Gr. 7 Sci/Satter Muscular System
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 involuntary & voluntary | The two types of muscles found in the body are? |
| involuntary | Muscles you have no control over are? |
| breathing & digesting food | Two examples of infvoluntary muscles are? |
| voluntary | Muscle you can control are? |
| standing & walking | Two examples of voluntary muscles are? |
| cardiac, skeletal & smooth | Three kinds of muscle tissues are? |
| skeletal muscle | There are over 600 types of these muscles in the human body that are attached to bones, they are striated (banded), and their main job is to support and move the body? |
| tire easily | Skeletal muscles react quickly and? |
| tendon | The strong connective tissue that attaches skeletal muscle is callled? |
| smooth muscle | Involuntary muscle found inside many internal organs, is not stirated, reacts slowly and tires slowly. |
| cardiac muscle | Involuntary muscle, located in the heart, it is striated, does not tire easily, and it contracts repeatedly (heartbeat) |
| contraction | Muscles work by? |
| short & thick | What does a contracting muscle look like? |
| nervous system | Muscles contract when they receive messages from the? |
| pairs | Because skeletal muscles can only contract they must work in? |
| relaxes | While one muscle contracts the other muscle returns to its original length by doing what? |
| tricep | When the bicep muscle contracts what paired muscle relaxes? |
| elbow | If the bicep muscle in your arm contracts and the ticep muscle relaxes what part of your body will you be moving? |
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