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Aubrey Stamm
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∙ 11y agoIt is one of three types of muscles.They involve in building different structures in the body.They are found in walls of arteries and veins,myometrium of uterus,in alimentary canal's wall etc...
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∙ 9y agoThe smooth muscles have their own contractions. These contractions are enhanced by stimulation of the parasymathetic nervous system. The contractions are inhibited by stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.
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∙ 9y agoSmooth Muscle contractions are regulated by calcium ions. The smooth muscle differs from skeletal muscle in that its contracts from all sides.
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∙ 6y agoHow does smooth muscle contract
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What conditions cause contractions of arteriole smooth muscle?
Asthma causes contraction of the bronchial smooth muscle.
What are contract muscles?
Smooth Muscle contractions are regulated by calcium ions. The smooth muscle differs from skeletal muscle in that its contracts from all sides.
What type of muscles line the bladder to allow for contractions?
smooth muscle
What stimulates contractions in uterine smooth muscle during labor?
Oxytocin
Uncontrolled muscle contractions the same as skeletal muscle contractions?
Uhh, no uncontrolled muscle contraction occurs in smooth and cardiac muscles... there are many differences between these two types of muscles; controlled and uncontrolled muscle contraction.....
What process involves the contractions of smooth muscle that propel urine through the ureter?
peristalsis
The process of swallowing uses muscular contractions of muscle tissue?
Smooth for a+ kids. This means you too dom!
Potassium poisoning causes and symptoms?
Arrhthmyia of the heart, problems with smooth and skeletal muscle contractions; hyperkalemia can even stop the heart muscle.
What term describes a series a wavelike contractions of the smooth muscles in a single direction?
The wavelike contractions of the smooth muscle in the gastrointestinal system are called peristalsis. The purpose of peristalsis is to push boluses of food along the gastrointestinal tract. This is achieved by the waves of contractions in the smooth muscle followed by relaxation of the muscles, pushing the bolus (ball of food) a bit further along the digestive tract with each contraction. These contractions move food or chyme through the esophagus, and intestines. The same contractions also move urine down the ureter to the bladder.
What type of muscle controls digestion?
Your intestines contain a medial layer of smooth muscle. When the smooth muscle in your intestines is innervated this causes contractions of those smooth muscles. This action then propels food through the intestines. This is called peristalsis. So, as far as I know there are no other muscle groups that aide in digestions. There are however, a plethora of chemicals and enzymes that assist in the digestive process.
What type of muscle undergoes peristalsis?
Peristalsis involves circular smooth muscles and longitudinal smooth muscles in the effort to produce waves of contractions in a tube. This process is used in digestion to move the food (bolus) through the esophagus and the chyme (partially digested food) through the intestines.
Contractions that propel food down the entire gastrointestinal tract are known as?
the pharyngeal-esophageal phase, an involuntary process
