1. 4 Functions:
1. Produce skeletal movement
2. Maintain posture and body
position
3. Guard the entrances and exits
of the body
4. Transport things through the
body – blood and lymph
9. Anatomy of a Skeletal muscle
•made of specialized cells
called muscle fibers that
contract quickly and
powerfully.
10. Anatomy of a Skeletal muscle
•made of specialized cells called muscle fibers that contract quickly and powerfully.
•Each muscle has thousands to
millions of muscle fibers
bundled together.
11. Anatomy of a Skeletal muscle
•made of specialized cells called muscle fibers that contract quickly and powerfully.
•Each muscle has thousands to millions of muscle fibers bundled together.
•Muscles are attached to bones by
tendons (dense regular
connective tissue).
•Muscle itself is called the belly.