How the muscular system works. Organs and injuries

1. Learn about The Muscular System By Morgan East Year 9 Paeroa College, New Zealand

2. Contents Slide 3 The Muscular System Diagram 4 The purpose of the Muscular System 5-9 Interesting Facts: How much do you know? 10 Muscular System Organ: Achilles Tendon (diagram) 11 The Purpose of the Achilles Tendon 12 Muscular System Organ: The Skeletal muscle 13 Muscular system disease (symptoms and presentation

3. The Muscular System

4. The Purpose of the muscular System The purpose of the muscular system is for strength and keeps posture and keeps your body warm and it also provides balance so we can stand. It has three types’ main muscles the cardiac, smooth and skeletal Why we need the muscular system

11. The Purpose of the Achilles tendon is to connect the heel to the gastrocnemius muscle. The Achilles tendon is the thickest and largest tendon in your body. The Achilles tendon holds your entire body weight when you walk, do push ups or run. You can pull your Achilles tendon and this doesn’t allow you to walk, run or jump. The tendon does stretch and if we didn’t have tendons the muscles would not work. The Purpose of the Achilles tendon

12. Skeletal Muscle The skeletal muscle keeps us warm and helps us move. Without the skeletal muscle we would not be able to move. The skeletal muscle provides us with protection and keeps us warm and stores minerals and energy.

13. Myesthenia Gravis What is it? This disease leads to muscle weakness and getting tired. It is an autoimmune disorder (autoimmune is caused by a bad immune and attacks the good stuff in your body). The symptoms: can lead to you not speaking, dropping eyelids, and difficulty in swallowing and weak neck muscles which makes your head go back and forward.

14. Myesthenia Gravis Treatment: It can be treated by taking cholinesterase inhibitors or Immunosuppressant. Prevention: You can prevent this disease by avoiding sick people do not get overheated or over chilled