Transcript Muscular - Broad Heath

The Amazing Muscular
System!
Introduction
Your muscular system does lots of
important jobs. It helps you:
•move
•pumps your blood
•helps you digest food
•helps you breathe.
Inside a Muscle
How it Works
When you want to move your arm one muscle
contracts and the other one relaxes. So that
makes your muscle pick up your arm. That is how
you pick up weights.
What the Muscle Is Made Of?
• Your muscles are made of small muscle fibers.
•Tendons are stretchable material that connects
the muscles to your bones.
How do our muscles work?
Our muscles work by contracting and relaxing
How to Make Healthy
Muscles!!!

Run
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Lift weights
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Play sports
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Drink milk
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Eat healthy food
Facts about the muscles!!!
Your heart is a muscle.
 Your tongue is a muscle.
 There are about 350 muscles in the
human body.
 Muscles are made of fibers.
 The muscular system is the largest
system in your body.
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More Amazing Facts About
Muscles!!!
 Muscles weigh half the amount of
your body.
 The tendon is what holds the
muscle in place.
 The fiber bundle is what holds the
fibers together just like connective
tissue.
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