What are the main functions of the muscular system?

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Success Criteria:

I can identify and describe the parts and functions of the muscular system.

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Keywords:

Muscular  system, tendon

Learning objectives:

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•  To explain how the skeletal and muscular systems work together to allow movement of the body.

What are the main functions of the muscular system?

•The muscular system is mostly made of the muscles that allow a body to move and be flexible.

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Muscle is the tissue that contracts and relaxes, making movement possible

Learning objectives

•  To explain how the skeletal and muscular systems work together to allow movement of the body.

What are the main functions of the muscular system?

•Voluntary muscle is skeletal muscle that you are able to control.

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•Involuntary muscle is the smooth and cardiac muscle you cannot control.

Learning objectives

•  To explain how the skeletal and muscular systems work together to allow movement of the body.

What are the three types of muscles?

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•Smooth muscle is found in internal organs and blood vessels.

•Cardiac muscle is the tissue that makes up the heart.

•Skeletal muscle is attached to bones by tough strands of tissue called tendons.