What is the function of the muscular system?
1 Answer
Skeletal : skeletal movement, breathing
Smooth: visceral movement
Cardiac: Blood circulation
Explanation:
Muscular system consists of three types of muscle: skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscle. These have different functions.
Skeletal muscles produces skeletal movements which allow eating, locomotion, reproduction, other movements and breathing (breathing maintains oxygen and carbon-di-oxide level in extracellular fluid). They generates heat, which helps in maintaining body temperature. Skeletal muscles also produce facial expressions by skin movements.
Smooth muscles contain the blood in arteries and veins, push food through digestive tract by peristalsis, and transport urine from kidneys via the ureters to bladder.
Cardiac muscle pumps the blood, carrying oxygen and nutrients to body cells, and carrying away waste.
The types of muscle tissue and their location.
