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Muscular System
| contracts due to unconsious im | |
|---|---|
| Involuntary Muscle | contract due to unconsious impulses sent by the nervous system |
| Tendons | connect muscle to bone |
| Voluntary Muscle | used to move bone or create movements under the skin |
| Smooth Muscle | involuntary and used in hollow organs that need to hold substances |
| Cardiac Muscle | Found in the heart, acts like rhythmic, smooth muscle modified by neural activity and hormones |
| Skeletal Muscle | The muscle that moves us around and is responsible for most of our behaviors |
| Tissues | allows the body to move, moves blood through heart, moves food through the digestive system |
| Muscular System | Enables the body to move; moves food through the digestive system; keeps the heart beating |