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Tuesday Muscular System
The human
body consists of several different systems: circulatory, digestive, endocrine,
immune, nervous, reproductive, respiratory, urinary, skeletal integumentary
and muscular.
Today I’m
focusing on the muscular system (not surprising). The body has approximately
650 muscles. No wonder ballet is so difficult! These muscles not only aid in
movement, but also in things like blood flow.
There are
three types of muscles: skeletal (connected to bone), smooth (inside organs),
and cardiac (heart). Muscles make up about 40% of our total body weight.
Here is an
interesting fact, especially for dancers, according to http://blog.degreed.com/top-10-facts-about-the-muscular-system/ :
It takes
half as long to gain muscle than it does to lose it. In other words, if it took
a month to develop that calf muscle, it will take two months for it to
degenerate back to its original state.
That’s encouraging, right?
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Anatommical Secret #26gg:
“The muscular system consists of
about 650 muscles.”
Link of the Day:
Quote of the Day:
“The brain
is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is
joyous.”
― Carl Sagan
― Carl Sagan
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