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What type of muscle contraction will shorten a muscle and decrease the angle between two bones?
Concentric isometric contraction
What is the medical term meaning life-threatening disease with painful uncontrolled contraction of skeletal muscle?
Tetanus is a life-threatening disease with uncontrolled contraction of skeletal muscle (a sign known as tetany).
Contraction of the smooth muscle in arterioles would decrease blood pressure?
No it would increase BP, as contraction of the smooth muscle in the arterioles will make the lumen (holes) of the arterioles smaller, restricting blood flow.
What is muscle contraction without muscle shortening is what kind of contraction?
Isometric contraction
Parkinsons disease is characterized by?
rigidity of the body,akinesia-inability to walk freely & tremors characterize the triad of Parkinsonism
Constant contraction of a muscle is?
constant contraction of a muscle is called the muscle tone
What is the effect of coronary heart disease to organism?
Coronary artery disease limits the ability of the heart muscle to get the oxygen and nutrients it needs. This can decrease the efficiency of the heart muscle.
Is Vasodilation is a widening of the lumen due to smooth muscle contraction?
No.Vasodilatation, ie, widening of vascular lumen is caused due to vascular smooth muscles' relaxation.While, vasoconstriction, ie, decrease in diameter of the lumen is caused due to smooth muscle contraction.
Does the distance between z-disc decrease during muscle contraction?
Decreases
What is a concentric contraction?
concentric contraction is atype of muscle contraction which the muscle shortens while genrating aforce The muscle shortens to produce movement. A muscle contraction in which shortening occurs.
What does the contraction of the gastrocnemius muscle usually result in?
type of contraction of gastrocnemius muscle?
Describe the events of muscle cell contraction?
6 steps in a muscle contraction
