Muscular System Intro

What is the muscular system?

It includes muscles and tendons that connect muscle to bones. It allows you to move.

​There are 3 types of muscles....

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There are 3 types of Muscle Tissues - Mark Them Below

• Permeable

• Skeletal

• Rough

• Cardiac

• Smooth

Skeletal muscles are voluntary - we control when and how they work

Skeletal Muscle

• Support and move the body

• voluntary muscles - you control them.

• Example: leg muscles

Involuntary Muscles

(You Can't Control Them)

• smooth muscle - makes up most of the walls of the body’s organs,

  including blood vessels and digestive organs.

• cardiac muscle - makes up the walls of the heart.

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What is an example of a voluntary muscle?

• smooth muscle

• cardiac muscle

• skeletal muscle

Cardiac Muscles

•Found in the Heart

Cardiac muscles are involuntary. These muscles do not get

tired and can contract repeatedly.

Multiple Choice

What are the muscles that make up the heart?

• smooth muscles

• cardiac muscles

• skeletal muscles

Smooth Muscles line our internal organs and vessels

Smooth muscle is involuntary - it works without us thinking about it.

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