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| allows movement of your body or movement of materials within your body; can contract or shorten to make parts of your body move |
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| muscles that are attatched to the bones of your skeleton, connected to the bone by tendons |
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| involuntary muscles that function automatically to control some types of movements inside your body (ex: the muscles in your stomach that help digest your food) |
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| involuntary muscle that is only found in the circulatory system. This type of muscle never ever gets tired; it can contract and expand repeatedly without rest! |
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| the muscles of your body that are under your control |
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| muscles that are not under your conscious control, such as those that control digestion and blood circulation |
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| a strong connective tissue that attatches muscle to bone |
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| when a muscle becones shorter and thicker |
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| when a muscle becomes longer and thinner |
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