The Muscular System

What system moves the body?

• The respiratory system

• The digestive system

• The muscular system

Muscles work in pairs, one muscle pulls and the other muscle

• stops

• pushes

• relaxes

We control the

• cardiac muscles.

• skeletal muscles

• smooth muscles

Smooth muscles are

• inside the organs.

• attached to the skeleton.

• found in our fingers and toes.

Cardiac muscle is found only in the

• skeleton.

• liver.

• heart.

Skeletal muscle is attached to the

• heart.

• eyes.

• bones.

What are the three types of muscles?

• tendons, joints, ligaments

• cardiac, skeletal, smooth

• flexion, extension, smooth

Muscles you choose to move are called

• voluntary muscles.

• involuntary muscles.

• smooth muscles.

Skeletal muscles work with bones to give your body:

• height to grow taller

• strength and the ability to move

• more enamel for your teeth

What makes our muscles stronger?

• exercise

• food

• sleep