The Muscular System

By Gracson Byrd

Organs• Tendons• Ligaments• Skeletal muscles• Smooth muscles• Cardiac muscles

Tendons

• Connect muscle to bone • Get damaged easily• Torn tendon can result

in surgery

Ligaments

• Connect bone to bone• Several in your body

Interactions

• Skeletal system1. Includes bones and

skeletal muscles2. The closest interaction

the Muscular system has

3. They’re connected by tendons

4. Both systems are dependent on each other

Interactions cont…

• Digestive/Excretory/ Respiratory system1. Includes intestines,

other organs, and smooth muscles

2. Smooth muscles help push digested and undigested food through the intestines

3. Digestive/Excretory system relies on muscular system.

Interactions cont…

• Cardiovascular system1. Includes heart and

cardiac muscles2. Cardiac muscles pump

the heart3. Both systems are

dependent on each other

Facts

• There is about 640 skeletal muscles in your body• It actually takes more muscles to smile than to frown (12 to

110)• Muscles do not push, they can only pull• The eye muscles are the busiest muscles in the body moving

about 10,000 times a day• Your butt muscles (Gluteus Maximus) are the largest

muscles in your body• Muscles in the middle of the ear are the smallest• Chewing muscles are the strongest• The Starorious is the longest

Work Cited

• http://www.emedicinehealth.com/ruptured_tendon/article_em.htm• http://www.emedicinehealth.com/ruptured_tendon/article_em.htm• http://www.magicalrobot.org/BeingHuman/2010/03/fascia-bones-and-

muscles• http://muaythaitraining.wordpress.com/• http://www.777888.eu/en/internal-systems-and-organs/• http://medicfrom.com/advice-for-health/the-family-doctor/disease-of-th

e-cardiovascular-system/• http://

www.wisegeek.org/how-many-muscles-are-there-in-the-human-body.htm

• http://zidbits.com/2011/09/does-it-really-take-more-muscles-to-frown-than-to-smile/

• http://www.buzzle.com/articles/muscular-system-facts.html• Mrs.Hunt