- Knowing how muscles contract.
- Being able to name the types of muscle cells and the most important muscles.
- The muscular system allows for movement in conjuction with the skeletal system.
- Muscles also help to transport blood and nutriment throughout the body.
- Muscles need oxygen and energy to function.
- There are three types of muscle tissue in our body: striated skeletal muscle, smooth muscle and cardiac muscle.
- The movement of a striated skeletal muscle tissue is fast and intentional, whereas the movement of a smooth muscle tissue is slow and involuntary.
- Smooth muscle tissue is found, for example, in the walls of the intestines and veins.
- Cardiac muscle tissue is fast and involuntary. This striated muscle tissue pumps blood from our heart.
- Keywords: muscle, striated muscle, smooth muscle, heart muscle.
