Transcript Muscular System

Muscular System
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Fibers
Tissues
Cells
Cardiac
Voluntary
Involuntary
Smooth
Posterior
Anterior
Triceps
Biceps
Abdominals
Muscular
System
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Definition
Definition
Characteristics
Skeletal muscles: most attached to bones
Some attached to skin
Heart, stomach & intestines muscles not
attached to bones
Responsible for:
Movement
Maintaining body position
Breathing
Talking
Muscular
Pumping blood
System
Examples
Voluntary
Involuntary
Skeletal
Cardiac
Smooth
Triceps
Biceps
Abdominal
Contract and relax - working in pairs
Able to control 640 muscles
Non-examples
Definition
Examples
Characteristics
Non-examples
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biceps
triceps
abdominals
Muscular system
voluntary
involuntary
Triceps
• muscle in the back of your arm; contract
when lengthen your arm (bicep relaxes)
Biceps
• muscle in the front
of your arm;
contract to pull
arm up (tricep
relaxes)
Abdominals
group of 6
muscles that
extend from
the ribs to the
pelvis; provide
movement and
support to the
trunk, also
called the
core;assist in
the breathing
process.
Muscular System • responsible
for every
movement
Voluntary
• muscles
attached to
bones, also
called skeletal
muscles, can
be controlled
Involuntary
• also called smooth muscle, you cannot
consciously move it- stomach; use less
energy
Numbered Heads
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smooth
posterior
anterior
fibers
tissues
cells
Smooth
• Smooth - Muscle
tissue that
contracts without
voluntary control,
found in the
walls of internal
organs, blood
vessels, and hair
follicles.
posterior
• Muscles in the
back half of the
body
anterior
• Muscles
in the
front of
the body
Fibers
• elongated cells characteristic of muscle
tissues
• cell products forming a definite kind of
structural material with a specific function
• Cells
• the basic structural
unit of all
organisms.
Numbered Heads
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smooth
posterior
anterior
fibers
tissues
cells
Semantic Map