• Explore the scientific names of the muscles of the body

• Identify and explain the differences between the 3 types of muscles in the body

• Understand the structure of the muscle• Research the functions of the muscles

In your book list any muscles that you know in the body. Try to use the scientific name. See how many you can write down.

Share with the rest of the class, so that you have a class list of all the muscles that you know.

Look at the diagram on the following slide to see how many you have written down

Functions of the muscular system include:Provides movementProtects organsEnsures blood flowProvides strength

Quadriceps group Hamstring group

Pectorals

Trapezius

Latissimus dorsi

Smooth - involuntarySkeletal - voluntaryCardiac - involuntary

Involuntary Lines digestive system Lines blood vessels Contracts bladder Contracts uterus Movements involve many muscles at a time

Under voluntary control Moves arms, legs, head Allows us to change body position, move Produces most of body heat Pull on bone

Found only in heart Involuntary like smooth muscle Pushes blood out of the heart

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4 people out the front I will call out a muscle name and you need

to point to where on your body you think that muscle is.

If you get it wrong you are out Last man standing

Learn the names of the muscles of the body