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**General things about Muscles and Types of Muscles** All muscles in the human body helps you to survive. They are everywhere in your human body including your face! All muscles have fibers in them. There are three main types: Skeletal, Smooth and Cardiac. Each of these muscles do different jobs in your body. There is also a type of muscle called Superficial muscle. These are muscles that are directly under the skin.  Skeletal Muscles All skeletal muscles help and support your **//[|skeleton] //** Skeletal muscles links two bones through its connecting joint. All skeletal muscles of the human body are voluntary. They are also a very well prepared tissue. Did you know that skeletal muscles make up to 50% of your own weight and that about 640 of them have been named?

Smooth Muscles  Smooth muscles are divided into 2 types: Single Unit and Multiunit. Unlike the skeletal muscles, it is an involuntary muscle. They are located in the hollow parts of the human body. It would be in places like your stomach, both intestines and more. They are all arranged into layer so that each muscle can contact in any directions.  Cardiac Muscles Like the skeletal muscles, they are also voluntary muscles but instead, they are located in the walls of your heart. There are differences between a human's cardiac muscles and a dog's cardiac muscles. All the cardiac muscles in the dog are darker and with more spots. Click**[| here]** for the picture of a dog's cardiac muscles and //**[|here]**// for a human's one.

Using Your Muscles Every time you do an activity, you use a group of muscles NOT all of your muscles. If you try showing your muscles with your arms, a muscle located in the arm called the //**[|biceps]**// will contract; it will get shorter and harder while another muscle called the tricpes relaxes and gets softer and longer. Nerves also tell what the muscles to do. If you made a smiley face, you'll use about 17 of your muscles but if you frowned, you'll use about 40 of your muscle! Some bodybuilders overtrain which means they have overused their muscles. If you want bigger muscles, eat a lot of food containing a high amount of protein. You also use a muscle to breathe in and out. You can also get problems with a muscle. Read the next section for details.

Problems With Your Muscles Sometimes, you can get problems with your muscles. If you get a problem with it, it will be very bad and you might need a lot of rest! One of the common problems called the hiccups are caused by a muscle called the diaphragam goes out of control. This problem doesn't require a lot of rest, it just requires things like blowing in a paper bag and popping it, drinking water, having a freind scare you or putting sugar under your tongue! If none of those work, you'll have to wait for the next day. Another problem is called paralysis caused by many things like animals or damage in the nervous system especially the spinal cord. Most of the paralysis mainly happen on the nervous system but also sometimes on other parts like the brain and the heart. There is also a problem called muscular dystrophy. Click[| here] to watch a video about this.**__Specific Muscles (All Muscles mentioned are Skeletal muscles):__** Muscles: Your Diaphragm The muscle that helps you breath in and out; your //**[|diaphragm]**// is a very useful muscle. Without it, you wouldn't be able to breath and you'll die in just a few seconds after birth! It is known as the most efficient muscle used for breathing! You can try performing an exercise on a chair or while you are lying down. They are located near your stomach and also looks like a flat rectangle. //**[|Click here for the exercise]**//

Muscles: Your Biceps & Triceps These muscles are hard working muscles. They are both located in your arm. The triceps are located below the biceps. If you try showing your muscles you will notice the half of your arm that is near your hand will get harder. This is because inside your hand, your biceps are contracting while your triceps are relaxing. You will notice that there is this part of skin where it is loose. It means your biceps are working hard. //**[|Click here for picture and location.]**//

<span style="color: #69bfaa; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Muscles: Your Deltoid and Pectoralis Your deltoid and your pectoralis are both skeletal muscles. Your deltoid are located in your right arm and your pectoralis are located on the top right part of your ribcage down to where your biceps starts. The pectoralis muscles are probably 2 times bigger than your deltoids. Did you know that deltoid muscles are found in other apes as well and not just humans? There are 2 types of pectoralis muscles: Major and Minor. The Pectoralis Major muscles are large fan shaped muscles. The pectoralis minor muscles are small triangular shaped muscles. <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">__**Muscle Parts (all muscles mentioned are skeletal muscles):**__ Each of your ears contains 4 muscles which all have an insertion. They are: the auriculares, <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">temporoparietalis, stapedius and the tensor tympani. The auriculares enables you to wriggle your ears which only a few people can do. They have a nerve called the facial nerve as well. It was named auriculares because its origin was galeal aponeurosis. The temporoparietalis doesn't enable you to do anything but it also has an origin which is the auriculares muscles. The stapedius doesn't have an origin but it helps you to control the sound waves or vibrations to the inner ear. It's also the neck of the stapes (one of the bones located in the middle ear). The tensor tympani has an origin which is the Eustachian tube and is the handle of the malleus. It also has an artery called the superior tympanic artery It helps you tense the tympanic membrane. None of these muscles have any antagonist. **
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<span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">**<span style="color: #7f3681; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Muscles Parts: Your Arm: ** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Your arm contains 3 muscles which all help you do something. The muscles are: the coracobrachialis, biceps brachii and the brachialis. The coracobrachialis helps you to adduct your humerus which is somewhere near your shoulder and also has an origin which is the coracoid process of the scapula. The biceps brachii which is the same as the coracobrachialis and also another one which is supraglenoid tubercle and helps you flex you elbow and also to supinate your forearm. This muscle also has an antagonist which is the triceps brachii muscle.

<span style="color: #658424; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Muscle Parts: Your Thigh (Adductors) There are about 11 muscles in your thighs. There are three main muscle groups in the thighs: the adductors, hamstrings and the quadriceps. Not all the muscles are part of these muscle groups like the gracillis. The adductor brevis helps you to adduct your hips, has a nerve called the obturator nerve and an artery with a similiar name. Its origin is the front surface of the inferior ramus and the body of the pubis. The adductor longus helps you to adduct your thighs, has an artery called the obturator artery, a nerve which is the front branch of the obturator nerve and its origin is the pubic body just under the pubic crest. The adductor magnus is a large triangular muscle situated just beside the femur (a bone). It enables you to adduct and extend your hips, has an artery called the obturator artery and the origin is the pubis. There is a gap between the femur and the adductors called the adductor hiatus. The adductor hiatus is not a muscle even though its name is like one.

<span style="color: #3299a9; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Muscle Parts: Your Thigh (Hamstrings) The hamstrings is also a muscle groups but it consists of 4 muscles: the Semitendinosus, Semimembranosus, Biceps femoris (long head) and Biceps femoris (short head). The origin of the Semitendinosus, Semimembranosus and Biceps femoris (long head) is the ischial tuberosity. The origin of the Biceps femoris (short head) however is the the head of the single bone in the thigh; the femur. All these muscles helps you to flex your knee. They all do not have an artery but nearly all of them has a nerve called the tibial nerve. The hamstrings might get an injury called the pulled hamstring or also known has straining of the hamstrings. These injuries are often common in several sports. This might happen because a trainer's training strengthens the quardriceps until they are out of balance with the hamstrings making the quardriceps injure the hamstrings. <span style="color: #e21da8; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> Muscle Parts: Your Thigh (Quadriceps) Like the hamstrings, the quadriceps is a muscle group consisiting of 4 muscles: the Rectus femoris, Vastus intermedius, Vastus lateralis and Vastus medialus. The Rectus femoris is situated next to the Vastus lateralis and just above the patella (the kneecap). It enables you to extend your knees and to flex your hips. This muscle has an artery called the lateral femoral circumflex artery and a nerve called the femoral nerve. It also has an antagonist which is the hamstrings. For the muscle Vastus Intermedius, it is one of the extendors for your knees, just like the Rectus femoris. It is situated above the muscle Vastus medialus and diagonally above the Vastus lateralis. It has an artery called the femoral artery and a nerve called the femoral nerve. The Vastus lateralis is similiar to all of the muscles in the quardriceps, it is also one of your knee extendors and also it stabilizes your knee. Like the rectus femoris and the other muscles, it has a nerve and artery called the femoral nerve/artery.The Vastus medialus is situated near the patella and it enables you to extend your legs. Like all the other muscles in the quadriceps, it has a nerve called the femoral nerve and an artery called the femoral artery. <span style="color: #33767a; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> Muscle Parts: Your Digestive System (these are smooth muscles) All smooth muscles are found in the walls of organs like the esophagus. It is also found in your bladder, uterus, stomach, intestines, bronchi, urethra and blood vessels. Most of these parts are part of our digestive system.Smooth muscles helps you prevent the disease of heartburn. This is when the acid in your stomach go up to your esophagus. Muscles in the esophagus helps food to go down one way but not to go back up. They also prevent the food into going in the lungs. Muscles in the intestines help to put hormones in the food if it has nutrients. Very rarely, people get disorders or diseases which has to do with the digestive system. The stomach consists of a thin layer of smooth muscles called the muscularis mucosae. The deepest part consists of 3 smooth muscles instead of two. They are: the inner oblique layer, middle circular layer and the outer longitudinal layer. The inner oblique layer is the only one out of the 3 layers which cannot be seen in other parts of the digestive system.The plyorus is surrounded by thick muscular walls and it is constricted.

<span style="color: #1868e2; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Links: [|Wikipedia: Muscles]** [|Library thinkquest: Types of Muscles] [|Tutorial and Quiz About Muscles] [|Info on your muscles]**
 * [|Kidshealth: Muscles types and info]
 * [|Facts on the Muscular System]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #f83f0d; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Documents that I have made: [|OLRF jason's Why Muscles Matter.docx] ** [|OLRF jason's Order of Strength in Animals.docx] [|OLRF jason's reason of why it's an evolutionary advantage to have specific muscle groups.docx] [|OLRF jason's list of muscles that animals and humans have.docx] [|OLRF jason's Healthy Guidelines for a healthy heart.docx] [|OLRF jason's Evaluation of notion.docx] [|OLRF jason's Activities that you will find difficult without a specific muscle group.docx]** [|Task Evaluating (Ethan & Jason) 2003 Format.doc]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|OLRF jason's Retrieval Chart of Strength and Body Size in Animals.docx]
 * [|OLRF jason's reason why muscle groups are necessary in animals.docx]
 * [|OLRF jason's 6 muscle sets.pptx]**