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SUMMARY

The Human Muscular System


Muscles are responsible for movement of the body parts like the arms, legs, heart, and a lot of other
body parts.

Three Main Types of Muscle Tissue

1. Skeletal
2. Smooth
3. Cardiac

Major functions of the three muscle types

1. Movement of the body muscles allows our body to move. Includes walking, running, chewing
and manipulating objects with the hands and many more we.
2. Maintenance of Posture muscles at the back are under construction to maintain upright direct
position.
3. Respiration intercostal muscles elevate the rib cage, pull down on the diaphragm and expand
the thoracic cavity
4. Production body temperature is negative feedback mechanism your body wants to maintain an
optimal temperature.
5. Communication includes writing, talking and making gestures
6. Constriction of organ and vessels smooth muscle makes up the inner layer of vessels and
passageways
7. Contraction of the Heart, heart is made up of cardiac muscle when it contracts the heart pumps
blood.

Skeletal Muscle
 Voluntary Muscle
 Attached to the skeleton, bone and ligaments
 Constitutes 40% of the bodies weight
 Responsible for locomotion, facial expressions, posture, respiratory movements and other body
movements

Smooth Muscle
 Involuntary Muscle
 Walls body parts, airways, stomach, alimentary canal, blood vessels.
 Allows artery to regulate blood flow

Cardiac Muscle
 Responsible for circulating blood throughout the body.
 Found only in the heart
Comparison in the Muscle Tissue

1. Skeletal Muscle
 Fibers: striated, tubular, and multi nucleated
 Voluntary
 Attached to skeleton

2. Smooth Muscle
 Fibers: non striated, spindle-shaped
 Involuntary
 Covering walls of internal organ

3. Cardiac Muscle
 Fibers: striated branch
 Involuntary
 Covering walls of the heart

Fascicle Arrangement

Fascicle are group of muscle fibers is bundled as a unit within the whole muscle.

Fascicle Arrangement Pattern

1. Parallel muscles are arranged in the same direction.


2. Circular muscles arranged bundles of muscle fiber.
3. Convergent muscles a widespread expansion over a sizable area.
4. Pennate muscles blend tendon runs through the region.
5. Unipennate muscles located on one side of the tendon.
6. Bipennate muscles both sides of the tendon the arrangement of single feather.
7. Multipennate muscles insert on multiple tendons.
8. Fusiform muscles are muscle belly fibers arranged parallel to each other.

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