Muscles

Your marvelous muscles What are the three types of muscles? How do we identify them? What do they do?

There are more than 600 muscles in our body! These muscles make up our muscular system . Our muscles are divided into 2 main groups In voluntary muscles Voluntary muscles

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Smooth muscles ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Think of a SMOOTH milkshake going down your throat to your stomach !

Cardiac muscles ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

To remember this name … just think of Valentine’s Day … when people share heart-shaped CARD S - CARD IAC

Skeletal muscles ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Most muscles work in pairs to cause movement ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Flexor - a muscle which bends a joint when it contracts. Your bicep is a flexor .

Extensor – a muscle which straightens a joint when it contracts. Your tricep is an extensor .

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