Types of Muscle Tissue
1. What are the three types of muscle tissue?
Skeletal , cardiac and smooth
6. ______________ connect muscles to bones.
tendons
1. The skeletal system is made up of ligaments, cartilage and _____.
bones
6. Muscles work in ______________ to move parts of your skeleton.
pairs
2. Muscles that you are able to control are called ________________ muscles.
voluntary
7. _____________ connect bones to other bones.
ligments
2. Name a function of the skeletal system.
Structure/framework
protection of vital organs and tissues
allows for movement
store / balance minerals
make blood cells
7. Name a function of the muscular system.
Movement
Protection of organs
Breathing
Keeping warm
Blood circulation
3. ____________ muscle is involuntary and is found in many of your internal organs, it is not striped (striated).
smooth
8. ______________ are found where bones meet, most of them allow for movement.
joints
3. How many bones are in the adult human body?
206
8. To move a bone, one skeletal muscle will _______________ while the other _______________.
contract, relaxes
4. _______________ muscle is an involuntary type of muscle that never tires.
cardiac
9. __________________ is found between bones at joints and provides cushioning to decrease friction.
cartilage
4. What group of people has more bones than everyone else (almost a hundred more)?
babies (300)
9. How many muscles are in the human body?
over 600
5. Muscles that are not under your control are called _________________ muscles.
involuntary
10. Some bones, like the ones in the skull, do not move (or have very little movement) and meet at what we call ____________________ _________________.
immoveable joints
5. Your bones control the level of ______________ in the body by releasing them into blood when needed or storing them when there is an excess amount.
minerals
10. What system controls the movement of your muscles?
Nervous system