Muscles

Muscles! We are learning about muscles and how they work and help us inside of our body.

Smooth Muscles are Bladder, Stomach and Intestines, these muscles are called involuntary muscles. If we didn't have smooth muscles we would pee before you could get to the bathroom. Smooth Muscles are found inside the stomach intestines and the bladder.

Cardiac Muscles pump blood around your body and they are muscles that work without you even trying like your heart your heart muscle is called myocardium.

Skeletal muscles are voluntary muscles which means that they only move when you make them move. Your skeletal muscles are connected to your bone by tendons. Bones Muscles and Tendons   make your body powerful.

The voluntary muscles are controlled by parts of the brain called cerebellum and the cerebral motor cortex. The brain sends messages to the muscles to work.