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Muscle and Bone Notes

The muscular system provides movement, posture, and blood circulation through muscle tissues. There are three basic muscle types - skeletal muscle which attaches to bones and causes movement, smooth muscle which surrounds organs and tubes, and cardiac muscle which makes up the heart. Muscles are either voluntary, which can be intentionally controlled, or involuntary which cannot be intentionally controlled. The skeletal system includes bones and tissues that support, protect, and allow movement of the body. Bones have marrow that produces blood cells and are connected by joints, cartilage, tendons, and ligaments.

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Muscle and Bone Notes

The muscular system provides movement, posture, and blood circulation through muscle tissues. There are three basic muscle types - skeletal muscle which attaches to bones and causes movement, smooth muscle which surrounds organs and tubes, and cardiac muscle which makes up the heart. Muscles are either voluntary, which can be intentionally controlled, or involuntary which cannot be intentionally controlled. The skeletal system includes bones and tissues that support, protect, and allow movement of the body. Bones have marrow that produces blood cells and are connected by joints, cartilage, tendons, and ligaments.

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Muscular & skeletal systems

Muscular system
a connected set of muscle tissues that
provides movement, posture, and blood
circulation
Muscles are responsible for all types of body
movement. They move
the bones of the skeletal system
food through digestive system
blood through the circulatory system
fluids through the excretory system
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Muscular & skeletal systems


Three basic muscle types are found in the
body
skeletal muscle - attaches to a bone
with a tendon, pulls on the bone in order
to cause movement (e.g. in legs, arms,
neck etc.)
smooth muscle - surrounds major
organs and tubes, helps them contract
and maintain shape (around blood
vessels, in the digestive tract)
cardiac muscle - found in the heart,
provides strong & steady contractions

Muscular & skeletal systems


Voluntary muscles
muscles that can be intentionally
controlled (most skeletal muscles)
Involuntary muscles
muscles that cannot be intentionally
controlled (most smooth muscles and
all cardiac muscle)

Muscular & skeletal systems

Muscular & skeletal systems


Connection to your nervous system
Nerve cells directly touch muscle cells
Signal from nerve cells tells your muscles
to contract

Muscular & skeletal systems


Skeletal system
The skeletal system includes bones and
tissues that are important for supporting,
protecting, and moving your body
closely linked to the muscular system via
tendons and ligaments
Bones
dense, rigid connective tissue that gives
the body its main shape and stores
important minerals

Muscular & skeletal systems


Bones
has a soft center called marrow that
makes red and white blood cells

red blood cells - used to transport


oxygen and CO2

white blood cells - used for defense


and attacking invaders

Muscular & skeletal systems


Joints
Joints are places were two bones meet.
Cartilage
stiff connective tissue that is not as hard as
bone
provides structure + flexibility
Cartilage is also the tissue that covers the
end of bones
Cartilage allows for smooth movement of
joints
It cushions the bones and prevents damage to
the bones at joints

Muscular & skeletal systems

Muscular & skeletal systems


Skeletal muscle attaches to the
skeleton by tendons
Tendons connect muscle to bone
Ligaments are long bands of tissue that
connect bone with bone across a joint
They hold together
the joint

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