant tissue in the human body, producing movement.

Muscle Types smooth (involuntary) muscle, forming the muscle layers in the walls of the digestive tract, bladder, arteries and veins, and other internal organs

Muscle Types Cardiac-the heart muscle

Skeletal Muscles Upper Body / Anterior Deltoid – shoulder Pectorals- chest Abdominals Oblique Bicep

Skeletal Muscles Lower Body / Anterior Quadriceps – anterior side of femur Hamstrings – posterior side of femur Gluteus Maximus – butt muscles Gluteus Minimus

Skeletal Muscles Upper Body / Posterior Trapezius – upper back (a) Latissimus Dorsi – middle of back (c) Triceps

Skeletal Muscles Lower Body / Posterior Gastrocnemius- calf muscle Soleus