Muscles and Movement

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Muscles

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Work together with bones and tendons to help a person move.

Front

Voluntary muscles

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Muscles that you can make move and control.

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Involuntary muscles

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Muscles that you can’t control. They work without you even thinking about them.

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Joints

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Moving places where bones meet. Joints give the body flexibility and are where two bones come together.

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Cartilage

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A flexible, connective tissue. It is not as hard as bone, but stiffer and less flexible than muscle.

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Ligament

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A kind of tissue that connects one bone with another. Ligaments connect bones to other bones.

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Tendons

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String-like tissue that attaches bones to muscles. Tendons allow you to move your bones.

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Skeletal muscles

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Voluntary muscles that you control. Responsible for almost all of the body’s movements, usually attached to bones by tendons.

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Smooth muscles

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Another name for involuntary muscles.

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Cardiac muscles

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The muscle that makes up the heart.