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Muscular System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| involuntary muscle | A muscle that contracts without our control and found in walls of internal organs such as stomach and intestine and bladder and blood vessels. |
| voluntary muscle | A muscle, such as a leg or arm muscle, that can be consciously controlled |
| skeletal muscle | A muscle that is attached to the bones of the skeleton and provides the force that moves the bones. |
| tendon | A strong connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone |
| smooth muscle | A involuntary muscle found inside many internal organs of the body -- stomach, intestines, esophagus |
| cardiac muscle | A striated, involuntary muscle found only in the heart |
| What are the three types of muscle tissue? | Skeletal, Smooth, Cardiac |
| Why do muscles work in pairs? | Muscles can only contract, so in order to bend 1 muscle contracts while the other muscle relaxes and returns to orginal length. FLEXORS & EXTENSORS |
| How are cardiac muscles similar to smooth muscles? | They are similar to smooth muscles because they are involuntary muscles. |
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