Muscular System

system is to provide movement for the body. The muscular system consist of three different

The esophagus receives food from the mouth after swallowing and then delivers it to the stomach. The stomach holds food which it is being mixed with enzymes which continue the process of breaking down the food into a useable form. When the contents of the stomach are processed they are released into the small intestine. In the small intestine food is broken down by enzymes released from the pancreas and bile from the liver, the food is moved through and mixed with digestive secretions. The small intestine is made up of three segments the duodenum, jejunum and the ileum, the jejunum and the ileum are mainly responsible from the absorption of nutrients in to the bloodstream. These contents start out semi-solid and end in a liquid form after passing through the organ. Water, bile, enzymes and mucous change its consistency, one the nutrients have been absorbed it then moves onto the large intestine. The large intestine connects to the rectum and is specialised in processing water so that emptying the bowels is easy.

The process of digestion first begins in the mouth by in taking food (bolus). The teeth help with masticating (chewing and breaking food particles down) allowing for swallowing and increasing surface area for chemical digestion. Enzymes found in saliva also facilitates with the chemical break down of food primarily starches and fats. The food swallowed then enters into the esophagus (a tube connecting the mouth and stomach). Peristalsis helps the esophagus to push the food in the direction of the stomach. The stomach contents are highly acidic (doesn’t affect the stomach mucosa since cells secrete mucus allowing the stomach wall to be protected) with pH levels between 1.5-2.5 allowing microorganisms to be killed, breaking down of food, and activating digestive enzymes producing a thick substance known as chyme. However, breaking down of foods further occurs in the small intestine consisting of: bile created from the liver, enzymes formed from the small intestine, and the pancreas facilitate with further digestion as well as HCI denatures (unfolds proteins) allowing them to be available to attack by digestive enzymes (also responsible in breaking down the protein). The pyloric sphincter separates the stomach from the small intestine allowing the chime to drop into the small intestine. The small intestine is the primary site for

The muscular system has many functions. There are 5 main functions. Firstly, it allows us to balance via proprio receptors. In terms of balance, not only do you rely on the two sensory organs in your inner ear but also receptors in your muscles and tendons help your body to balance. The receptors in your muscles and tendons are called proprio receptors, these proprio receptors detect how stretched your joints, tendons and muscles are.

Chapter 13 talks about the muscular system and the way that it is works together with the skeletal system and other systems in our body. It also explains the ways our muscles contract and move and what processes are going on in within our muscles when we work each one of them. The chapter also talks about disorders that can happen within our muscles and the way they affect our life. What I found most surprising in the chapter was reading the box that talked about botox ad wrinkles. It was shocking to read that the toxin used for botox is one of the most lethal substances and yet people are voluntarily putting it in their body. Another thing that surprised me to know was that the same substance had also been approved to treat migraine headaches.

Food is digested by being broken down, by a variety of enzymes, into useful nutrients, which are transported around the body to places where they can be of use, and into waste products, which are excreted from the body. The digestive system is made up of a number of organs, oesophagus, stomach, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, and small and large intestines, these are then separated into the digestive tract and the digestive organs. The digestive tract is, essentially, a single continuous tube that begins at the mouth and ends at the anus, in a fully grown adult it is approximately seven metres long. Food travels through the digestive tract and the digestive organs produce the enzymes and chemicals that are responsible for

The muscular system is an organ system composed of roughly 650 to 850 muscles. The muscular systems consist of skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscles. The muscular system collectively works with other organ systems to permit movement, posture, conduction of heat and the circulation of blood throughout the human body.

In Anatomy and Physiology, one of the topics this class recently covered was the muscle system. In the video, “How Your Muscular System Works” published in 2017 by Emma Bryce said a brief explanation of how the muscular system works. In the video, Bryce stated, “Each time you take a step, two hundred muscles work in unison to lift your foot, propel it forward, and set it down.” Indeed, each muscle is responsible to do a specific movement. The muscle system is a very important system because this is where the three types of muscles come from. For example, in the video, it talked about the skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle, and the smooth muscle. The skeletal muscle is involuntary muscle and voluntary muscles. In addition, the cardiac muscle and the smooth muscle are only involuntary muscles. The cardiac muscle is only found in the heart. The smooth

The human muscular system is made up of over 600 connecting muscles. All of the muscles work together in sync to make your body move in inumerable different ways.

The Muscular and Nervous Systems of our body are two of eight major body functional systems that help us maintain homeostasis or in a chemical balance within our bodies. When the body cannot maintain homeostasis there is usually some sort of sickness or disease that is targeting one of our major body functions. An example of two diseases that could affect our homeostasis within our Muscular and Nervous System are Hydrocephalus and Dystonia.

The route of the passage of food through the entire digestive tract. Food first enters the body by the mouth and is broken down into small pieces by the teeth as we chew. As we swallow the food goes down the esophagus and enters the stomach. In the stomach food is mixed with digestive enzymes, and then is pushed down to the small intestine. After the nutrients is absorb through the intestine walls, muscles push the waste into the large intestine. There waste is changed into stool then moves to the rectum until it pushes out of the body during a bowel movement.

Although there are many other functions that the muscular system performs, there are three main basic functions. They are motion and movement, stability, and thermogenesis. These functions are important. Motion and movement are how the muscular system helps move substances within your body. For example, the muscular system help with digestion. Smooth muscles in the muscular system helps the process of digestion. Stability is how the muscular system help stabilizes your body position. Using the skeletal muscles, the muscular system helps to stabilize the skeleton to help with our body position. The skeletal muscles help with joints that are to weak to fully support the body. Thermogenesis is how your muscular system helps the body to maintain

The function of the muscular system is to provide movement, maintain body temperature and posture. Muscle fibers contract and relax to provide movement, muscles release heat when they contract to maintain homeostasis, and

The integumentary system covers and protects the muscular system. If we didn’t have this protection, then the muscles would be damaged to the pint of not being able to function properly. The muscular system works to move skin to help with certain functions, such as the elevation of body hair when you’re cold. (Goose bumps)

The Muscular system has functions like obtaining posture, and body position also heat production but one of the main functions of the muscular system is movement. There are different types of muscles, they are in specific places in the body, one being cardiac muscle, which is a muscle working with the heart that keep it working.