Within the human body there are more than 600 individual muscles. Without them you could not walk, talk, smile or, more importantly, your heart would not beat and you wouldn't breathe. This program explores the main functions of our muscles as well as looking at the muscle types, fibres, contractions and inside the muscle.

Originally released by Video Education Australasia, 2008. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on January 19, 2017.

Muscle Introduction(1:40) -- Muscle Functions (3:10) -- Types of Muscle and Muscle Physiology: Part 1 (4:14) -- Types of Muscle and Muscle Physiology: Part 2 (4:02) -- Muscle Fibers (3:39) -- Muscular Contractions (3:07) -- Inside the Muscles (6:02) -- Credits: All About Muscles (1:00).