Lesson Five: Muscular System (Part One)

Muscular System

(Part One)

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The human body contains more than 650 individual muscles which are attached to the skeleton, which provides the pulling power for us to move around. 

The main job of the muscular system is to provide movement for the body. The muscular system consist of three different types of muscle tissues : skeletal, cardiac, smooth. 

Each of these different tissues have the ability to contract, which then allows body movements and functions. There are two types of muscles in the system Voluntary Muscles: The muscle in which we are allow to control by ourselves. Involuntary Muscles: The muscle in which we can't control; The heart, or the cardiac muscle, is an example of involuntary muscle.

Homework:

Q1. what is the main job of the muscular system

Q2. Provide me with a couple of examples of the Voluntary and the Involuntary Muscles