The muscular System What do skeletal muscles do? How do muscles work? The Human Body: An Orientation The Human Body: An Orientation Presentation transcript:Objective: How does the skeletal and muscular system work together to produce movement? Take the page and divide it into 6 equal boxes...
Muscles serve several purposes in your body. Your muscles contract for any number of reasons, but they primarily do the following: Offer stability to your joints and connective tissues – Your muscles lengthen and shorten, sometimes involuntarily, as your body needs them. Produce heat to ...
Maximize strength to body weight ratio (you can’t afford excess “non functional” weight) Increase absolute strength in the shoulders, lats and “core” (I know the “c” word is way over used lately) Balance your training program to keep support muscles and antagonists in good condition ...
How do muscles work? Functions of Muscle Tissue Produce movement Muscle pulls tendons to move the skeleton Maintain posture and body position - Continuous muscle contraction Support soft tissue -Support weight of visceral organs Movement of substance around the body - Encircle openings to digestive and...
How do muscles help the body produce movement? Explain briefly why spinal nerves are mixed nerves. Using example, explain how the structure of the muscle tissue allows them to carry out their functions. How do the skeletal and muscular systems work together to complete their functions?...
The muscular system is responsible for the movement of the human body. Without muscle, humans could not live. Attached to the bones of the skeletal system are about 700 muscles. Muscles produce not only those movements that are under the control of our will and that we can see and feel, ...
the key muscles of the pullover are offloaded at this point in the range of motion, because the dumbbell is no longer creating demand for the shoulder extensors (i.e. lats, pecs, etc.). A minor tweak to pullover technique increases the difficulty of the early portion of the movement....
Suckling triggers the body to produce another hormone, oxytocin, which contracts muscles near the milk glands and eventually causes milk ducts to widen, releasing milk from reserves located around the nipple [source: Davis]. This is known as the milk-ejection reflex (MER) or "let-down." A ...
They lay fairly flat against the head and don't have the necessary muscles for significant movement. But you can easily supplement your natural pinnae by cupping your hands behind your ears. By doing this, you create a larger surface area that can capture sound waves better. In the next ...
Without mowing your knees or feet, slowly bring up your upper body. Your goal is to strengthen your core muscles by using them as the major muscle group in this workout. NOTE-If you have back problems, DO NOT let your lower back off of the ground, to avoid putting excessive tension on...