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muscles system

facts and functions of selected muscles

QuestionAnswer
how many muscles found in the face 60
how many muscles It takes smile 20
the number of muscles it takes to frown 40
The longest muscle in the body is the sartorius
the muscle which rotates the thigh outwards and bends the knee sartorius.
The smallest muscle in the body is deep in the ear stapedius
the stapedius muscle is involved in hearing
The biggest muscle in the body is the gluteus maximus,
in the buttock, the muscles which pulls the leg backwards gluteus maximus
the powerful muscle used for walking, running and climbing steps gluteus maximus
There are nearly 650 skeletal muscles in the human body!
Skeletal muscles are attached to the skeleton
skeletal muscles do not work alone they work in pairs
while working in pairs one muscle moves the bone in one direction and the other moves it back again
Skeletal muscles are classed as voluntary muscles .
The length of time for Muscle contractions can be short or long
Smooth muscle is found in our internal organs:in our digestive system, our blood vessels, our bladder, our respiratory organs and, in a female, the uterus.
Smooth muscle can stretch and maintain tension over extended periods
Smooth muscles are involuntary muscles
the type of muscle found in the digestive system smooth
the type of muscle found in the bladder smooth
As the name should tell you, cardiac muscle is found only in the heart.
It is a twitch muscle, it only does short single contractions cardiac
Like smooth muscle, cardiac muscle is involuntary.
There are muscles in the root of our hairs that gives us goose bumps.
The longest muscle has muscle cells that can be over a foot long.
It takes how many muscles in the body to smile. 17
It takes how many muscles to frown 42
The smallest muscle (about 1mm) in your body is located in the ear. It is called what? Stapedius
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