Muscle Quiz: Can You Name That Muscle?
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As one of the most popular muscles on the human body, this one works with the elbow to help with the movement of the forearm and means two-headed.
- Pronator quadratus
- Biceps brachii
- Soleus
- Flexor digitorum
This is the largest muscle in the upper body and helps your arms with certain movements including the extension of the arm.
- Deltoideus
- Gluteus maximus
- Latissimus dorsi
- Pectoralis major
This muscle is located on the anterior part of your leg and acts as a main foot dorsiflexor on the talocrural.
- Flexor retinaculum
- Rectus femoris
- Soleus
- Tibialis anterior
Not only do you need this muscle to move your head and flex your neck, but it also helps with breathing by raising your sternum.
- Sternocleidomastoid
- Deltoideus
- Masticatorii
- Trapezius
This is the name for those muscles that can turn anyone into a stud when they are well defined after about one million crunches.
- Anterior trapezius
- Triceps surae
- Rectus abdominis
- Gastrocnemius
Located on the forearm, this muscle is a quadrangular, very thin, short, and flat muscle that helps you move your arm to type on a laptop or for writing.
- Occipitofrontalis
- Tibialis anterior
- Tensor fascia lata
- Pronator quadratus
The longest muscle in the human body is used in the stabilization of the pelvis.
- Sartorius
- Masticatorii
- Soleus
- Gastrocnemius
Did you know that this muscle is one of the most popular arm muscles but is also located in the posterior compartment of the leg at the calf?
- Biceps femoris
- Biceps brachii
- Triceps surae
- Obliquus externus
This muscle, located on the back of the thigh, is a tendon that is commonly pulled or torn by athletes.
- Gluteus maximus
- Hamstring
- Rectus femoris
- Brachioradialis
Although the bicep muscle is sexier, this muscle is twice as large and makes up most of the muscles in your arm.
- Triceps brachii
- Latissimus dorsi
- Gluteus maximus
- Rectus abdominis
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About This Quiz
Do you consider yourself an expert when it comes to identifying and naming the major muscles in the human body? Prove it by taking this quiz! It’ll test your knowledge and make you really question just how knowledgeable you are about the anterior and posterior muscles. You don’t have to be a doctor to know the answers, but it wouldn’t hurt.
Muscle Quiz
When you go to the gym, do you work on all your muscles or just the major ones that everyone knows like the biceps, triceps, abs, shoulders, and legs? Those are just the tip of the iceberg as the human body has more than 650 muscles throughout to help your body with movement. Without muscles, you would have a very tough time moving around or even sitting up in bed. Now is the chance to start naming those muscles and proving that you really do know all there is to know about the muscles of the human body.