The Muscular System#1 get out your homework

#2 What skeletal muscles can you identify and locate? Share them with your table

buddy!

The Muscular System

Today’s Objectives: • Students will be able to explain the three

types of muscles that make up the muscular system.

• Students will be able to identify at least ten major skeletal muscles and explain their function.

• Students will be able to explain the relationship between the skeletal and muscular system, also known as the skeletomuscular system.

The Muscular System Please take this time to read the article on your desk. Do not make any marks on the packet. You may use the back of your Muscular System Study

Guide to take any notes that may pertain to today’s objectives.

When you have finished, start studying the different muscles!

Muscular System Video

3-2-1 Review

3: in bottom space list THREE things you learned!2: in the middle space, writeone fact you learned on each side!1: in the top space, write one question you have!Muscular System Video

Top Facts about the Muscular System

Let’s take a vote! Pass around your sheet and take a gander at others!If you think it’s a SUPER interesting fact, place a star next to it. If you don’t find anything particularly interesting, just keep passing it along! Mrs. M. will tally up the votes and announce the winner tomorrow! Let's see what you learned from yesterday...

DO NOW …not later!

• Share your 3-2-1 Review with your table buddy!• Study your muscles, quiz your

partner if you’d like!• Q & A with Mrs. M. (share your

one question!)

As voted by you…

1) To take one step, you use over 200 muscles.2) The hardest working muscle is found in the eye.3) Muscles make up 40% of your body weight.4) The strongest muscle in the body is your masseter,

which is the muscle used to chew- located at our jaw.

5) There are muscles at the root of your hair that give you goose bumps.

6) The largest muscle in the body is the gluteus maximus.

As voted by you…

1) When you are cold, your muscles involuntarily contract!

2) It takes 17 muscles to smile and 42 to frown!*3) Muscle makes up more than 40% of your weight.4) You use over 200 muscles just to take one step. 5) Muscles can only pull, not push! If they all pulled

in 1 direction they would create the force of 25 tons!

6) There are muscles at the root of your hair that give you goose bumps.