Muscle Types Flashcards
Your skeletal system works with the ————– to carry out ————
Muscular system
Locomotion
Three types of muscles
Skeletal
Smooth
Cardiac
Locomotion
The ability to move
Similar cells make
Tissue that that perform a particular function
Skeletal muscle
1
2
3
Moves the bones
Long striped cells
Voluntary
Voluntary
Muscle action that is under your control
Involuntary
Muscle action that is NOT under your control
Smooth muscles
1
2
3
In digestive tract and blood vessels
Short non striped cells
Involuntary
Cardiac muscles
1
2
3
Only in the heart
Striped cells
Involuntary
Muscles are composed of many —— that are arranged in bundles called ———-
Fibers
Fascicles
Flexor
The muscle that bends part of the body
Extensor
A muscle that straightens part of the body
Skeletal muscles ——— to produce movement
Pull on bones
