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Mrs. Epling's Health Test: Muscles
This is for anyone having a muscles test.
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Health Care
7th Grade
08/25/2011

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Term
Muscular System
Definition
Group of structures that make your body parts move.
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Muscles work in pairs.
Definition
One muscle contracts, the opposite relaxes.
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Voluntary Muscles
Definition
Muscles that we Control. Ex.Walking
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Involuntary Muscles
Definition
Muscles we don't control. Ex. Muscles in our stomach.
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3 types of Muscles
Definition
Skeletal Muscles, Smooth Muscles, and Cardiac Muscles
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Skeletal Muscles
Definition
Muscles attached to the bone that helps us move.
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Smooth Muscles
Definition
Muscles found in organs, vessels,and gland intestines
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Cardiac Muscles
Definition
Heart Muscles
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Problems that can happen to muscles
Definition
You can strain a muscle, cramp, pull or tear, Muscular Dystrophy.
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Muscle Dystrophy
Definition
An inherited muscular disease.
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How to care for your muscles.
Definition
Get plenty of exercise, Warm-up before activity, Eat carbohydrates and protein, Maintain a healthy weight, and lift with legs-not your back.
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