Muscular System

Introduction worksheets on the VLE.

Level 2By

Beauty and Holistic Therapies Faculty

Learning outcomes

• To discuss the functions of skeletal muscle

• To recognise and label the muscles of the face

• To complete a chart to describe the actions of each muscle and the location of the facial muscles.

Main functions of the skeletal muscles

• Movement • Body

Temperature• Posture• Assist Venous

Return

Types of muscle tissue

• Skeletal Voluntary; striated; attached to bone

• Visceral Involuntary; non-striated (smooth)

• Cardiac Involuntary; only found in

the heart

Describe the effects of massage on the muscle

tissueIn your small groups of 4 or less

you are going to discuss the effects of massage on the

muscle tissue and come up with 5 main effects.

You have 15 mins for this task!!!

Effects1. Increased blood flow to the muscles2. Increased oxygen supply3. Basic chemistry of ATP (adenosine

triphosphate)4. Removal in blood of waste products

of energy production e.g. lactic acid, CO2 & water

5. Effects of lactic acid and CO2 build up in the muscles during exercise

Orbicularis oris

Occipitalis

Masseter

Buccinator

Risorius

Sternocleido

mastoid

Platysma

Frontalis

TemporalisCorrugatorProcerusOrbicularis oculi

Levator labii superioris

Zygomatic minor

Nasalis

MentalisDepressor labii inferioris

Depressor anguli oris

Levator anguli oris

Zygomatic major

Muscles of the head and neck

Chapter 4: The Muscular System, Activity 1