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Nervous and Muscular Systems
Nervous and Muscular Systems
Nervous and Muscular Systems
Nervous Systems
By Andre Ng, Hannah Persky, Quinton
Graybeal, and Jessica Stewart
Muscular System
Tissues/Organization
Smooth
Cardiac
Skeletal
Smooth
Purpose:
performs
involuntary
actions (ex:
bladder, uterus,
digestive tract,
eye, artery walls)
*pipe = arteries
How it works:
- Brain sends message to
muscles
- Muscles expand/contract
- Action happens (ex: shape of
lens changed to focus eye,
blood pushed through body)
Cardiac
*aquarium pump
= pacemaker
Purpose: pumps
blood in/out of
heart
How it works:
Coordinated
contractions of
pacemaker pumps
blood out of the
atria
Skeletal
Purpose:
moves
limbs/body
voluntarily
How it works:
- Brain sends message to
muscles
- Muscles
expand/contract, pulling
on the bones
- Limb moves
Nervous System
Central Nervous System
Tissues/Organization
Brain
Spinal cord
Peripheral Nervous System
Nerve Fibers (Branches out from spinal cord
to whole body)
Cells/Tissue
Neurons
Motor(voluntary functions)
sensory(involuntary functions)
*extension cord
How it Works
Messages start in brain as electrical signal
Messages pass through neurons
1. Converted to electrical signal in dendrite
2. leave the neurons axon as a chemical signal
3. repeat
Works Cited
Pictures:
Information:
http://www.medicinenet.com/how_muscles_work_and_res
pond_to_resistance_exercise/views.htm
http://philschatz.com/anatomy-book/contents/m46676.htm
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https://www.brianmac.co.uk/muscle.htm
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https://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/neuro/condition
info/Pages/parts.aspx
https://askabiologist.asu.edu/sites/default/files/resource
s/articles/nervous_journey/nervous_system_anatomy.jpg
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscular_system
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/376121006350111435/
http://www.ousd.org/Page/14092
http://classes.midlandstech.edu/carterp/Courses/bio210/c
hap09/lecture1.html
http://learn.visiblebody.com/muscular/muscle-types
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safari
http://www.livestrong.com/article/359490-how-are-themuscular-nervous-systems-connected/
http://www.livescience.com/22665-nervous-system.html