Functions of muscular system

• What does movement do in the muscular system?

  surround all joints in body
• What do essential bodily functions do in the muscular system?

  Breathing and digestion
• What does posture do to the muscular system?

  When muscles are regularly strengthened
• In muscle attachment, what is the order of attachment?

  bone - tendon - muscle belly - tendon - bone
• The points of attachment for each muscle are known as the?

  Origin and insertion
• Define origin.

  The site where a muscle is attached to a stable bone.
• Define insertion.

  The site where the muscle attaches in order to pull the bone towards the origin
• The muscle responsible for movement is called?

  Agonist
• What acts opposit to the agonist?

  Antagonist