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What are things common between involuntary and voluntary muscles?
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All muscles have the same three properties:
- Excitability, it can receive and respond to a stimulus.
- Extensibility, it can be stretched and it can contract.
- Elasticity, it can return to its original shape after it has contracted.
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What are three types of muscles and their function?
- Skeletal muscle / voluntary (ex.: Brachialis muscle) - Smooth muscle / involuntary (ex.: The three layers of muscles around the stomach) - Cardiac muscle / involuntary (i.e. the myocardium)
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What cardiac and smooth muscle has in common is that they are both involuntary.
What muscles are inside many internal organs?
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What type of muscle tissue is diaphragm?
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What medical term means a disease characterized by the simultaneous inflammation of voluntary muscles in many parts of the body?
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What is abdominal guarding?
Abdominal guarding is the involuntary contraction of the abdominal muscles in response to an examiner palpating the abdomen. It's a common response to abdominal tenderness.
What is an involuntary lien against my property?
An involuntary lien would be a judgment lien by a creditor, a lien for unpaid property taxes or income taxes, a demolition lien, a lien for unpaid common expenses or homeowners association dues or a mechanic's lien. Contrast that with a lien you granted in your property such as a mortgage which would be a voluntary lien.
Whats the anatomical difference between smooth cardiac and skeletal muscles?
cardiac and skeletal muscles have one thing in common, that is they are both striated in contrast to the smooth muscles commonly found in the GIT. however the main difference between them is that cardiac muscles function involuntarily while skeletal muscles are under conscious control. --thoughtfulobserver
What is the connecting tendon between the calf and the thigh?
Achilles tendon is common to both the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles of the calf.
What was the common form of sacrifice in Aztecs society?
voluntary bloodletting.
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voluntary bloodletting.
What is the muscle in your calf called?
The "calf muscle" is the common name for the gastrocnemius muscle which is located below the knee posteriorly between the popliteal space and Achilles tendon. It functions to plantarflex the ankle.The calf muscle is located on the back of the lower leg, below the knee, between the popliteal space and Achilles tendon. It is made up of two individual muscles, the gastrocnemius and soleus.
