Muscular System
Coach Batista, Health HW, 5th & 6th grade.
Watch this video and answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper. If you type this on a computer you get an extra 5 points. (This is posted on the blog with links to the video).
This assignment will be due on Thursday, April 17th .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6u0u_59UDc
1- On the video, which guy as more muscles, the guy on the yellow shirt or the blue shirt? (I’m not talking about the size of muscles, but the quantity of muscles).
2- About how many muscles do we have in our bodies?
3- What do muscles allow us to do? Give three examples different from the ones mentioned on the video.
4- What are the three types of muscles we have?
5- What are some functions of smooth muscles? Give three examples (you can use the examples mentioned on the video, but try to think of other examples too).
6- What is the function of the cardiac muscles?
7- What is the difference between voluntary and involuntary muscles? Also give one example of each.
8- What connects your muscles to you bones?
9- Muscles work in pairs of contractors and extensors. Give an example of such pair of muscles in the body.
10- Where in your body are these muscles located?
a. Deltoid
b. Pectoralis
c. Quadriceps
d. Gluteus Maximus
