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Muscle Fibers cannot contract if there is no oxygen present. You can hold your breath while moving, but your muscles will consume all the oxygen you have stored in your lungs and you will "Black Out".
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What acid is associated with muscles in the body experiencing lack of oxygen?
When your muscles contract without enough oxygen they produce lactic acid.
What if your heart had no nerve tissue?
Without nerves, the heart muscles would not contract, your heart would not beat, and oxygen would not be distributed through the body.
Are nerves needed for muscles to contract?
Yes, without the nerves the muscles would be rendered useless. The muscles MUST have stimulation from somehwere in order to contract.
How is energy needed to contract muscles?
Muscles need energy to contract because the body needs energy to produce hormones which stimulate production of red blood cells to carry oxygen to the muscles.
Do fats transport oxygen to contract muscles?
No. Oxygen is transported to cells to be used in ATP production via hemoglobin in our blood.
What muscle such as the heart muscle does its job without thinking about it?
Involuntary muscles contract subconsciously.
Without what can skeletal muscles contract in some reflex actions?
the brain.
What happens during isokinetic exercise Muscles contract at a constant rate. Muscles contract and relax to move a joint. Muscles do not contract at all. Muscles contract with very little body movement.?
Muscles contract and relax to move a joint. ... Muscles contract at a constant rate. Muscles contract and relax to move a joint.
In some reflex actions skeletal muscles contract without the involvement of what?
The brain
What would you not be able to do without your red blood cells?
Get oxygen to your muscles
What happens when muscles are exercised without sufficient oxygen?
well if muscles run out of oxygen you might slow down and not breath proppely and you might also die.
What would happen to a muscle's ability to contract if calcium levels within the muscle were low?
Muscles cannot contract without calcium
