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OpenStax

Open Stax: Interactions of Skeletal Muscles

For Students 9th - 10th
This site rpovides information regarding the interactions of skeletal muscles, including their fascicle arrangement and their lever systems.
Unit Plan
OpenStax

Open Stax: Skeletal Muscle

For Students 9th - 10th
This site includes information about skeletal muscles, of which the best-known feature is its ability to contract and cause movement.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Muscle Contraction

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how muscles contract according to the sliding filament theory.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Axial Muscles of the Head, Neck, and Back

For Students 9th - 10th
The skeletal muscles are divided into two categories: the axial, muscles of the trunk and head, and the appendicular, muscles of the arms and legs. Learn here all about the axial muscles.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Anatomy and Physiology: Overview of Muscle Tissues

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides information regarding the three types of muscle tissues: skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle, and smooth muscle.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Exercise and Muscle Performance

For Students 9th - 10th
Physical training alters the appearance of skeletal muscles and can produce changes in muscle performance. Conversely, a lack of use can result in decreased performance and muscle appearance. This site helps students understand exercise...
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Muscle Tissue and Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn here all about muscle tissue, which is tissue with properties that allow movement.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Muscles, Muscles Everywhere

For Teachers 4th - 7th
This activity helps students learn about the three different types of muscles and how outer space affects astronauts' muscles. They will discover how important it is for astronauts to get adequate exercise both on Earth and in outer...
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Naming Muscles

For Students 9th - 10th
This site helps you understand where muscles get their names. When you understand the names of muscles it will help you remember where the muscles are located and what they do
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Motor Responses

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn the structure and function of the descending pathways of the motor commands from the cortex to the skeletal muscles.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Walk, Run, Jump!

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this activity, students participate in a series of timed relay races using their skeletal muscles. The compare the movement of skeletal muscle and relate how engineers help astronauts exercise skeletal muscles in space.
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BBC

Bbc: Applied Anatomy and Physiology: Muscles and Movement

For Students 3rd - 5th
Learn what muscles are, how they are classified, and how they are attached to the body's skeletal system. This site contains several definitions, illustrations showing the parts of muscles, and a quiz to test your knowledge of muscles...
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Other

Get Body Smart: Human Anatomy and Physiology: System Quizzes

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of interactive, self-checking quizzes on human body systems. Covers muscular, skeletal, circulatory, nervous, and respiratory systems.
Website
Other

Danil Hammoudi, Md: Anatomy and Physiology Course

For Students 9th - 10th
This page has complete course material for a beginning human anatomy course and everything can be downloaded. There are readings and presentations on all the major systems and organs of the human body, with lots of detailed, labeled...
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Our Amazing Skeleton

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This lesson plan covers the topic of human bones and joints. Learners learn about the skeleton, the number of and types of bones in the body, and how outer space affects astronauts' bones. Students also learn how to take care of their...