Skeletal Mucles

Provide skeletal movement;

control entrances and exits of the digestive tract;

produce heat;

support skeletal position;

protect soft tissues

• Skeletal Muscles

• Axial Muscles

• Appendicular Muscles

• Tendons, Aponeuroses

Support and position axial skeleton

• Skeletal Muscles

• Axial Muscles

• Appendicular Muscles

• Tendons, Aponeuroses

Support, move and brace limbs

• Skeletal Muscles

• Axial Muscles

• Appendicular Muscles

• Tendons, Aponeuroses

Harness forces of contraction to perform specific tasks

• Skeletal Muscles

• Axial Muscles

• Appendicular Muscles

• Tendons, Aponeuroses

The muscles make up the bulk of the body and makes up 1/3 of the body’s weight

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• FALSE

Skeletal Muscle are attached to the bones and moves them by contracting and relaxing in response to voluntary messages from the nervous system

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• FALSE

Skeletal Muscle are composed of long cells called muscle fibers that have a striated appearance

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• FALSE

Muscle Fiber are organized into bundles supplied by blood vessels and innervated by motor neurons.

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• FALSE

Skeletal Muscles attach to the bones by the tendons and enable Involuntary Movement.

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• FALSE

It creates body heat and allows movement of the:

Bones, Food, Blood, Fluids

• Muscular System

• Integumentary System

• Skeletal System