L1: Muscular system (=skeletal)

• What are the organ structures?

  1. Skeletal muscles
  2. Axial muscles
  3. Appendicular muscles
  4. Tendons and aponeuroses
• Skeletal movement controls entrances and exits: digestive, respiratory and urinary systems
• What are the other primary functions of skeletal muscles?

  1. Produce heat: shivering
  2. Support: skeleton
  3. Protect: soft tissues
• What primary function does axial muscles provide?

  Provides support and positioning of the axial skeleton.
• What primary function does appendicular muscle provide?

  Support and move limbs
• What is one of the primary functions of tendons and aponeuroses?

  Translates contractile forces into tasks (e.g. flexion, extension)
• What is the function of tendon?

  Fibrous rope-like connections between muscle to bone
• What is the function of aponeuroses?

  Sheet-like; most often muscle to muscle connection; also to bone