The muscular system is responsible for movement.

It is made up of muscles, joints, tendons, bones, ligaments and connective tissue that help to protect internal organs. All of these systems work together so that they can provide the body with posture, motion and stability, heat and to help with digestion. There are three types of muscle tissues, which contribute to the functions: skeletal, cardiac and smooth muscle. Skeletal Muscle This muscle is the tissue that surrounds the skeleton. They give the body the ability to move. When the brain wants to move an arm or a leg, it sends electrical impulse from the axons to nerves that innervate the muscle fibre. This then causes the muscles to contract and pull the skeletal bone with them. This is translated into movement like walking, talking or waving. Smooth Muscle Smooth muscle is in the esophagus where food is pushed down the pipe into the stomach. After food passes through the stomach, its sent to the first part of the small intestine this is called duodenum. In the duodenum more smooth muscle further digests and helps your body absorb nutrients. More smooth muscles push the waste products of the digestion process are pushed down the colon and out the anus for excretion of unstable material. Cardiac Muscle This muscle is the tissue that comprises heart ventricles, atria and valves. These muscles use action potentials to electrically contract the heart, giving the body a method of pumping the blood from veins to lungs down the arteries. If blood is not properly supplied to the heart muscle, the muscle dies and heart attack and cardiac arrest can occur.

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