Muscles of the Muscular System

Question 1

How many muscles in the human body?

Answer 1

700 named muscles that make up roughly around half a person’s body weight.

Question 2

3 different types of muscles in the human body (function & example)

Answer 2

There are three different types of muscles put into two different categories: involuntary and voluntary.

Question 3

What are involuntary muscles?

Answer 3

Involuntary muscles requires no conscious control. This includes the cardiac muscle that form the walls of the hearts and contracts to circulate the blood around the body and smooth muscles that around found in the organs of your body such as the digestive or respiratory system.

Question 4

What are voluntary muscles.

Answer 4

Voluntary muscles requires conscious thought. Skeletal muscles is a voluntary muscle and is attached to the skeleton and assists the skeleton with the ability to move.

Question 5

Function of the muscular system

Answer 5

The muscular system is responsible for the movement in the human body and works through the nervous system.

Question 6

How many bones in the human body?

Answer 6

An adult skeleton consists of around 206 bones