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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. How are your bones able to move?
2. What are tendons?
3. About how many muscles does your body have?
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 type of tissue are tendons and what do they do?
2. How many muscles does your body have and how much of your body weight is muscle?
3. How many types of muscle tissue does your body have and what are their names?
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. What type of tissue connects muscle to bone and other muscles?
2. How many kinds of muscle tissue are there and what are they called?
3. Name they type of muscle that is voluntary and explain how it helps you to move.
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