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Which activity is most likely to be controlled by a smooth muscle?
A smooth muscle is responsible for the contractibility of hollow organs, such as blood vessels and the gastrointestinal tract. Going to the bathroom would be controlled by these types of muscles.
Which type of muscle is responsible for constricting the walls of blood vessels?
A type of smooth (or involuntary) muscle collectively referred to as vascular smooth muscle, which is responsible for controlling the diameter of the lumen of blood vessels.
What does a smooth muscle provide?
Smooth muscle is responsible for involuntary movement, just like skeletal muscle, only the movement is usually in the internal organs.
What reflex regulates the activity of smooth muscle?
autonomic reflex
Give examples of three types of muscles?
Skeletal muscle: Found attached to bones and responsible for voluntary movement. Cardiac muscle: Found in the heart and responsible for pumping blood throughout the body. Smooth muscle: Found in the walls of internal organs and blood vessels, responsible for involuntary movements like peristalsis.
Which type of muscle is responsible for peristalsis along to digestive tract?
Smooth muscle is responsible for peristalsis along the digestive tract. It is involuntary and helps to move food through the digestive system by contracting and relaxing in a coordinated manner.
Smooth muscle activity that mixes and churns a bolus of food is called?
segmentation
Which autonomic nervous system increases activity in the smooth muscle of organs?
autonomic
What type of muscle cell is responsible for performing peristalsis?
Smooth muscle cells are responsible for performing peristalsis in the digestive tract. These cells have a unique structure that allows them to contract and relax in a coordinated manner, propelling food through the gastrointestinal system.
What is the function of smooth muscle in the human body?
Smooth muscle in the human body is responsible for involuntary movements, such as the contraction and relaxation of organs like the intestines, blood vessels, and bladder.
What is the function of the smooth muscle in the human body?
Smooth muscle in the human body is responsible for involuntary movements, such as the contraction and relaxation of organs like the intestines, blood vessels, and bladder.
Which kind of muscles move bones?
Smooth muscle is responsible for the contraction that moves limbs.
