Muscular System Vocabulary

Know it wellHave heard/Seen No ClueDefinition Fibers Tissues Cells Cardiac Voluntary Involuntary Smooth Posterior Anterior Triceps Biceps Abdominals Muscular System

Definition Characteristics ExamplesNon-examples Muscular System Skeletal muscles: most attached to bones Some attached to skin Heart, stomach & intestines muscles not attached to bones Contract and relax - working in pairs Able to control 640 muscles Voluntary Skeletal Triceps Biceps Abdominal Responsible for: Movement Maintaining body position Breathing Talking Pumping blood Involuntary Cardiac Smooth

Definition Characteristics ExamplesNon-examples

Numbered Heads biceps triceps abdominals Muscular system voluntary involuntary

Triceps muscle in the back of your arm; contract when lengthen your arm (bicep relaxes)

Biceps muscle in the front of your arm; contract to pull arm up (tricep relaxes)

Abdominals group of 6 muscles that extend from the ribs to the pelvis; provide movement and support to the trunk, also called the core;assist in the breathing process.the core

Muscular System - responsible for every movement

Voluntary muscles attached to bones, also called skeletal muscles, can be controlled

Involuntary also called smooth muscle, you cannot consciously move it- stomach; use less energy

Numbered Heads smooth posterior anterior fibers tissues cells

Smooth Smooth - Muscle tissue that contracts without voluntary control, found in the walls of internal organs, blood vessels, and hair follicles.

posterior Muscles in the back half of the body

anterior Muscles in the front of the body

Fibers elongated cells characteristic of muscle

tissues cell products forming a definite kind of structural material with a specific function

Cells the basic structural unit of all organisms.

Numbered Heads smooth posterior anterior fibers tissues cells

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