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It causes erection of hair when stimulated by the sympathetic nervous system.

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The erector pili muscle is what makes the hair on a persons arm stand up. It helps maintain homeostasis, muscle contraction helps keep a person warmer when cold.

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The erector pili muscles make your hair stand up.

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Can you make the hairs on your arm stand on ends?

No, and the muscle that controls the movement is the piloerector muscle. See piloerector which are smooth muscle (involuntary)


Muscle responsible for making hair stand on end?

Piloerector Muscle


Muscle associated with a hair follicle that cause the hair to stand on end when contracted is?

Piloerector Muscle


What kind of muscle tissue is piloerector muscle made of?

It's made out smooth muscle, of the multiunit variety, like the iris.


What are tiny muscles attached to hair follicles that pull the hair upright during fright or cold?

Piloerector muscles


What connects muscle to muscle and connective tissue to muscle?

Muscle does not connect to muscle. Fascia is a connective tissue that connects muscle to organs. Tendons connect muscle to bone.


What type of muscle is the tricep muscle?

A skeletal muscle.


How are individual muscle cells different from the muscle tissue in the bicep muscle?

Muscle cells are smaller than muscle tissues.


What type of muscle is associated with type of muscle?

there is a thigh muscle its a skeletal muscle


What binds muscle to bone and muscle to muscle?

Tendons tie muscles to bones and ligaments tie muscle to muscle.


What type of muscle is striated?

Striated muscle tissue is muscle tissue that has repeating tubular muscle cells. Striated muscles include skeletal striated muscle, embryotic branchiomeric muscle, and cardiac muscle.


Whats the difference between muscle mass and muscle hypertrophy?

The difference between muscle mass and muscle hypertrophy is that muscle hypertrophy is the increase in size of skeletal muscle while muscle mass is the weight of your body muscle.