Muscular System #1
Type of muscle controlling the digestive system
Smooth Muscle
Type of muscle controlling the heart
Cardiac Muscle
What other system does the muscular system work closely with?
The skeletal system
What is an example of involuntary muscle movement?
Breathing, heart beating, blinking, etc
How many muscles are in the muscular system?
>639 actually 640
Another word for your gastrocnemius
Calf Muscle
What is the main function of the muscular system?
To control body movements
The muscle on the upper arm that extends the lower arm
What is triceps?
Muscle on the neck and middle back when flexes, moves shoulder up
Trapezius
Difference between a sprain and a strain
Sprain is ligament, Strain is muscle pull
The muscle on the front of the thigh that extends the leg.
What is quadriceps?
Muscles on the front of your stomach
Rectus Abdominus
What does Aerobic exercise do?
Builds strength and endurance
Muscle on shoulder, stabilizing it
Deltoids
Three other functions
Provide heat, Protection, Posture
What does adaptability in muscles refer to?
The ability to change in size based on the muscle movement
Muscles on front of your throat that helps you move your neck
Sternocleidomastoids
Where is the sartorious muscle and what do you think it does?
It rotates your hip and thigh