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1Your Muscles
You have more than 600 muscles in your body! They do everything from pumping blood throughout your body to helping you lifting your heavy backpack. Find out more.
2Flash Interactive: Body Basics: Muscles and Joints
You have more than 600 muscles in your body! They do everything from pumping blood throughout your body to helping you lifting your heavy backpack. Find out more.
3Getting Muscles
Kids might wish for bigger muscles, but that kind of grown-up muscle isn't possible until a kid is older. Find out more in this article for kids.
4Word! Involuntary Muscle
You don't have any say over what this kind of muscle does and when.
5The Meaning of Muscular Dystrophy
Muscular dystrophy is a disease in which muscles of the body get weaker and weaker and may slowly stop working. Learn more about it in this article for kids.
6Quiz: Muscles
Take this quiz about your muscular system.
7Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS)
Lou Gehrig's disease refers to a disorder called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. This disease damages the neuromuscular system, which allows the body to move.
8Strains and Sprains Are a Pain
What's a sprain? What's a strain? Find out in this article for kids.
9Senses Experiment: Which One's Heavier?
How much can your muscles tell you? Find out by doing this experiment.
10What Makes Me Sneeze?
If you just sneezed, something was probably irritating or tickling the inside of your nose. Learn more about why you sneeze in this article for kids.


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