Muscular System Muscular System | Page 3

Introduction

The muscular system is responsible for the movement of the human body1. The system is composed of 700 hundred named muscles that are connected to the skeletal system and its approximately the half of the wight that a human have; each of the muscles is a tiny organ constructed by tissue, blood vessel, tendons and nerves2. Also helps stabilize our joints, maintain our posture and generate heat during activity. The system is under voluntary control3.

The system is divided into 3 parts the smooth muscle, the skeletal muscle and the cardiac muscle4.

1 Definition of muscular system | Dictionary.com. (n.d.). Retrieved April 18, 2020, from https://www.dictionary.com/browse/muscular-system

2 Barclay, T. (2020, April 9). Muscular System - Muscles of the Human Body. Retrieved April 20, 2020, from https://www.innerbody.com/image/musfov.html

3 Study.com. (n.d.). What Is the Muscular System? - Function & How Muscles Work in Groups Video. Retrieved April 18, 2020, from https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-the-muscular-system-function-how-muscles-work-in-groups.html

4 Crompton, R. H., Tangen, C., Cummings, S. W., & Wood, B. (n.d.). human muscle system | Functions, Diagram, & Facts. Retrieved April 20, 2020, from https://www.britannica.com/science/human-muscle-system