MUSCULAR SYSTEMby: Riley Hamilton

MUSCLE MOVEMENT

• Involuntary- Automatically move without you knowing.•Voluntary- Brain sends message to muscle. You control the movements.

TYPES OF MUSCLES

•Smooth- involuntary•Skeletal- voluntary•Cardiac- involuntary

SMOOTH MUSCLES

• Involuntary•Lines digestive system•Lines blood vessels•Contracts bladder•Movements involve many muscles at a time

SKELETAL MUSCLES

•Under voluntary control•Moves arms, legs, head•Allows us to change body position•Produces most of body heat

CARDIAC MUSCLES

•Found only in heart•Striated like skeletal muscle• Involuntary•Pushes blood out of the heart

MUSCLE TERMS

•Flexion- Movement that reduces a joint angle.•Extension- A movement that increases a joint angle.

MUSCLE PAIRS

•Your muscles work in teams to move your body. An example of this is your Bicep and Tricep.

MUSCULAR SYSTEM VIDEO

•http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au1ucKBcjfU

MUSCULAR SYSTEM

FUNCTION OF THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM

•The muscular system is the series of muscles throughout the body that moves the skeleton, maintains posture through steady contraction, and generates heat through cell metabolism.

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