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What is a example of involuntary muscles?
One example of involuntary muscles would be in the digestive system, where muscles in the stomach churn food.
Involuntary muscles are also called?
The muscles of the digestive system are smooth muscles.
Are smooth muscles involuntary muscles?
yes. The smooth muscles (e.g. in the digestive tract) are involuntary.
How do smooth muscles and sphincters keep food moving in one direction throughout the digestive system?
by peristalsis which is the rhythmic, involuntary contraction of the smooth muscles in the walls of digestive organs.
Peristalsis the squeezing action of the digestive muscle is an example of what type of muscle?
Smooth muscles. These muscles are not striated and are involuntary.
What kind of muscles move food through the digestive?
Involuntary or smooth muscles.
What organ has involuntary and striated muscles?
The heart as both involuntary and striated muscles. The striations are similar skeletal muscles. Heart muscles are involuntary like the muscles seen in the digestive tract, called smooth muscle.
What kinds of muscles move food through the digestive system?
I believe that the food moves through the system by only gravity and not any muscles. This is do to the fact that our intestines are angled downward. Wow...gravity has nothing to do with this at all.
What are some muscles that are involuntary?
the muscles in your digestive system would be called involuntary muscles. involuntary muscles mean that they work without you telling them to. your heart is another example. every second of your life, you don't need to tell your heart to beat, it does it by itself. the muscles that help us move are voluntary. we tell them to move. they cant move on their own.
Which kind of muscle movement happens without you having to think about it?
Voluntary muscle movements are the result of conscious effort by the brain. Involuntary muscles such as the heart or smooth muscles in the gut and vascular system contract as a result of non-conscious brain activity or stimuli proceeding in the body to the muscle itself.Your answer: The heart and smooth muscles in the gut and vascular system (lungs) are muscles that work "without thinking about it" -- we call these "involuntary" muscles.
Does the digestive system interact the muscular system?
The muscular system is the mechanical force behind the digestive system. Beginning when you take a bite, your muscular system aids your digestive system. Chewing and swallowing are done by the muscular system; muscles surrounding your stomach churn up food to aid digestion; muscles transport digested food through your intestines and eventually out of your body. (The muscles for chewing and swallowing are voluntary muscles; the rest are involuntary.)
What controls breathing and digestive?
Involuntary muscles control functions like breathing and digestion.
