Muscles

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.

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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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