What are the 5 major parts of the muscular system?
Terms in this set (5)
- skeletal muscles. voluntary muscles attached to bones and provide the force needed to move bones.
- smooth muscles. located in the walls of internal organs such as the digestive tract, blood vessels, and ducts leading from glands.
- actin.
- irritability.
- brain and spinal cord.
What are the 4 main parts of the muscular system?
How the muscular system works
- Skeletal muscle. Skeletal muscles are the only muscles that can be consciously controlled.
- Smooth muscle. Smooth muscle lines the inside of blood vessels and organs, such as the stomach, and is also known as visceral muscle.
- Cardiac muscle.
How do muscles move kids?
Muscles move body parts by contracting and then relaxing. Muscles can pull bones, but they can’t push them back to the original position. So they work in pairs of flexors and extensors. The flexor contracts to bend a limb at a joint.
How do muscles work for Class 5?
Muscles are attached to bones by tendons and help them to move. Muscles can only pull and cannot push. Therefore muscles have to work in pairs to move a joint. One muscle will contract and pull a joint one way and another muscle will contract and pull it the other.
What are the 5 main functions of the musculoskeletal system?
The five main functions of the muscular system are movement, support, protection, heat generation and blood circulation:
- Movement. Skeletal muscles pull on the bones causing movements at the joints.
- Support. Muscles of the body wall support the internal organs.
- Protection.
- Heat generation.
- Blood circulation.
How is muscle made?
Muscles form when specialized long and tubular cells, known as myocytes, band together in a process called myogenesis.