THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM: DID YOU KNOW…
10 Fun facts on the muscular system: Did you know…
- Muscles make up more then half your body weight.
- The smallest muscle in the human body is the stapedius, which is found in your middle ear.
- Muscles can contract, pull, and relax, but they can’t push or stretch themselves.
- Your body is made up of approximately 696 muscles.
- The human body consists of 3 different kinds of muscles; Skeletal (voluntary), Smooth (involuntary), & Cardiac (heart).
- The most powerful muscles in the body are those that run the length of the spine.
- 85% of body heat is generated by muscle contractions. That’s why you shiver when too cold. Your muscle fibers are working to ‘heat up’ your body temperature.
- The largest muscle in the human body is the gluteus maximus.
- The longest muscle in the human body is the sartorius.
- It takes over 200 muscles working together just to walk!
Now, can you tell me, what the busiest muscles in the human body are?
*** By the time you are 25 years old your total bone count is 206! Stay tuned for 10 facts on the Skeletal System!
Melissa
September 30, 2012 at 10:14 pm //
Great post Marsh! Looking forward to the 10 fun facts re the skeletal system!
Maria K
September 30, 2012 at 10:22 pm //
Busiest muscles…hmm..I’ll guess cardiac??
marshaclarke
September 30, 2012 at 10:30 pm //
Good guess but its actually the muscles of the eyes! They move over 100 000 x’s a day.
Chantyl
September 30, 2012 at 10:49 pm //
I was going to guess the eye muscles! Darn, too late.
What fun facts – thanks for the great post Marsha!
bob
June 7, 2013 at 11:34 am //
good post thank you so much for helping a fifth grader and my name is not really bob infact i am a girl but i will not give my real name out on the internet so everyone in the world can see it!!!! thank you so much!!!!
Jared
October 17, 2013 at 4:34 pm //
Lol thanks Marsha my science teacher used to be a drill Sargent and he yells so this really helped thanks!!!
Gavin King
November 4, 2013 at 9:02 am //
I really like this website allot. I was using it to help me work on my wellnes project. Thanks allot!!!
cute panda
January 14, 2014 at 3:31 pm //
thanks this really helped me in my project
please create a selektal system that will also help alot
Harrison Hall
May 1, 2014 at 2:47 pm //
Good website.I used it for a school project.
Zak marks
February 9, 2016 at 1:08 pm //
It is so ligiet
Boonew
March 22, 2017 at 11:16 am //
Who doesn’t use this for school?
Gen Loring
November 18, 2015 at 10:48 am //
this helped me so so so so much with my school project
Alisha
March 5, 2016 at 5:36 pm //
Your muscles make up 40 of your body weight
shiny knee
April 19, 2016 at 5:54 pm //
that was vary helpful thanks!!!
shiny knee
April 19, 2016 at 5:57 pm //
i used the imfomation for a school project!
tyler watts
February 13, 2017 at 7:04 am //
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