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  2. How The Muscles in Your Body Work - WebMD

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    The action performed by a muscle can be described as abducting or adducting. A number of other characteristics are important, like if a muscle has two "heads" (like biceps), three (like triceps ...

  3. What Muscles Does Running Work? - Healthline

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    Running engages your core and the muscles of your hips, glutes, quadriceps, hamstrings, and calves. The degree of engagement depends on your speed and terrain. While running is a whole-body ...

  4. Muscular system - Wikipedia

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    The muscular system is an organ system consisting of skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscle. It permits movement of the body, maintains posture, and circulates blood throughout the body. [1] The muscular systems in vertebrates are controlled through the nervous system although some muscles (such as the cardiac muscle) can be completely autonomous ...

  5. Muscular System Anatomy, Diagram & Function | Healthline

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    The primary job of muscles is to move the bones of the skeleton, but muscles also enable the heart to beat and constitute the walls of other vital hollow organs. There are three types of muscle ...

  6. Muscular Strength: Benefits, Exercises, and More - Healthline

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    Muscular strength helps you maintain a healthy body weight by burning calories and enhancing your body composition, which is the ratio between fat and muscle. Building strength may also boost mood ...

  7. Skeletal Muscle: Anatomy, Function, and Health Problems - WebMD

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    Skeletal muscle function is important for daily activities and your overall health. Movement. Skeletal muscles initiate and stop movement. When these muscles contract, they shorten and pull on ...

  8. 7 Most Effective Exercises - WebMD

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    6. Abdominal Crunches. 7. Bent-over Row. Technique. 7 min read. There's no mystery about exercise: You get out of it what you put in. But you don't have to work out for hours each day. You just ...

  9. Muscular Endurance: What is it, Exercises to Try, and More

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    Muscular endurance refers to the ability of a given muscle to exert force against a load, consistently and repetitively, over a period of time. Exerting force is also known as a contraction ...