Human Body Day 3: What are the parts, features and function of the

Muscle System?

Mr. SchrinerKMS

MAJOR BODY SYSTEMS

• Integumentary (skin)• Skeletal• Muscle• Nervous• Respiratory• Circulatory

• Digestive• Endocrine• Excretory• Immune• Reproductive

Muscle System - Function

Provides movement

Features of Muscle Tissue

Contract & Relax Work in Pairs

Bicep & Tricep flexing

Features of Muscle Tissue

Involuntary – not under conscious control

Voluntary – under conscious control

Three Types of Muscle:• Skeletal muscle: moves bones;

voluntary control

• Smooth muscle: found in walls of internal organs and blood vessels; involuntary control

• Cardiac: in heart; makes electrical impulses; involuntary control