Intro

• Muscles are soft tissues

• Many stretchy fibres join and form muscles

• The muscular system includes - muscles, tendons, connective tissue, etc.

• There are three categories of tissues in the human body:

• Skeletal muscles, smooth muscles, and heart tendon tissues

• The muscular system is involved with the body's movement.

• The blood vessels, skeletal muscles, nerves, and muscles that make up every muscle are considered to be independent organs

​The Muscular System

• The muscles provide tug on the bones needed to bend, straighten, and support joints

• The muscles can pull on bones but they can't push them back to their original position

• muscles work in pairs of flexors and extensors

Functions of Muscles

• The primary function of the muscular system is movement

• Only muscle tissue in the body can contract and move other bodily parts

• the second function of the muscular system is maintaining posture and body position

• the muscles often contract to hold the body still, they hold up the body throughout the day without becoming tired

• The main functions of the muscular system are movement, support, protection, heat generation, and blood circulation