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Directions: ANSWER USING COMPLETE SENTENCES! Use the information you have been given to answer questions about: The Muscular System.
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Level#1
Your bones cannot move on their own. They move because they are attached to muscles. Tendons are a type of tissue that connect muscle to bones or to other muscles. your body has more than 600 muscles. Almost half your body weight is muscle weight.
1. Why are your bones able to move?
2. What type of tissue connects muscles to bones or other muscles?
3. What part of your body weight is made up of muscle?
4. What happened to Jem and Scout's mother?
Level#2
Your bones cannot move on their own. They move because they are attached to muscles. Tendons are a type of tissue that connect muscle to bones or to other muscles. your body has more than 600 muscles. Almost half your body weight is muscle weight. There are three kinds of muscle tissue in your body: skeletal muscle, smooth muscle, and cardiac muscle. Skeletal muscles are attached to your bones. They are voluntary muscles. You can control when voluntary muscles move. This type of muscle move your skeleton by pulling on tendons attached to bones.
1. What do your tendons do that can allow you to move?
2. What kind of muscle is attached to your bones and what type of muscles are they?
3. What do voluntary muscles do and how do they do it?
4. What does Atticus do for a living?
Level#3
Your bones cannot move on their own. They move because they are attached to muscles. Tendons are a type of tissue that connect muscle to bones or to other muscles. your body has more than 600 muscles. Almost half your body weight is muscle weight. There are three kinds of muscle tissue in your body: skeletal muscle, smooth muscle, and cardiac muscle. Skeletal muscles are attached to your bones. They are voluntary muscles. You can control when voluntary muscles move. This type of muscle move your skeleton by pulling on tendons attached to bones. Smooth muscles are involuntary. They work whether you want them to or not. They work even when you are sleeping. Smooth muscle is found in the walls of your blood vessels and intestines. Smooth muscles are not attached to bones. Cardiac muscle is a type of involuntary muscle found in your heart. Cardiac muscle works all the time. It keeps your heart beating.
1. About how many muscles do you have and how much of your weight is muscle?
2. Explain what smooth muscles are, and where they are found in the body.
3. Describe what cardiac muscle is and what it is able to do.
4. What is Scout taught to do by Atticus that her teacher is not happy she can do?
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