BODY SYSTEMS

Muscles that move automatically without us telling them to (like breath, digest food, blink)

• Cardiac Muscle

• Smooth Muscle

• Involuntary Muscle

Muscle that we control; helps us run, jump, stand, throw a ball

• Voluntary Muscle

• Involuntary Muscle

• Cardiac Muscle

this muscle pumps blood to all the organs in the body.

• smooth muscle

• cardiac muscle/heart muscle

• Skeletal Muscle

the muscular system are groups of organs that perform specific functions in the human body. True or False.

• true

• false

groups of organs that perform specific functions in the human body

• muscular system

• body system

• skeletal system

connective tissue that connects bone to bone

• ligament

• joint

• muscle

tissues or fibers that cause movement of body parts and organs

• joint

• muscle

• bone

largest organ that covers and protects our bodies; has nerve endings that send messages to the brain

• heart

• skull

• skin

Vertebrae contain 33 bones that protect the spinal cord.

True or False.

• true

• false

the bone structure that protects the brain is called (a)   .