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    The document discusses the muscular system, including that there are three types of muscles - skeletal, smooth, and cardiac. Skeletal muscles are voluntary and move bones, smooth muscles are involuntary and control internal organs, and cardiac muscle is only found in the heart. Muscles work by contracting and are needed for all types of movement, pumping blood, breathing, regulating temperature, and protecting organs. The anatomy of muscles and how they attach to tendons and bones is also examined.

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    Muscular System

    BY: COURTNEY MEDCALF

    Muscular System
    How many muscles are in the human body?
    What are muscles needed for?
    What are the 3 types of muscles?
    What is the anatomy of the cell?
    How does a muscle work?
    Muscle to Tendon to Bone?

    What are the muscles needed for?

    All types of movement

    To pump blood

    To breath

    To produce body heat and regulate body temperature

    Protect internal organs

    Skeletal Muscle

    Moves your bones

    Voluntary

    Over 400 skeletal muscles in your body

    Long cells with several nuclei

    Stripes called striations in cells

    Smooth Muscle

    Muscles of the esophagus, stomach, intestines, and other internal


    organs

    Can remain contracted for long periods of time

    Usually one nucleus per cell

    Contract slowly and smoothly

    Involuntary

    No striping

    Cardiac Muscle

    Muscle of the heart

    Involuntary

    Works 24/7!

    Strongest type of muscle

    Only one nucleus per cell

    Some striping

    Pictures of the Muscles

    Anatomy

    How do muscles work?

    A skeletal muscle works by contracting (getting shorter)

    The muscle can shorten as much as 1/3 its resting length

    Each muscle cell is made up of many smaller Myofibrils

    The nerve releases a chemical called Neurotransmitters

    The neurotransmitters stimulates the entire muscle to contract

    Muscle to Tendon to Bone

    Opposites Contract

    Biceps Contracted = Triceps Relaxed

    Biceps Relaxed = Triceps Contracted

    Muscles work in pairs

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