Locomotion and Movement

SYNOPSIS

• Types of Movements
  
  
• Types of Muscles
  
  

  Smooth muscle	Striped muscle	Cardiac muscle
  Not striated	Striated	Striated
  Spindle-shaped	Cylindrical	Cylindrical
  Central nucleus	Peripheral nuclei	Central nuclei
  No discs	No discs	Intercalated discs

  
  
  
  
• The skeletal system is the framework of specialised connective tissues, bones and cartilages.
  
  
• Joints are the points of contact between bones or between bones and cartilages