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Muscular System Vocabulary
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Know it wellHave heard/Seen No ClueDefinition Fibers Tissues Cells Cardiac Voluntary Involuntary Smooth Posterior Anterior Triceps Biceps Abdominals Muscular System
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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
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Definition Characteristics ExamplesNon-examples
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Numbered Heads biceps triceps abdominals Muscular system voluntary involuntary
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Triceps muscle in the back of your arm; contract when lengthen your arm (bicep relaxes)
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Biceps muscle in the front of your arm; contract to pull arm up (tricep relaxes)
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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
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Muscular System - responsible for every movement
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Voluntary muscles attached to bones, also called skeletal muscles, can be controlled
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Involuntary also called smooth muscle, you cannot consciously move it- stomach; use less energy
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Numbered Heads smooth posterior anterior fibers tissues cells
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Smooth Smooth - Muscle tissue that contracts without voluntary control, found in the walls of internal organs, blood vessels, and hair follicles.
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posterior Muscles in the back half of the body
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anterior Muscles in the front of the body
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Fibers elongated cells characteristic of muscle
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tissues cell products forming a definite kind of structural material with a specific function
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Cells the basic structural unit of all organisms.
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Numbered Heads smooth posterior anterior fibers tissues cells
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