How many muscles make up the quadriceps at the front of the thigh?
Answer4
'Quad' means four: the quadriceps are four muscles that straighten the knee.
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The basics
How long is one lap of the inside lane of a standard outdoor running track?
Answer400 metres
A standard outdoor athletics track measures 400 metres around the innermost lane.
Going deeper
Which is the largest muscle in the human body?
AnswerGluteus maximus
The gluteus maximus in the buttocks is the largest muscle and helps extend the hip.
What connects a muscle to a bone?
AnswerA tendon
Tendons attach muscle to bone, while ligaments connect bone to bone.
Which muscle does most of the work when you breathe in?
AnswerThe diaphragm
The dome-shaped diaphragm contracts and flattens, drawing air into the lungs.
Expert level
Which two lifts are contested in Olympic weightlifting?
AnswerSnatch, and clean and jerk
Olympic weightlifting uses the snatch and the clean and jerk; squat, bench and deadlift belong to powerlifting.
Lowering a weight slowly, so the muscle lengthens while under load, is which kind of contraction?
AnswerEccentric
In an eccentric contraction the muscle lengthens under tension, as the biceps does when lowering a curl.
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