Your Muscular System

The muscles in your body

1. Complete the table with details about muscle types

Muscle Type Description Example

Smooth Muscle Involuntary muscle move throughout the body Blood vestals

Cardiac Muscle Involuntary muscle in the heart Your heart to beat and pump

Skeletal Muscle

2. Complete the table about how a pair of muscles in your arm works

Cause Effect

Your bisect contracts your Arm bends

When your arm is relic’s it Arm straightens

3. Describe muscle tone: slight tinction in ferm muscle

Keeping Healthy

4. In your own words, describe the difference between muscle endurance and muscle strength.
What is one activity that could help build muscle endurance? What is one activity that could
help build muscle strength? muscle endurance is how long you can do something

muscle

5. Complete the table with details about kinds of muscle injuries and how to prevent them.

Injury Description Prevention

Strain To over stretch your muscle Lift weights

Tendonitis Painful swelling and irritation of Proper worm up and rest if you fell pain

Muscle Cramps Strong uncontrol muscle contraction Stretching and drinking plenty of water