Muscular System Physiology. Function of Muscle Tissue. The main function of the muscular system is movement. Muscles are the only tissue in the body that has the ability to contract and therefore move the other parts of the body.Related to the function of movement is the muscular systemâs second function: the maintenance of posture and body position.Muscles often contract to hold the body still or in a particular position rather than to cause movement.elated to the function of movement is the muscular systemâs second function: the maintenance of posture and body position. Muscles often contract to hold the body still or in a particular position rather than to cause movement.
Derby is a city in New Haven County, in the New Haven-Milford metro area. The community was named for Derby, England.
From the late 17th to early 18th centuries, several new towns were incorporated in western Connecticut and added to Fairfield County, namely Danbury (1687), Ridgefield (1709), Newtown (1711), and New Fairfield (1740). In 1751, Litchfield County was constituted, taking over the town of Woodbury.