Lesson 3 Flashcards
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responsible for the movement of human body.
Muscular System
Attached to the bone of skeletal system are about 600 system muscle that make rough half of a person body weight.
Muscular System
Also found in the heart , digestive organs, and blood vessels.
Muscle tissue
Serve to move substance through out the body
Muscular System
have many functions, including movement, posture, circulation, respiration, digestion, and urination.
Muscular System
Muscle does this to cause movement. This movement can be voluntary or involuntary.
Muscle Contract and Relax
Helps with a wide range of movements, including lifting heavy weights, giving birth, and eye movements.
Muscles
Help maintain posture, or the correct position of the body when sitting or standing
Skeletal muscles
Contribute to good pasture
Strong, Flexible Muscle
Smooth muscles in the arteries and veins help maintain blood pressure and circulation.
Circulation
The diaphragm is the main muscle used for quiet breathing.
Respiration
Muscle in the walls of the digestive tract organs move food and liquid through the system.
Digestion
This also produce more movements that result in various facial expression, eye movements and respiration
Skeletal muscle
Excitable or Irritable they have the ability to repond to a stimulus
Muscle
They can shorten in length
Contractible
They can extend or stretch
Extensible
They can return to their original shape
Elastic
Appearance: Striated, multi-nucleated (eccentric), fibers parallel. Voluntary Control
Skeletal
Function: movement, heat, posture
Skeletal
Location: skeleton
Skeletal
Location: heart
Cardiac
Function: pump blood continuously
Cardiac
Appearnace: Striated, one central nucleus, involuntary control.
Cardiac
muscles in the walls of the digestive tract organs move food and liquid through the system. This movement is called________________.
peristalsis