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Muscular system
Term | Description |
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Muscular System | tough group of tissues that make your body parts move (650 major muscles in the body) |
working in pairs either | contracting (shortening) and extending (lengthening) |
Smooth Muscles | found in various organs in the body,(stomach,and the intestines), you have no control of these muscles |
Skeletal Muscles | attached to a bone,which allows the skeleton to move |
Cardiac Muscle | only found in the walls of the heart problems of the Muscular system |
Strain | soreness due overwork |
Tendinitis | stretched of torn tendon |
Cramp | Muscle unable to relax; feels tight and sore |
Muscle Dystrophy | weakening of the skeletal muscles, eventually inability to walk or stand |