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Muscles you can control are called...
Voluntary muscles
Muscles that you can not control are called...
Involuntary muscles
Type of muscle found in your internal organs (example: stomach)
Smooth Muscle
Type of muscle found in your heart
Cardiac Muscle
Type of muscle that attaches to bones
Skeletal Muscle
The only type of muscle that is voluntary
Skeletal Muscle
The type of muscle that helps to pump blood through the body
Cardiac Muscle
The type of muscle that is striated (Striped)- There are two
Cardiac Muscle or Skeletal Muscle
The type of muscle that works in pairs
Skeletal Muscle
Muscles that help you to flex or bend
Flexors
Muscles that help you to straighten
Extensors
A tear or overstretching of a tendon
Strain
Connects muscle to bone
tendons
Connects bone to bone
ligament
The cushion between bones
cartilage
