Muscular SYstem
Station 1:
1) What are the three types of muscle? Define them.
2) Where do you find each type of muscle?
3) What makes muscles contract?
Station 2:
1) What are voluntary muscles?
2) Which types of muscle are voluntary?
3) What are involuntary muscles?
4) Which types of muscles are involuntary?
5) How do muscles work together in pairs? What are the two parts of the pair called?
6) What are tendons?
Station 3:
1) What causes stiff muscles?
2) What is a strain? What are the symptoms of a strain?
Station 4:
1) What kinds of problems do muscular dystrophy cause?
2) Why can muscular dystrophy lead to death?
Station 5:
1) How many muscles are there in the human body?
2) How much of your weight is muscle?
3) How does the diaphragm (a muscle) make you breathe?
Station 6:
Label your muscle diagram.
Station 7: Experiments with the muscles (be careful - they're made of paper!)
1) What are the three types of muscle? Define them.
2) Where do you find each type of muscle?
3) What makes muscles contract?
Station 2:
1) What are voluntary muscles?
2) Which types of muscle are voluntary?
3) What are involuntary muscles?
4) Which types of muscles are involuntary?
5) How do muscles work together in pairs? What are the two parts of the pair called?
6) What are tendons?
Station 3:
1) What causes stiff muscles?
2) What is a strain? What are the symptoms of a strain?
Station 4:
1) What kinds of problems do muscular dystrophy cause?
2) Why can muscular dystrophy lead to death?
Station 5:
1) How many muscles are there in the human body?
2) How much of your weight is muscle?
3) How does the diaphragm (a muscle) make you breathe?
Station 6:
Label your muscle diagram.
Station 7: Experiments with the muscles (be careful - they're made of paper!)