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Body Systems: The Muscular System

Body Systems: The Muscular System

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Body Systems: The Muscular System

7th Grade Science

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Guide for Reading:

--What three types of muscles are found in the body?

--Why do skeletal muscles work in pairs?

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Muscles:

There are about 600 muscles in your body. The muscles that are not under your conscious control are called involuntary muscles. Involuntary muscles are responsible for activities such as breathing and digesting food.

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Muscles:

The muscles that are under your control are called voluntary muscles. Smiling and turning the pages in a book are actions of voluntary muscles.

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Types of Muscle:

Your body has three types of muscle tissue—skeletal muscle, smooth muscle, and cardiac muscle.

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Skeletal Muscles:

Skeletal muscles are attached to the bones of your skeleton. Because you have conscious control of skeletal muscles, they are classified as voluntary muscles.

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Skeletal Muscles:

These muscles provide the force that moves your bones. Skeletal muscles react quickly and tire quickly. At the end of a skeletal muscle is a tendon. A tendon is a strong connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone.

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Multiple Select

Click the choices that describe the characteristic the muscle type: Skeletal Muscle

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Voluntary

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Involuntary

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Reacts Quickly

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Tires Quickly

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Smooth Muscles:

Smooth muscles are called involuntary muscles because they work automatically. They are inside many internal organs of the body, and control many types of movements inside your body, such as those involved in the process of digestion. Smooth muscles react more slowly and tire more slowly than skeletal muscles.

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Multiple Select

Click the choices that describe the characteristic the muscle type: Smooth Muscle

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Voluntary

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Involuntary

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Reacts Quickly

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Tires Quickly

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Cardiac Muscles:

Cardiac muscles are involuntary muscles found only in the heart. Cardiac muscles do not get tired.

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Multiple Select

Click the choices that describe the characteristic the muscle type: Cardiac Muscle

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Voluntary

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Involuntary

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Reacts Quickly

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Tires Quickly

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Movement:

Muscles work by contracting, or becoming shorter and thicker. Because muscle cells can only contract, not extend, skeletal muscles must work in pairs.

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Movement:

While one muscle contracts, the other muscle in the pair returns to its original length. For example, in order to move the lower arm, the biceps muscle on the front of the upper arm contracts to bend the elbow. This lifts the forearm and hand.

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Movement:

As the biceps contracts, the triceps on the back of the upper arm returns to its original length. To straighten the elbow, the triceps muscle contracts while the biceps returns to its original length.

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Multiple Choice

Why do skeletal muscles have to work in pairs?

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You have conscious control of skeletal muscles.

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They work automatically.

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Muscle cells can only contract, not extend.

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Healthy Muscles:

Exercise is important for maintaining both muscular strength and flexibility. Exercise makes individual muscle cells grow wider, thicker, and stronger.

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Healthy Muscles:

Some of the same precautions that help prevent bone and joint injuries, such as warming up and using proper safety equipment, can also help prevent muscle injuries.

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Multiple Choice

How can you help prevent muscle injuries?

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Work out for several hours at a time.

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Warming up and using proper safety equipment

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Work out alone.

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Multiple Choice

What type of muscle is smooth muscle?

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voluntary

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involuntary

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Multiple Choice

What type of muscle is skeletal muscle?

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voluntary

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involuntary

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Multiple Choice

What type of muscle is cardiac muscle?

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voluntary

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involuntary

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Body Systems: The Muscular System

7th Grade Science

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