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The muscular system

The muscular system


Responsible for the movement of the human body attached to the bones of the skeletal system
are about 700 named muscles that make up roughly half of a person ‘s body weight each of
these muscles is a discrete organ constructed of skeleton muscle tissue blood vessels tendons
and nerves muscle tissue is also found inside of the heart, digestive organs, and blood vessels in
these organs muscle serve to move substances throughout the body.

Muscular system
The muscular system is the anatomical system of species that allows it to move
the muscular system consist of a large number of muscles through which the
movement of the body takes place.

Muscles
There are about 400 muscles in the human body they are elongated cells called muscle fibers
and are responsible for all body movements they form a covering over the skeleton.

Types of muscles
• Voluntary muscles (skeletal muscles)
• Involuntary muscles (Smooth muscles)
• Cardiac muscles
The voluntary muscles are under the control of our Will they surround the bones and are also
called skeletal muscles, they move the bones at joins all true mainly voluntary
these muscles also act on reflexes in response to some stimuli and can behave
as involuntary the muscles of the arms legs and shoulders are voluntary muscles.
The involuntary muscles are found in the internal organs such as the heart intestine,
stomach, eyes and blood vessels. and are also called Smooth muscles.
Cardiac muscle is found only in the walls of the heart these muscles do not tire and a may be
striped in the appearance they are characterized by branching fibers central nuclei transverse
striations and intercalated discs these muscles have an extremely rich supply of blood and show
rhythmic contraction cardiac muscles.
Muscle contraction and its types
• Isometric muscle contraction
• Isotonic muscle contraction
Muscle contraction occur when the muscle fiber or a group of fibers is signaled by the brain via
nerves to activate and increase the tension within the muscles this occurs when the muscles are
stressed such as during exercise like weight training, the muscles in the human body are made
up of bundles of muscle fibers that contain thousands of smaller structures called myofibrils
which is where the actual contraction occurs.

Isometric muscle contraction the muscle fiber activates with the force and tension but there is
no movement at a joint.

Isotonic muscle contraction tension developed to a point and then remains constant while the
muscle changes its length.
Identification of Muscles of the body
Latissimus dorsi
• It is a pair of large flat muscle which covers the lower back and stretches to
the sides. It is one of the widest muscles in the human body.
Deltoid
• the deltoid muscle is rounded triangle muscle located on the uppermost part
of the arm and a top of the shoulder.
Rotator cuff
• Rotator cuffs are a group of 4 muscles that surround the shoulder girdle and hold the
ball of the upper hand in the shoulder socket.
Pectorals
• pectoral muscles are the muscles that connect the front of the human chest with the
bones of the upper arm and shoulder.
Biceps
• The biceps are the muscle on the front part of the upper arm.
Triceps
• Tri means three, so triceps muscles are three headed and are the only muscles
fleshing out the posterior humerus.
Abdominals
• the abdominal muscles are located between the ribs and the pelvis on the front of the
body.
Hip flexors
• the hip flexors are several muscles that bring the legs and trunk together in a
flexion movement.
Gluteals
• the gluteal muscles are a group of three muscles which make up buttocks
the gluteus maximus, gluteus Medius and gluteus minimus. The three muscles originate
from the ilium and sacrum and insert on the femur.
Hamstring group
• in the human anatomy, a hamstring is one of the three posterior thigh
muscles in between the hip and the knee.

Quadriceps group the quadriceps femoris also called the quadriceps extensor, quadriceps or
quads, is a large muscle group that includes the four prevailing muscles on the front of the thigh.

Gastrocnemius
• The gastrocnemius muscle is a muscle located on the back portion on the lower leg,
being one of the two major muscles that make up the calf.

Tibialis anterior
• the tibialis anterior is a muscle in humans that originates in the upper two-thirds of the
lateral surface of the tibia and inserts into the medial cuneiform and the first metatarsal
bones of the foot.

Benefits of exercise on the muscular system

• Increase in strength
• Endurance and power
• Better neuromuscular coordination
• Improve the posture of the body
• Enhances flexibility
• Decrease changes of injury
• Lactic acid tolerance
• Increase in aerobic and anaerobic endurance
• Faster recovery from injury
• Storage of energy improves
• Desired muscles can be developed
• Faster reaction time and toning up of the muscles.
• The biceps are the muscle on the front part of the upper arm.

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