Muscle Vocabulary

The body has over 600 of these that helps move and lift heavy objects?

• relax

• immune

• muscles

• tissue

•  Groups of cells that work together to perform a specific function in the body.

• tissues

• relax

• fibers

• muscles

Proper food and nutrients needed for the body to repair damaged muscle fibers. 

• contrasct

• nutrition

• immune

• muscle

Muscles that you can control, like skeletal muscles?

• fibers

• muscles

• tissue

• voluntary

Muscles that move on their own without you having to think about them, like smooth and cardiac muscles.

• involuntary

• inflammatory

• damage

• fibers

When muscles shorten and tighten to pull on bones for movement.

• fibers

• contract

• tissues

• voluntary

• When muscles lengthen and loosen after contracting. 

• tissue

• fibers

• relax

• immune

•  Harm caused to muscles when exposed to stress, leading to repair and growth. 

• muscle

• tissues

• contract

• damage

•  Long, slender cells make up muscle tissues that can be damaged during exercise. 

• fibers

• voluntary

• immune

• muscles

• System in the body that helps fight off infections and repair damaged cells. 

• immune

• tissues

• contract

• damage