In the human beings, the muscular system brings about movement of their entire body (Carter, 2007). There are about 700 muscles that are attached to the bones of the skeleton system, which comprise of almost half of the body weight of an individual (Clarke, 1996). Further, every muscle is, however, a discrete organ that is made up of the skeleton muscle tissue, tendons, nerves, and the blood vessels. Additionally, muscle tissue is present inside the heart, blood vessels, and the digestive organs. There are three major types of muscle tissues namely Visceral Muscle, which is found inside the intestine, stomach, and the blood vessels, Cardiac Muscle, which is found in the heart, and pumps the blood in the entire body, and finally skeletal muscles, which is the voluntary muscle, and is under the control of conscious (McGinnis, 2013). Common types of muscle movement are rotation, which indicates turning of the part of the body on its own axis, adduction indicating movement of the part of the body towards the midline, abduction, which shows the movement of the part of the body away from the midline, Flexion that represents bending of the part of the body, extension that is an indication of straightening of the body part, and circumduction, which is representation of movement of one end of the part of the body, while keeping other stationary (Clarkson, 2000).
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