The Muscular System · Interactive Map

The Muscular System 💪

The body's force generators — over 600 muscles that power every movement, from blinking to sprinting, and keep your heart beating.

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The Muscular System
🔬 Role in the Muscular System
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Skeletal System

Muscles attach to bones via tendons and pull on them as levers. The two systems are so interdependent they are often called the musculoskeletal system — one is nearly useless without the other.

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Nervous System

Every voluntary movement starts as a nerve impulse. Motor neurons carry signals from the brain to the neuromuscular junction, where acetylcholine triggers muscle fibres to contract.

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Circulatory System

Working muscles need oxygen and glucose delivered fast. Blood flow can increase 20x during exercise. The circulatory system also removes lactic acid and CO2 as waste products of muscle activity.

600+Muscles in your body
40%Body weight that is muscle
100,000Times heart muscle beats daily
20xBlood flow increase during exercise
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Skeletal Connection
The Skeletal connection says the muscular and skeletal systems are so interdependent they share a combined name. What is that name, and what do tendons specifically do?
Nervous Connection
The Nervous connection explains that every voluntary movement starts as a nerve impulse. What specific chemical is released at the neuromuscular junction to trigger muscle contraction?
Nervous Connection
The Nervous connection states that every voluntary movement originates as a nerve impulse. What does this mean for muscles acting completely on their own?
Circulatory Connection
The Circulatory connection states that blood flow to working muscles can increase by how much during exercise?
Circulatory Connection
The Circulatory connection names two waste products the circulatory system removes from muscles during activity. What are they?
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