8 results for “muscle”

1. The Human Body

   Muscles

   muscle can pull, and it cannot push. Everything else follows from that. Three kinds Skeletal muscle

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2. The Human Body

   Lungs and Breathing

   muscle under the lungs, flattens downward; the muscles between the ribs lift the ribcage up and out; the chest

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3. The Human Body

   The Heart and Blood

   muscle the size of your fist whose only job is to keep the blood moving, and the blood

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4. The Human Body

   Digestion

   muscle contraction carries it down the oesophagus to the stomach in about eight seconds. This squeezing

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5. The Human Body

   The Skeleton and Bones

   muscles need it and storing it when there is a surplus. Growth and healing Children's bones

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6. The Human Body

   Sleep and Dreams

   muscles of the body are temporarily paralysed, apart from those for breathing and moving the eyes

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7. The Human Body

   Skin, Hair and Nails

   muscles pull your hairs upright, giving you goosebumps. Hair and nails Hair and nails are both

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8. The Human Body

   The Senses

   muscles and joints tell the brain where every part of the body is without looking, which

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